| Ankara Garı TCDD |
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The front facade of the station. |
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| Lines | Yüksek Hızlı Tren Fatih Express Ankara Express Anatolia Express Boğaziçi Express Karesi Express İzmir Blue Train Çukurova Blue Train Eastern Express Van Lake Express Southern Express |
| Connections | EGO Bus, ANKARAY |
| Structure | At-grade |
| Platforms | 6 |
| Tracks | 8 |
| Parking | Yes |
| Baggage check | Available for Karesi Express, İzmir Blue Train, Çukurova Blue Train, Eastern Express, Van Lake Express, Southern Express and Trans-Asia Express |
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| Opened | 1892 |
| Rebuilt | 1937 |
| Electrified | 1972 (25 kV AC) |
| Accessible | |
| Code | 2503 |
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways |
The Ankara Central Station (Turkish: Ankara Garı) is the central railway station in Ankara. The station is the busiest train station in Turkey, seeing 181 trains daily.[1] It is a major hub for inbound and outbound trains. The Ankara Subway has a station 1 block away. The station is at the end of the İstanbul-Ankara Rail Corridor and is the eastern terminus of the Istanbul-Ankara High Speed Rail Line. Designed in the Art Deco style, the current terminal building was inaugurated in 1937.
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The original builders of the station was the Anatolian Railway (CFOA). The original station was built in 1892 by the CFOA as the eastern terminus of the railway. The original station was a small building with 1 platform. The first passenger train, was a daily train from Ankara to İstanbul. The station did not see much traffic, like the CFOA Eskişehir-Konya line, because Ankara was not a very thriving city at the time. CFOA intended to continue the line east towards Kayseri, but they only built a narrow gauge line to Irmak[2]. When World War I broke out in 1914, the CFOA played a big role in transporting troops, so between 1914 and 1918, Ankara station had no passenger service and very little freight service. The CFOA and Ankara fell under British control after the War, but the Turkish Nationalists took Ankara and portions of the CFOA back. During the Turkish Independence War, CFOA transported troops from, the newly named capital of Turkey, Ankara to the front near Eskişehir.[2]
After the war, the passenger train from İstanbul to Ankara re-opened for service. The CFOA, under Turkish control, finally opened the line to Kayseri and Ankara was no longer the terminus. CFOA was then acquired by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) on June 1, 1927 and Ankara station was under TCDD control[3]. In 1927 the Anatolian Express was inaugurated as a premier overnight train from İstanbul to Ankara operated by the CIWL[4]. The current Art deco building was built in 1937 by German architects. As TCDD completed rail lines to other cities new train service from Ankara such as; The 9th of September Express (1939) to İzmir, the Eastern Express (1939) to Kars, the Southern Express (1944) to Diyarbakır and Kurtalan, made Ankara station one of the busiest stations in Turkey. In 1972, the station along with the track between Sincan and Kayaş were electrified with 25 kV AC catenary for the Ankara Suburban Railway. In 1993 the İstanbul-Ankara line was fully electrified. In the 1990s TCDD opened a steam museum next to the station. In 2009 the High-speed train service operated from Ankara to Eskişehir.
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Toward Kars |
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Toward Kurtalan |
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The station has 6 long platforms: 4 for long distance trains and 2 for commuter trains. A new station is to be constructed (2009–2010), to serve the new high speed lines being constructed in Turkey that are centered in Ankara.[5]
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