Yenice railway station

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]

YENİCE
TCDD intercity and regional rail station
Yenice Station
LocationAtatürk Blv., Yenica Mah., 33400 Tarsus/Mersin
Turkey
Coordinates36.974204°N 35.053178°E / 36.974204; 35.053178
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Line(s)TCDD Taşımacılık:
Taurus Express
Erciyes Express
Mersin-Adana Regional
Mersin-İslahiye Regional
Mersin-İskenderun Regional
Platforms2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station code6633
History
Opened2 August 1886 (2 August 1886)
Rebuilt1995
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
toward Kayseri
Erciyes Express
toward Adana
toward Konya
Taurus Express
toward Adana
toward Mersin
Mersin-İslahiye
toward İslahiye
Mersin-İskenderun
toward İskenderun
Mersin-Adana
toward Adana
Location
YENİCE
Location within Turkey

Historical Importance

Historical Meeting between the Turkish president İsmet İnönü and British prime minister Winston Churchill was held in Yenice Station. There is a bill board about this meeting in the station building.

References


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