Ali Çetinkaya railway station

Ali Çetinkaya
The front facade of the station
General information
Coordinates	38°45′51″N 30°33′08″E / 38.764028°N 30.552361°E / 38.764028; 30.552361
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Architectural style	Art Deco
Other information
Station code	7502
History
Opened	1895
Rebuilt	1939
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station toward İzmir Konya Blue Train Büyükçobanlar toward Konya toward Denizli Pamukkale Express toward Eskişehir Terminus Eskişehir-Afyon   Future service   Uşak toward İzmir Yüksek Hızlı Tren Polatlı YHT toward Ankara

Afyon Ali Çetinkaya railway station (Turkish: Afyon Ali Çetinkaya garı) is the main railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The station is one of Afyon's two railway stations, the other being . Ali Çetinkaya station was built in 1895 by the Anatolian Railway as part of their main line between İstanbul and Konya. The Turkish State Railways acquired the Anatolian Railway in 1927. In 1936 the State Railways connected the two station together with the opening of the Afyon-Karakuyu line. The station was rebuilt with a station building half the size of the one in Ankara and inaugurated on July 18, 1939, by president İsmet İnönü and Minister of Transport Ali Çetinkaya. Ali Çetinkaya station was always the busier station of the two and after 1939 all railway traffic in Afyon was handled from this station. When Ali Çetinkaya died in 1949, the station was renamed in his honor.^[1]

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