Karşıyaka (İZBAN)

Karşıyaka İZBAN
New underground station.
Station statistics
Line(s)	Northern Line
Structure type	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	No
Other information
Opened	October 10, 1865
Rebuilt	2006-2010
Electrified	2001 (25 kV AC)
Accessible
Owned by	İZBAN
Kentkart	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	2.061.535  69%

Karşıyaka is a historic railway station on İZBAN's Northern Line, in the famous Karşıyaka district of İzmir. The station is located at the northern end of the Karşıyaka Çarşı (Main Street). The station is located underground in the Karşiyaka Tunnel. It is the busiest İZBAN station in terms of passengers, serving 8,380 passengers daily.^[1] The station is also a transfer point for ESHOT buses as well as Dolmuş service to nearby towns.

The original station was opened on October 10, 1865, by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway.^[2] On June 1, 1934, the Turkish State Railways acquired the station when they bought the SCP. The station has become a landmark of the district and had TCDD #44062 locomotive plinthed next to the station. On July 23, 2006, the station was closed for construction of the new underground station. Karşıyaka station was moved underground and the former trackbed above was converted into a park. The station reopened on December 10, 2010, after remaining dormant for over 4 years.

Service

Bus Connections

ESHOT

• 126 Karşıyaka-Cumhuriet Mahallesi
• 135 Karşıyaka-Doğançay
• 136 Karşıyaka-Örenköy
• 137 Karşıyaka-Yamanlar
• 141 Karşıyaka-Güzeltepe
• 143 Karşıyaka-Egekent
• 145 Karşıyaka-Evka 2
• 146 Karşıyaka-Evka 5
• 149 Karşıyaka-Kaklıç
• 155 Karşıyaka-Harmandalı
• 197 Karşıyaka-Nafiz Gürman
• 222 Karşıyaka-Şemikler
• 228 Karşıyaka-Ulukent
• 258 Karşıyaka-Onur Mahallesi
• 326 Karşıyaka-Evka 6
• 343 Karşıyaka-Şirinevler
• 361 Bahriye Üçok-Konak
• 400 Karşıyaka-Menemen
• 436 Örenekköy-Bostanlı İskele
• 461 Bahriye Üçük-Bostanlı İskele
• 542 Çiğli-Konak

References