Yenikapı was an indefinitely closed railway station on the İstanbul-Halkalı Line in the Yenikapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The station was built in 1872 by the Oriental Railway which was then taken over by the Turkish State Railways in 1937 and electrified in 1955. The station is situated near the south end of the busy Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa Boulevard and one block north of Kennedy St, two major inner-city roadways and is 4.8 km (3.0 mi) west of Sirkeci Terminal. Due to the rehabilitation of the line between Halkalı and Kazlıçeşme for future Marmaray commuter service, Yenikapı was indefinitely closed on 19 March 2013. On 29 October 2013, the new underground Yenikapı railway station, which makes up a part of the new Yenikapı Transfer Center, was opened along with the trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. The new Yenikapı complex is located right next to the existing railway station and is serviced by 3 lines of the Istanbul Metro. The station was rebuilt and reopened on 26 February 2024 as part of the 
T6 Sirkeci–Kazlıçeşme Tramway Line / U3 Sirkeci–Kazlıçeşme Rail Line.[3]
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| Location | Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa Boulevard, 34096, Aksaray, Fatih, Istanbul Turkey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°00′17″N 28°57′09″E / 41.00472°N 28.95250°E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Istanbul-Pythion railway | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 27 July 1872[1] | ||||||||||||
| Closed | 2013–2024[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 4 December 1955 26 February 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 4 December 1955 (25 kV AC) | ||||||||||||
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Pictures edit
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A Halkalı bound train at the station in 2012.
References edit
- ^ "CO lines opening dates". www.trainsofturkey.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "As of August 12, 2013, Istanbul-Yedikule suburban trains will not be operated". TCDD. August 13, 2013. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Sirkeci-Kazlıçeşme Raylı Sistem Hattı bugün açılacak". TRT (in Turkish). 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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