Kapıkule railway station

Kapıkule
TCDD Taşımacılık intercity and regional rail station
The station building.
General information
LocationGar Gümrük Road, Kemal Mah. 22130
Edirne
Turkey
Coordinates47°43′09″N 26°21′41″E / 47.719051°N 26.361516°E / 47.719051; 26.361516
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)Pehlivanköy-Svilengrad railway
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
Opened23 May 1971 (1971-05-23)
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz AC OL (1997)
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Svilengrad
towards Sofia
Istanbul–Sofia Express Edirne
towards Istanbul
Svilengrad
towards Bucharest
Bosphorus Express
Terminus Istanbul–Kapıkule Edirne Şehir
towards Istanbul
Preceding station Optima Tours Following station
Kalotina West
towards Villach Hbf
Optima Express (de) Edirne
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Turkish State Railways Following station
Svilengrad
towards Belgrade
Balkan Express Edirne
towards Istanbul

Kapıkule station (Turkish: Kapıkule garı), is the westernmost railway station in Turkey. It is located towards the north of Kapıkule, the frontier town on the Turkey/Bulgaria border. Kapıkule is a border station and the terminus for domestic trains in European Turkey. Only the Bosphorus Express to Bucharest and the Balkan Express to Belgrade continue across the border into Bulgaria. The station is the busier of the 2 operational border stations of the Turkish State Railways in Turkey, the other one being Kapıköy on the border with Iran.

Exit passport stamp issued at the station

Kapıkule station was opened in 1971 as part of the Edirne cut-off to bypass the main line of the former Oriental Railways in the Ottoman Empire. The construction of this line, however, resulted in the abandonment of Edirne's historic Karaağaç railway station, which became first the Rectorate (1998–2011) and later the Faculty of Fine Arts building of Trakya University.

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