Kapıkule railway station

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Kapıkule Railway Station

The station building at night.
Station statistics
Address İstasyon Cd, Kapkule, Turkey
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened 1971
Electrified 1997
Owned by TCDD

Kapıkule railway station (Turkish: Kapıkule garı), is the westernmost railway station in Turkey. It is located towards the north of Kapıkule, the frontier town on the Turkey/Bulgaria border. Kapıkule is a border station and the terminus for domestic trains in European Turkey. Only the Bosphorus Express, to Bucharest and the Balkans Express to Belgrade continue across the border into Bulgaria. The station is the busiest of the Turkish State Railways 5 operational border stations in Turkey.

Kapıkule was built opened in 1971 as part of the Edirne Cut-off to bypass the former Oriental Railways' main line. The construction of this line however resulted in the abandonment of the Edirne's former railway station; Karaağaç.

Service

Previous Service Next
Svilengrad
Towards Bucharest
Bosphorus Express
Edirne
Towards İstanbul
Svilengrad
Towards Belgrade
Balkans Express
Edirne
Towards İstanbul
Terminus
İstanbul-Kapıkule Regional
Edirne
Towards İstanbul
Terminus
Kapıkulle-Alpullu Regional
Edirne
Towards Alpullu


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