Balıkesir railway station
main railway station in Balıkesir, western Turkey
Balıkesir station (Turkish: Balıkesir Garı) is the main railway station in Balıkesir, Turkey. The station was built in 1912 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway as part of their railway from Manisa to Bandırma. TCDD Taşımacılık operates four daily intercity trains, two of which terminate at Balıkesir. The stations consists of one side platform and one island platform serving two tracks. A freight yard is adjacent to the platforms, but in the mid-2010s was set to be decommissioned with the station ground to be used solely for passenger trains.
The public source identifies “Balıkesir railway station” as main railway station in Balıkesir, western Turkey. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Balıkesir, railway and station.
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