Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station

Ayrılık Çeşmesi
TCDD commuter rail station
Coordinates	41°00′01″N 29°01′49″E / 41.0003°N 29.0302°E / 41.0003; 29.0302Coordinates: 41°00′01″N 29°01′49″E / 41.0003°N 29.0302°E / 41.0003; 29.0302
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Line(s)	Marmaray
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	M4, İETT bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	29 October 2013
Electrified	25 kV AC
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	38,408 Average daily ridership

Ayrılık Çeşmesi is a railway station along the newly built trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. The station is located right outside the Asian portal of the tunnel and is the current eastern terminus of the line. The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) operates trains from Ayrılık Çeşmesi to Kazlıçeşme within 6-10 minute intervals. Connection to the M4 line of the Istanbul Metro is available from the station.

Ayrılık Çeşmesi saw 14 million boardings in 2014, making it the busiest station on the Marmaray line. The station made up 25.95% of all passenger boardings of 2014.^[1]

Layout

Track 1	← Marmaray toward Kazlıçeşme
Island platform
Track 2	→ ← Marmaray toward Kazlıçeşme

Equipment

The railway station features following equipment:^[2]

• 2 entrance and exit gates,
• 4 escalators,
• 1 elevator,
• 1 ticket office,
• 2 ticket vending machines,
• 1 credit loading machine for electronic tickets,
• 14 turnstiles including 2 for physically handicapped people and
• 10 passenger information screens.

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