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Haydarpaşa–Gebze Commuter Line

Haydarpaşa suburban
E14000s at Goztepe-1.JPG
A westbound train at Göztepe
Overview
Type Commuter rail
Status Discontinued
Locale İstanbul, Turkey
Termini Haydarpaşa Terminal
Gebze
Stations 28
Daily ridership 72,353 (2008)
Operation
Opened 8 March 1951
Closed 19 June 2013
Owner Turkish State Railways
Operator(s) Turkish State Railways
Rolling stock E23000, E14000 EMUs
Technical
Line length 44.1 kilometers (27.4 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification 25 kV AC
Operating speed 40 km/h (25 mph) average
Route map
Distance Station
0 km Haydarpaşa
1.4 km (0.9 mi) Söğütlüçeşme
2.5 km (1.6 mi) Kızıltoprak
3.3 km (2.1 mi) Feneryolu
5 km (3.1 mi) Göztepe
6.2 km (3.9 mi) Erenköy
7.7 km (4.8 mi) Suadiye
9 km (5.6 mi) Bostancı
10.6 km (6.6 mi) Yenimahalle
11.9 km (7.4 mi) İdealtepe
13.3 km (8.3 mi) Ataköy
14.3 km (8.9 mi) Maltepe
16.5 km (10.3 mi) Cevizli
18.2 km (11.3 mi) Atalar
20.1 km (12.5 mi) Kartal
22.5 km (14.0 mi) Yunus
24.4 km (15.2 mi) Pendik
27.3 km (17.0 mi) Kanarca
28.3 km (17.6 mi) Tersana
29.5 km (18.3 mi) Cankurtaran
30.6 km (19.0 mi) Aydıntepe
31.8 km (19.8 mi) İçme
34.3 km (21.3 mi) Tuzla
36.8 km (22.9 mi) Coşkunoğulları
38 km (24 mi) Çayırova
39.2 km (24 mi) Fatih
40.6 km (25 mi) Osmangazi
44.1 km (27 mi) Gebze

The Haydarpaşa suburban (Turkish: Haydarpaşa banliyösü), also known as the Haydarpaşa-Gebze line (Turkish: Haydarpaşa-Gebze hattı) and numbered as B2, was a commuter rail line operated by the Turkish State Railways, between Haydarpaşa Terminal in Kadıköy to Gebze. Since its opening in 1951, it has been the busiest commuter rail line and busiest TCDD service in Turkey, until it was discontinued in 2013.

Electrified in 1969, the line was the second electrified commuter rail service in Turkey, after the Istanbul suburban, operating across the Bosphorus.

The route traversed the southern shore of Istanbul's Asian side, passing through important districts: Kadıköy, Maltepe, Kartal, Pendik and Tuzla. The line then crosses into the Kocaeli Province into Gebze, where it terminates. The State Railways has operated its regional service to Adapazarı and mainline service to Ankara on the line as well, making it one of the busiest rail lines in Turkey, in terms of passengers and number of trains.

A railway to Gebze was originally built by the Ottoman Empire in 1873, as part of the railway to İzmit. This line was at first built for the Sultan, but later served the heavy population along the northeastern shores of the Sea of Marmara. However, few trains ran on the line during the time when the government operated it. The Ottoman government soon sold the line to a private enterprise, the Anatolian Railway (CFOA). The CFOA started regular train service between İstanbul and İzmit (as well as Gebze) in the 1890s. Service was suspended from 1914 to 1919 during the First World War. After the Republic of Turkey was formed in 1923, the CFOA continued to operate commuter service until 1927, when the Turkish State Railways acquired the CFOA. The newly formed State Railways (TCDD) continued the commuter service formerly provided by the CFOA.


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