Üsküdar railway station
Appearance
Üsküdar | |||||||||||
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TCDD Taşımacılık commuter rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Üsküdar Meydanı, Mimar Sinan Mah., 34672 Üsküdar, Istanbul Turkey | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°01′32″N 29°00′54″E / 41.025611°N 29.014972°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | TCDD Taşımacılık | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Marmaray Tunnel | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Istanbul Metro: at Üsküdar Şehir Hatları at Üsküdar Terminal Turyol at Üsküdar Pier Dentur at Üsküdar Terminal İETT Bus: 15, 15B, 15C, 15E, 15H, 15K, 15KÇ, 15M, 15N, 15P, 15R, 15S, 15T, 15Y, 15ŞN, 15Z Istanbul Minibus: Üsküdar-Acıbadem | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 29 October 2013 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz Overhead wire | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017 | 35,786 Average daily ridership[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Üsküdar railway station is an underground railway station located beneath Üsküdar square in Istanbul. It was opened on 29 October 2013 along with the new trans-Bosphorus Marmaray rail tunnel.[2] TCDD Taşımacılık operates commuter trains east to Ayrılık Çeşmesi and west to Kazlıçeşme (on the European side) within 6- to 10-minute intervals. Due to the stations central location, connections to several city bus routes are available.
Üsküdar saw over 1.1 million boardings in October 2017, making it the 3rd busiest station on the Marmaray line as well as making up for 20% of all passenger boardings.[1]
Layout
[edit]Track 1 | → ← Marmaray toward Zeytinburnu or Halkalı |
Island platform | |
Track 2 | → Marmaray toward Maltepe or Gebze → |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ekim 2017 Günlük Ortalama Yolcu". marmaray.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Marmaray tarihçesi". marmaray.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 December 2017.