Ali Çetinkaya railway station

Afyon Ali Çetinkaya railway station (Turkish: Afyon Ali Çetinkaya garı) is the main railway station in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. The station is one of Afyon's two railway stations, the other being Afyon City station. Ali Çetinkaya station was built in 1895 by the Anatolian Railway as part of their main line between İstanbul and Konya. The Turkish State Railways acquired the Anatolian Railway in 1927. In 1936 the State Railways connected the two station together with the opening of the Afyon-Karakuyu line. The station was rebuilt with a station building half the size of the one in Ankara and inaugurated on July 18, 1939, by president İsmet İnönü and Minister of Transport Ali Çetinkaya. Ali Çetinkaya station was always the busier station of the two and after 1939 all railway traffic in Afyon was handled from this station. When Ali Çetinkaya died in 1949, the station was renamed in his honor.[1]

Not to be confused with Çetinkaya railway station.
Ali Çetinkaya
The front facade of the station
Coordinates38.764028°N 30.552361°E / 38.764028; 30.552361
Platforms2
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Architectural styleArt Deco
Other information
Station code7502
History
Opened1895
Rebuilt1939
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
Balmahmut
toward İzmir
Konya Blue Train
toward Konya
Tınaztepe
toward Denizli
Pamukkale Express
Gazlıgöl
toward Eskişehir
TerminusEskişehir-Afyon
  Future service  
toward İzmir
Yüksek Hızlı Tren
toward Ankara

References
  1. Afyon Cetinkaya Station History Archived January 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – trainsofturkey.com


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