Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station

Train stop in eastern Istanbul
41°00′01″N 29°01′49″E / 41.0003°N 29.0302°E / 41.0003; 29.0302Owned byTurkish State RailwaysOperated byTCDD TaşımacılıkLine(s)Marmaray TunnelPlatforms1 island platformTracks2ConnectionsIstanbul Metro:
Line M4 at Ayrılık Çeşmesi
Bus transport İETT BusConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeAccessibleYesHistoryOpened29 October 2013Electrified25 kV ACPassengers201745,155 Average daily ridership Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Üsküdar
towards Halkalı
 Marmaray Söğütlüçeşme
towards Gebze

Ayrılık Çeşmesi railway station (Turkish: Ayrılık Çeşmesi istasyonu) is situated along the newly built Trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. The station is located right outside the Asian portal of the tunnel and is the current eastern terminus of the line. The TCDD Taşımacılık operates commuter trains from Ayrılık Çeşmesi to Kazlıçeşme within 6- to 10-minute intervals. Connection to the M4 station of the Istanbul Metro is available.

Ayrılık Çeşmesi saw over 1.5 million boardings in October 2017, making it the second busiest station on the Marmaray line and constituting for 26% of all passenger boardings.[1]

Layout

Track 1 → ← Marmaray toward Zeytinburnu or Halkalı
Island platform Disabled access
Track 2 → Marmaray toward Maltepe or Gebze →

Equipment

The railway station features following equipment:[2]

  • 2 entrance and exit gates,
  • 4 escalators,
  • 1 elevator,
  • 1 ticket office,
  • 2 ticket vending machines,
  • 1 credit loading machine for electronic tickets,
  • 14 turnstiles including 2 for physically handicapped people and
  • 10 passenger information screens.

References

  1. ^ Marmaray yolcu istatistiği Archived 2019-08-24 at the Wayback Machine - marmaray.gov.tr
  2. ^ "Ayrılık Çeşmesi" (in Turkish). Marmaray. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-12-27.