Haydarpaşa railway station

HAYDARPAŞA
Front facade of the station building.
General information
LocationHaydarpaşa Gar Sk., Rasimpaşa Mah., 34716
Kadıköy, Istanbul
Turkey
Coordinates40°59′46″N 29°01′07″E / 40.9962°N 29.0187°E / 40.9962; 29.0187
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Line(s)Istanbul-Ankara railway
Platforms6 Bay platforms
Tracks9
Connections Kadıköy (Istanbul Metro); M4 (Istanbul Metro); Marmaray; Metrobus (Istanbul): Lines 34AS and 34G; Bus : Lines 13, 14A, 14D, 14M, 14Y, 15BK, 19EK, 19F, and 20E; Dolmus and Minibus: The KADIKÖY - FIKIRTEPE - GÖZCÜBABA - SAHRAYICEDID
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingFor employees only
ArchitectOtto Ritter, Helmuth Conu
Architectural styleGerman Neoclassical
Other information
StatusUnder renovation
History
Opened22 September 1872 (1872-09-22)
Closed19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)
Rebuilt1908
Electrified29 May 1969
25 kV AC, 60 Hz
Former inter-city services
Preceding station Turkish State Railways Following station
Terminus Trans-Asia Express
Service suspended
Bostancı
towards Tatvan Pier
Capital Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Ankara
Republic Express
Fatih Express
Ankara Express
Bosphorus Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Istanbul
Anatolian Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Ankara
Eskişehir Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Eskişehir
Sakarya Express
Eastern Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Kars
Lake Van Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Tatvan
Southern Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Kurtalan
Meram Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Adana
Central Anatolia Blue Train
pre-2012
Adapazarı Express Söğütlüçeşme
towards Adapazarı
Former commuter rail services
Preceding station Turkish State Railways Following station
Terminus Haydarpaşa suburban Söğütlüçeşme
towards Gebze
Location

Haydarpaşa station (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Garı) is a railway station in Istanbul, that was, until 2012 the main city terminal for trains travelling to and from the Anatolian side of Turkey. It used to be Turkey's busiest railway station. (Its counterpart on the European side of the city was Sirkeci station which served train services to and from the Thracian side of the country.) The station building still houses the headquarters for District 1 of the State Railways but since a fire in 2010 the station has not been in use and its future remains uncertain.

Haydarpaşa stands on an embankment over the Bosphorus just south of the Port of Haydarpaşa (one of the main container terminals in Turkey) and is slightly north of busy Kadıköy. Until the rail service was suspended, ferry services connected it to Eminönü, Karaköy and Kadıköy.

The closure of the station has been very controversial and a group known as the Haydarpaşa Solidarity Group (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Dayanışması) has staged regular protest sit-ins in front of it amid fears that the station and port would be sold; a plan involving seven skyscrapers provoked especially strong adverse reaction. In December 2015, the reintegration of Haydarpaşa station into the Marmaray network was theoretically approved along with the restoration and rehabilitation of the station building and platforms. However, in 2022 its future still remained unclear.