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Eğirdir railway station

defunct railway station in Isparta, Turkey

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ5423503 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eğirdir station (Turkish: Eğirdir garı) in Eğirdir, Turkey, was the terminal station of the Oriental Railway Company (ORC) main line from İzmir.

The station was never meant to be a terminal station because the ORC intended to extend the line to Konya.

Built in 1912, the station was closed in 2003.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Eğirdir railway station” as defunct railway station in Isparta, Turkey. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Eğirdir, railway and station.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1912, 2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1912. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Eğirdir, railway and station providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Eğirdir railway station”, the useful work is to connect “defunct railway station in Isparta, Turkey” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5423503. Authority coordinates are 37.876, 30.823. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1912 and 2003.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Eğirdir railway station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Eğirdir railway station primary sources, Eğirdir railway station archive and Eğirdir research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Eğirdir railway station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Eğirdir railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.