Yenikapı railway station
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Summary
Yenikapı railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month, #180 of 18,574).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Fatih[3], Istanbul Province[4]
- Country: Turkey[5]
- Transport network: Sirkeci-Kazlıçeşme Rail System[6]
- Instance of: station located on surface[7], interchange station[8], historic building[9]
- Connecting line: Istanbul–Pythio railway[10]
- Owned by: Turkish State Railways[11], Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure[12]
- Operator: TCDD Taşımacılık[13]
- Named after: Yenikapı[14]
- Adjacent station: Kumkapı railway station[15], Cerrahpaşa railway station[16]
- Location: Aksaray[17], Yenikapı[18]
- Part of: Yenikapı Transfer Center[19]
- Commons category: Former Yenikapı railway station[20]
- Inception: 1872[21]
- Located in/on physical feature: Marmara Region[22]
- Significant event: electrification[23]
- Interchange station: Yenikapı railway station[24], Yenikapı (M1)[25], Yenikapı (M2)[26], Aksaray[27], İDO Yenikapı Terminal[28]
- Place served by transport hub: Fatih[29]
- Track gauge: standard-gauge railway[30]
- Number of platform tracks: 1[31]
- Connecting service: Sirkeci-Kazlıçeşme Rail System[32]
- Date of official opening: July 22, 1872[33], December 4, 1955[34], February 26, 2024[35]
- Native label: Yenikapı Tren İstasyonu[36]
- Different from: Yenikapı railway station[37]
- Has part(s) of the class: side platform[38]
- Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible[39], accessible for people with visual impairment[40]
Why It Matters
Yenikapı railway station is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]