Hatundere | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Hatundere istayonu, 35660 Menemen Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°41′24″N27°01′03″E / 38.6899°N 27.0176°E /38.6899; 27.0176 | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) | ||||||||||||||||
| System | İZBANcommuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | İZBAN | ||||||||||||||||
| Line | Menemen-Aliağa railway | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 13.5 km (8.4 mi) (Aliağa) 98.1 km (61.0 mi) (Tepeköy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  ESHOT: 744, 752 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Status | In operation | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1995[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2006-11[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2004 (25 kV AC, 60 Hz) | ||||||||||||||||
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Hatundere railway station (Turkish:Hatundere istasyonu) is arailway station on theİZBANcommuter rail system. It is located near the villages Fatih, Helvacı and Hatundere and accessible via an unnamed service road.
Hatundere station was originally opened in 1995 by theTurkish State Railways, along with the double-trackMenemen-Aliağa railway.[1] Hatundere was one of four stations built on the railway, along withAliağa,Biçerova andYanıkköy, and was built as a high-level station. With its completion, TCDD operated a regional trains service between Aliağa andÇiğli station inİzmir, where connections to local train service toAlsancak station could be made.[3][4] In 1999 the State Railways and theİzmir Metropolitan Municipality unveiled plans for theAliağa-Menderes railway corridor, which planned for a complete overhaul of the railway from Aliağa toMenderes, which would later be known asİZBAN.[5][6] This included the electrification and modernization of all stations. Electrification work began on 18 December 1998 and was completed on 6 May 2004, although no electric trains were put into service.[7] TCDD continued to operate regional railbus train service until 2006, when the construction of the Karşıyaka railway tunnel saw the closure of the railway between Çiğli and Basmane/Alsancak.[8] While efforts were made to continue train service between Aliağa and Çiğli, these ultimately failed and Hatundere station was temporarily closed to passenger service.[9][2] During its closure, certain upgrades to station were made, including the addition of turnstiles andPIS boards along with İZBAN signage. On 29 October 2010, İZBAN began testing its trains betweenHalkapınar and Aliağa with its newE22000EMUs. On 30 January 2011, Hatundere reopened to passenger service with the extension of İZBAN's northern line from Çiğli to Aliağa.[10] Hatundere originally saw hourly train service between Aliağa and Alsancak. This frequency increased to half-hourly on 15 May 2011, due to high demand.[11]
Hatundere is located within İZBAN'sNorthern Line (Menemen-Aliağa) and therefore sees less-frequent train service compared to theCentral Line (Menemen-Cumaovaı). İZBAN operates trains with a 24-minute window to Aliağa in the north and to Alsancak and Cumaovası in the south, along with three direct trains further south toTepeköy at night.[12] In cooperation withESHOT bus service, Hatundere is the transfer point for service toFoça, via the 744 bus route.[13] A second bus route to Buruncuk, on theD.550 highway also runs from the station.[13] This transfer point between İZBAN trains and ESHOT busses is known asHatundere Transfer Center (Turkish:Hatundere aktarma merkezi).
ESHOT operates regional bus service, accessible from the station.[13]
| Route Number | Stop | Route | Location |
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| 744 | Hatundere İstasyon | Hatundere Aktarma Merkezi — Foça | Hatundere Station |
| 752 | Hatundere İstasyon | Hatundere Aktarma Merkezi — Buruncuk | Hatundere Station |
