All About Adana Train Station

Adana Train Station is the main train station of TCDD located in Seyhan district of Adana. The station was put into service in 1912. Today it is home to TCDD 6th Regional Directorate and is the starting point of Adana - Mersin railway and Adana - Kurtalan railway.

The station serves the Mersin - Adana, Mersin - İskenderun and Mersin - İslahiye regional trains with the Toros Express, Erciyes Express and Fırat Express outline trains.

Station; The main building covers an area of ​​approximately 450.000 m² in the central part of the city with its lodgings and maintenance-repair workshops. There is Uğur Mumcu Square in front of the station building. This square, which is opened with three large pointed arches and has a large and high place, stands in the middle part of the station, such as a waiting room, booths, information desk and a storage room. On the upper floor of the section on the left, there is a dispatcher, train station and VIP lounge. There are also lodgings to the left and right of the building. The station has three platforms for passenger trains.

Access to Adana Station

Adana station is 2 km from the city center. The closest metro station is 400 meters away. The closest hotel is Akkoç Otel, 500 meters from the station. Adana bus terminal is 6 km west of the station, between Şehitlik and Şakirpaşa train stations. Some Mersin-Adana trains stop at these stations. Adana station is suitable for disabled access. There are safety lockers to store your belongings. There is an international ticket office and travel card sales.

Trains at Adana Train Station

  • Erciyes Express
  • Euphrates Express
  • Taurus Express
  • Adana Mersin train
  • Mersin İskenderun train
  • Mersin Islahiye train

History of Adana Train Station

The first train station in Adana (where Adana Provincial Mufti is located) was built in 1886 by Mersin Tarsus Adana Railway (MTA) Company, a French company, and was put into service for the Mersin - Tarsus - Adana Railway line. In 1906, Deutsche Bank, owner and main financier of the Baghdad Railway (CIOB) Company, bought the railway line that belongs to the French MTA company. Following this acquisition, in 1912, the station building belonging to the MTA Company in Adana was abandoned and the Adana Station building, which was built further north by CIOB Company, was started to be used.

January 1, 1929 date of nationalization decisions within the scope of the railways company MTA company and CIOB taken by the Government of the Republic of Turkey shared the same fate and was nationalized. The railway lines operated by the companies were transferred to the General Directorate of State Railways, which would later become the TCDD.

Adana-Mersin Railway

Adana - Mersin railway is a 67 km (42 ml) double track railway line of TCDD located between Adana and Mersin. Hat TCDD is located within the area of ​​responsibility of the 6th Region.

line which is one of Turkey's busiest rail line, with the Taurus Express and Erciyes outline Express train Mersin - Adana, Mersin - Iskenderun and Mersin - İslahiye serves regional trains.

In addition, line, Mersin is very important in terms of commercial activities, which passes through the district of the town of Tarsus and Turkey is one of the largest port serving the port of Mersin.

Adana-Mersin Railway History

Mersin - Tarsus - Adana railway (MTA) On January 20, 1883, the Ottoman government gave concessions to two Turkish businessmen for the expansion of railway systems in the Cilicia / Cukurova region. However, these individuals sold some of their privilege rights to a group of British and French investors because they could not progress adequately on their own, and thus, Mersin - Tarsus - Adana Railway (MTA) Company, a London based French company, was established. The railway line built by MTA Company was completed on August 2, 1886 and entered into service.

In 1896, Turkish partners sold all their privilege rights to foreign partners and MTA turned into a company with a completely foreign capital. In 1906, Deutsche Bank, owner and main financier of the Baghdad Railway (CIOB) Company, bought the railway line owned by the French MTA company. Following this acquisition, the station building belonging to the MTA Company in Adana in 1912 (where the provincial mufti of Adana is located today) was abandoned and the Adana Station building, which was built further north by CIOB Company, was started to be used.

Even after World War I and the War of Independence, the owner of the line was Deutsche Bank. But the company, the Baghdad Railway on January 1, 1929 (CIOB) Company and Ottoman Anatolia Railways (CFO) diluted share the same fate with the Company and the Republic of Turkey and the nationalization of the railways taken by the government expropriated the scope of the decision. The railway line operated by the company has been transferred to the General Directorate of State Railways, which will later become the TCDD.

The railway line that used to belong to the MTA company still belongs to TCDD today, and passenger and cargo transportation is carried out by TCDD Tasimacilik on the line.

Parts of the Line and Opening Dates

The entire railway line (between Mersin and Adana) was built by the Mersin - Tarsus - Adana Railway (MTA) Company for the Mersin - Tarsus - Adana Railway line between 1883 and 1886.

Route Distance Service Year

Mersin - Yenice - Adana 68,382 km (42,491 mi) 1886

Train Lines Operated by TCDD Tasimacilik in Railway Line

Outline Trains

  • Taurus Express
  • Erciyes Express

Regional Trains

  • Mersin - Adana
  • Mersin - Iskenderun
  • Mersin - Islahiye

Adana Kurtalan Railway

Adana - Kurtalan railway is the 804,809 km (500,085 mi) long railway line belonging to TCDD between Adana and Kurtalan. The line is under the responsibility of TCDD Region 6 and TCDD Region 5.

The line provides services to Malatya - Elazığ and Diyarbakır - Batman regional trains with the Fırat Express, Van Lake Express and South Kurtalan Express mainline trains.

Parts of the Line and Opening Dates The section of the railway line between Adana - Fevzipaşa in 1912 "Chemins du Fer Impérial Ottomans de Bagdad ”/“ Ottoman Baghdad Railway ”(CIOB) Company built for the Baghdad Railway line. Fevzipaşa - Narlı - Malatya - Yolçatı - Diyarbakır - Kurtalan part, which forms the remaining part of the line, was built between 1929 - 1944 by the General Directorate of State Railways, which later became TCDD.

Route Distance Service Year
Adana Train Station - Toprakkale - Fevzipaşa 141,431 km (87,881 mi)
1912
Fevzipaşa - Köprübaşı - Narlı - Gölbaşı 26,881 km (16,703 mi)
1932
Gölbaşı - Doğanşehir 56,014 km (34,805 mi)
1930
Doğanşehir - Malatya Station 56,745 km (35,260 mi)
1931
Malatya - Battalgazi (Eskimalatya) - Fırat 56,745 km (35,260 mi)
1931
Euphrates - Kuşsarayi (Bekirhüseyin) - Yolçatı 67,968 km (42,233 mi)
1934
Yolçatı - Mine 75,950 km (47,193 mi)
1935
Mine - Diyarbakır Station 52,670 km (32,728 mi)
1935
Diyarbakir - Bismil 47,382 km (29,442 mi)
1940
Bismil - Sinan 28,424 km (17,662 mi)
1942
Sinan - Batman 14,726 km (9,150 mi)
1943
Batman - Kurtalan Station 68,818 km (42,762 mi)
1944
Battalgazi (Eskimalatya) - Kuşsarayi (Bekirhüseyin) 29,784 km (18,507 mi)
1986

Train Lines Operated by TCDD Tasimacilik in Railway Line Outline Trains

  • Euphrates Express
  • Lake Van Express
  • Southern Kurtalan Express

Regional Trains

  • Malatya - Elazig Regional Train
  • Diyarbakır - Batman Regional Train

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