İzmit railway station

40°45′43″N 29°55′02″E / 40.761896°N 29.917224°E / 40.761896; 29.917224Owned byTCDDLine(s)Platforms3Tracks7ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeParkingYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation code1570HistoryOpened1 August 1873^[1]Rebuilt1976–77, 2012–14Electrified6 February 1977Passengers2009912,500 18% Services

Preceding station	TCDD Taşımacılık			Following station
Gebze towards Istanbul Halkalı		Yüksek Hızlı Tren		Arifiye towards Ankara
				Arifiye towards Karaman
		Ankara Express		Arifiye towards Ankara
Derince towards Gebze		Ada Express		Köseköy towards Adapazarı

Former services

Preceding station Turkish State Railways Following station Pendik towards Istanbul Capital Express Arifiye towards Ankara Republic Express Fatih Express Anatolian Express Ankara Express Derince towards Arifiye Boğaziçi Express Sapanca towards Ankara Pendik towards Istanbul Eskişehir Express Pelitözü towards Eskişehir Sakarya Express Arifiye towards Eskişehir Kuruçeşme towards Istanbul Adapazarı Express Kırkikievler towards Adapazarı

Track layout
Legend West to Istanbul East to Ankara

Izmit station (Turkish: İzmit garı) is a railway station on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and is the main station in Izmit, Turkey. The station is located on the shore of the Izmit Bay next to the D100 and at the western end of Cumhuriyet avenue.

Izmit station was first opened on 1 August 1873 by the Ottoman government as part of the Constantinople-Izmit railway. The line was then sold to the Anatolian Railway (CFOA) in 1880, which continued to build the line east to Ankara. The Turkish State Railways took over the railway and the station in 1927.

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