Yenice railway station
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Railway station in Yenice, Mersin, Turkey
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| TCDD intercity and regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yenice Station | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atatürk Blv., Yenica Mah., 33400 Tarsus/Mersin Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°58′27′′N 35°03′11′′E / 36.974204°N 35.053178°E / 36.974204; 35.053178 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | TCDD Taşımacılık: Taurus Express Erciyes Express Mersin-Adana Regional Mersin-İslahiye Regional Mersin-İskenderun Regional | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 6633 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 August 1886; 138 years ago (2 August 1886) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Yenice station (Turkish: Yenice Garı) is a railway station in Yenice, Mersin. Yenice station is on the busy Adana-Mersin Main Line. The station was built in 1886 by the Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway.[1]
Historical Importance
[edit ]Main article: Yenice Conference
Historical Meeting between the Turkish president İsmet İnönü and British prime minister Winston Churchill was held in Yenice Station during the Second World War. There is a bill board about this meeting in the station building.
References
[edit ]External links
[edit ]- Media related to Yenice railway station (Mersin) at Wikimedia Commons
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