Akyaka railway station

Akyaka station (Turkish: Akyaka garı) is a station in the town of Akyaka, Kars in northeastern Turkey. TCDD Taşımacılık operates a twice-daily regional train from Kars.

AKYAKA
TCDD regional rail station
The station building in 1997, with the now dismantled wye track in the foreground.
Locationİstasyon Cd. 25, İstasyon Mah. 36780
Akyaka/Kars
Turkey
Coordinates40.739872°N 43.623831°E / 40.739872; 43.623831
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  Kars-Akyaka
Platforms2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened1899 (1899)[1]
Closed1993-2011
Rebuilt1962
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
Şahnalar
toward Kars
Kars-AkyakaTerminus

The station was originally opened in 1899 by the Transcaucasus Railway as Shuregel station (Turkish: Şöregel, Russian: Шурегель), when Akyaka was a part of the Russian Empire. In 1922, the station was renamed Kızılçakçak station to reflect the name change of the settlement. The railway, and the station, was taken over by the Turkish government-owned Eastern Railway in 1925, which became the Turkish State Railways in 1929. In 1962, TCDD converted the broad gauge railway to standard gauge and rebuilt the station, which was renamed to its current name in 1966.[2] Due to the border closure between Turkey and Armenia, train service east of Kars was suspended in 1993 until February 2011, when TCDD returned train service to Akyaka.

Akyaka station is located in the town center in the vicinity of the town post office and police station.

References
  1. "Transcaucasus Railways". trainsofturkey.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. "TCDD History/Sivas Erzurum Erzincan Kars". trainsofturkey.com. Retrieved 9 October 2017.


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