Gaziantep railway station

Gaziantep
TCDD
Station statistics
Address İstasyon Cd, Gaziantep Cd, Gaziantep, Turkey
Lines Gaziantep-Halep Express
Structure At-Grade
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 1954
Owned by Turkish State Railways

The Gaziantep Railway Station is a train station in Gaziantep, Turkey. The station is an important train depot in southeastern Turkey. The Gaziantep-Halep Express is currently the only train that services the station.[1]

History

The station was built in 1954, when the Turkish State Railways built a branch line from Narlı to Gaziantep. The station building was completed in 1959 and the line was continued to Karkamış, where it connected to the former Baghdad Railway. The station became a major hub in the southeast, with trains to Baghdad, Adana, Halep and Malatya. Today only 1 train services Gaziantep station.[2]

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