TARSUS | |||||||||||||||||||
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| TCDDregional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||
 The station building. | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Karden Langen Blv., Yeşilyurt Mah., Tarsus 33410 Tarsus Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°55′15″N34°53′08″E / 36.92083°N 34.88556°E /36.92083; 34.88556 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | TCDD Taşımacılık | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | TCDD Taşımacılık: Adana-Mersin Regional Mersin-İsalahiye Regional Mersin-İskenderun Regional | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1island platform, 1side platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 2 August 1886 (1886-08-02) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tarsus station (Turkish:Tarsus İstasyonu) is arailway station in the city ofTarsus. Tarsus is a city inMersin Province,Turkey (population 350,000 as of 2022).[1]
The station was built in 1886 to be one of the four intermediate stations on the 67 kilometres (42 mi) longAdana–Mersin Railway Line (others being Zeytinli, Yenice and Taşkent). It became a part of theBerlin-Baghdad Railway in 1911. This increased the traffic of the station. After theRepublic of Turkey was proclaimed in 1923, Turkish government began the railway nationalization project. According to act no.1376 (Jan. 5, 1929) Adana-Mersin railway was also absorbed by theChemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie (Turkish: Osmanlı Anadolu Demiryolları), a subsidiary of theTurkish State Railways (TCDD). Presently the number of intermediate stations is 9.
The original station building no longer exists. The present station building was built in 1949. The building is symmetrical. The tollbooths are in the central section.[2]
The majority of trains using Tarsus station are freight trains. The main passenger service is betweenMersin andAdana, 23 times daily, all of which stop at Tarsus.[3] Some of these trains connect with main line trains atYenice, the next station east of Tarsus.
