Cankurtaran railway station
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Summary
Cankurtaran railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month, #180 of 18,574).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fatih[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Transport network: Istanbul Tram[5]
- Instance of: station located on surface[6]
- Connecting line: Istanbul–Pythio railway[7]
- Owned by: Turkish State Railways[8], Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure[9]
- Operator: TCDD Taşımacılık[10]
- Named after: Cankurtaran[11]
- Adjacent station: Sirkeci railway station[12], Kumkapı railway station[13]
- Location: Cankurtaran[14]
- Commons category: Cankurtaran railway station[15]
- Inception: 1872[16]
- Located in/on physical feature: Marmara Region[17]
- Significant event: electrification[18]
- Place served by transport hub: Fatih[19]
- Track gauge: standard-gauge railway[20]
- Number of platform tracks: 1[21]
- Connecting service: Sirkeci-Kazlıçeşme Rail System[22]
- Date of official opening: July 22, 1872[23], December 4, 1955[24], February 26, 2024[25]
- Native label: Cankurtaran Tren İstasyonu[26]
- Has part(s) of the class: side platform[27]
- Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible[28], accessible for people with visual impairment[29]
- Date of official closure: August 12, 2013[30]
- Number of platform faces: 1[31]
- State of conservation: preserved[32]
Why It Matters
Cankurtaran railway station is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]