Malatya railway station
MALATYA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| TCDD intercity rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||
 The Art Deco station building in June 2001. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | İstasyon Cd. 1, İnönü Mah. 44070 Yeşilyurt/Malatya Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°21′08″N 38°17′00″E / 38.3523°N 38.2833°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | TCDD Taşımacılık | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Located in front of station building. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Art Deco | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 15 March 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Malatya railway station is the main railway station in the city of Malatya,[1] Turkey. The station was built in 1931 by the Turkish State Railways as part of the railway to Diyarbakır. TCDD Taşımacılık operates three trains through the station: the Lake Van Express to Ankara or Tatvan, the Southern Express to Ankara or Kurtalan and the Euphrates Express to Elazığ or Adana.[2]
The station building was built in the Art deco style and is similar to the station buildings of Sivas, Manisa and Diyarbakır stations.[3]
Malatya station also houses the TCDD regional headquarters for District 5.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 4 Eylül Mavi Treni (in Turkish)
- ^ As, Erdal (2013). Cumhuriyet Dönemi Ulaşım Politikaları (in Turkish). Ankara: Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi. p. 107.
- ^ Erdoğan, Hacı Abdullah; Başar, Mehmet Emin (September 2009). "Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye'de Tren Garları" (in Turkish): 38. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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