Basmane train station

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Basmans
railway station
railway station
Data
Operating point type railway station
Location in the network Terminus
Design Terminus
Platform tracks 7th
opening October 25, 1866
location
City / municipality Izmir
province Izmir
Country Turkey
Coordinates 38 ° 25 '21 "  N , 27 ° 8' 38"  E Coordinates: 38 ° 25 '21 "  N , 27 ° 8' 38"  E
Railway lines
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Track with local train
Subway station

The Basmane Train ( Turkish Basmane Garı ) is an Intercity - and the local train station and subway -Station in the Turkish city of Izmir . Besides the Izmir-Alsancak train station, Basmane train station is the city’s second major train station. All trains of the state railway company Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (TCDD) that come to the city end here, including the InterCity trains from Ankara , Bandırma and Konya as well as the regional trains from Denizli , Söke , Tire and Ödemiş . The name consists of the Turkish words Basma (a Turkish printed calico ) and hane (house), as fabric manufacturers used to be based here.

location

The terminus is in downtown Izmir in the north of the Konak district . In the south lies the old town with the business district Kemeraltı , in the north the Kültürpark .

history

railway station

The Ottoman Railway Company (ORC), founded by English investors in 1856, opened up the fertile hinterland of Izmir with railway lines from 1860 and built Alsancak station as the end point, which connected the district town of Torbalı with Izmir from 1860 . North of Izmir there was also a desire for traffic development and improvement of the connections to Constantinople . For this purpose, on July 4, 1863, the Chemin de fer de Smyrne-Cassaba et Prolongements (SCR) received the concession to build a line from Izmir to Cassaba (Ottoman: Kasaba, today Turgutlu ). The company, which is also supported by English investors, decided to build its own train station near the city center, independent of the OCR train station. Construction began in 1864 and was completed in 1866. Basmane station was inaugurated on October 25, 1866. Due to the location of the route networks of the SCR and ORC, there has been a level crossing of the routes from them east of the two terminal stations. Both stations are connected with each other via connecting curves.

The SCR used the building for passenger and freight transport. For this purpose, a goods handling facility had been built in the back of the station. During the First World War , the station and railway company were placed under the military control of the Ottoman Empire. After the war and the founding of the Republic of Turkey, the SCR took over the station and route network again in its own administration, until 1934 the Turkish Railway Company TCDD was founded and the SCR was absorbed. In 2001 the tracks were electrified but not used. From 2006 the station was renovated and passenger traffic was discontinued until 2009.

Metro station

The metro station is on the Fahrettin Altay — Evka 3 line on the Izmir Metro . It is located directly under the train station and is only accessible via this. Basmane was one of the first metro stations in the city. It connects intercity and regional rail transport with the city. The ESHOT buses can also be reached from here . Only Basmane offers this type of networking between local and long-distance transport.

Basmane metro station opened on May 22, 2000.

architecture

The station is a strictly symmetrical building. The two-storey plastered building is raised in the center by a third storey with a hipped roof and optically separated from the building wings by risalits . Corner pilaster strips and a projecting cornice structure the building.

Transport links

Local and long-distance traffic connections

Long-distance transport
Local transport

Subway

The station is on the Fahrettin Altay - Evka 3 line of the Izmir Metro.

←
 Lines
→
Fahrettin Altay - Poligon - Göztepe - Hatay - Izmirspor - Üçyol - Konak - Çankaya SubwayM1
Metro Hattı 		Hilal - Halkarpınar - Stadyum - Sanayı - Bölge - Bornova Hastane - Ege Üniversitesi - Evka-3

buses

The coach company ESHOT ( E Lektrik S u H avagazı O tobüs ve T roleybüs) leave from the Gazi Caddesi and the Fevzipasa Boulevard.

Buses in Gazi Caddesi
line Breakpoint route
35 Çardak Ballıkuyu - Konak
302 Çardak Otogar - Konak
951 Çardak Montrö - Konak


Buses on Fevzipaşa Boulevard
line Breakpoint route
34 PTT Esentepe - Gümrük
35 PTT Ballıkuyu - Konak
36 PTT Yeşildere - Gümrük
39 PTT İsmetpaşa - Gümrük
466 PTT Şirinyer - Gümrük (via Gürçeşme)
838 PTT Şirinyer - Gümrük (via Mehtap)

Web links

Commons : Basmane Train Station  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Izmir Basmane. In: trainsofturkey.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ SCP - Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongement , trainsofturkey.com, accessed March 24, 2020
  3. ^ History , Izmir Metro, accessed March 24, 2020
  4. ↑ Basmane Garı , Izmir Kültür ve Turizm Dergisi, accessed on March 24, 2020