Pehlivanköy railway station

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PEHLİVANKÖY
TCDD regional rail station
Pehlivanköy gari.jpg
Pehlivanköy station house in 2016.
Locationİstasyon Sk., Kazımdirik Mah. 39600
Pehlivanköy/Kırklareli
Turkey
Coordinates41°20′46″N 26°55′06″E / 41.346159°N 26.918390°E / 41.346159; 26.918390Coordinates: 41°20′46″N 26°55′06″E / 41.346159°N 26.918390°E / 41.346159; 26.918390
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  
Platforms2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingLocated in front of station building.
History
Opened4 April 1873 (1873-04-04)[1]
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
toward Kapıkule
toward Istanbul
Terminus
Istanbul-Uzunköprü
Former services
Preceding station   Turkish State Railways   Following station
  Former service  
toward Belgrade
Balkan Express
toward Istanbul
toward Thessaloniki
Friendship Express
toward Istanbul

Pehlivanköy station (Turkish: Pehlivanköy garı) is a station in Pehlivanköy, Turkey. The station is located just before the Edirne cut-off splits off the Istanbul-Pythio railway. TCDD Taşımacılık operates a daily regional train from Istanbul to Kapıkule, which stops at Pehlivanköy.

The station was opened on 4 April 1873, by the Oriental Railway.

Between July 2005 and February 2011 the Friendship Express, (an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece) made scheduled stops at Pehlivanköy.

References[]

  1. ^ CO railway opening dates - trainsofturkey.com

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