Yenice railway station
Railway station in Yenice, Mersin, Turkey
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Yenice station (Turkish: Yenice Garı) is a railway station in Yenice, Mersin. Yenice station is on the busy Adana-Mersin Main Line. The station was built in 1886 by the Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway.[1]
LocationAtatürk Blv., Yenica Mah., 33400 Tarsus/Mersin
Turkey
Turkey
Coordinates36.974204°N 35.053178°E
SystemTCDD intercity and regional rail station
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| Location | Atatürk Blv., Yenica Mah., 33400 Tarsus/Mersin Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36.974204°N 35.053178°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | TCDD intercity and regional rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | TCDD Taşımacılık: Taurus Express Erciyes Express Mersin-Adana Regional Mersin-İslahiye Regional Mersin-İskenderun Regional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 6633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 August 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Historical Importance
Historical Meeting between the Turkish president İsmet İnönü and British prime minister Winston Churchill was held in Yenice Station during the Second World War. There is a bill board about this meeting in the station building.
