İskenderun railway station

İSKENDERUN
İskenderun railway station
Location	Çay mahallesi, İskenderun
Coordinates	36°35′18″N 36°10′54″E / 36.58833°N 36.18167°E / 36.58833; 36.18167
Owned by	TCDD
Line(s)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1913
Electrified	25 kV AC
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station toward Mersin Terminus
Location
İSKENDERUN Location within Turkey

İskenderun station (Turkish: İskenderun istasyonu) is the main railway station in the city of İskenderun, Turkey. The station is located at

36°35′18″N 36°10′54″E / 36.58833°N 36.18167°E / 36.58833; 36.18167. The bus station is to the south west and the harbor is to the north of the station. İskenderun is a port city in the Hatay Province and the station is the southern terminus of the Toprakkale-İskenderun branch line which connects the province to the main line between Adana and Gaziantep.^[1] The line was opened to service in 1913 during the Ottoman Empire era. ^[2]

The station briefly appears in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Trains[]

The majority of the trains using İskenderun station are freight trains. The main passenger train is between Mersin and İskenderun with 21 stops in between.^[3] some of the important stops are; Dörtyol, Ceyhan, Adana and Tarsus.

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