Yenikapı railway station

Yenikapı is a railway station on the T6 Sirkeci–Kazlıçeşme Tramway Line / U3 Sirkeci–Kazlıçeşme Rail Line in the Yenikapı neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The station is situated near the south end of the busy Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa Boulevard and one block north of Kennedy Caddesi, two major inner-city roadways and is 4.8 km (3.0 mi) west of Sirkeci Terminal. Connection is available to the Marmaray line and Lines M1 and M2 of the Istanbul Metro.

The station was built in 1872 by the Oriental Railway, which was then taken over by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in 1937 and electrified in 1955. From 1955 to 2013, it formed part of the Istanbul suburban commuter rail line (B1) between Sirkeci and Halkalı on the European side of Istanbul. Due to the rehabilitation of the line between Halkalı and Kazlıçeşme for the Marmaray commuter service, Yenikapı was indefinitely closed on 19 March 2013. On 29 October 2013, the new underground Yenikapı railway station, which makes up a part of the new Yenikapı Transfer Center, was opened along with the trans-Bosphorus Marmaray tunnel. The new Yenikapı complex is located right next to the existing railway station and is serviced by 3...