Maltepe railway station

MALTEPE
TCDD

The station building in the snow.
Location İstasyon Cd., Maltepe, İstanbul, Turkey
Coordinates 40°55′13″N 29°08′07″E / 40.920397°N 29.135218°E / 40.920397; 29.135218Coordinates: 40°55′13″N 29°08′07″E / 40.920397°N 29.135218°E / 40.920397; 29.135218
Owned by TCDD
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking No
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Operating
Station code 1560
History
Opened 1872
Rebuilt 1969
Electrified 1969 (25 kV AC)
Services
Preceding station   Turkish State Railways   Following station
Ataköy
toward Haydarpaşa
Haydarpaşa-Gebze Line
Cevizli
toward Pendik
Bostancı
Toward Haydarpaşa		   Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı Regional   Kartal
Toward Adapazarı
Süreyyaplajı
Toward Haydarpaşa 		  Haydarpaşa-Gebze Line   Cevizli
Toward Gebze

Maltepe railway station is located in Maltepe, İstanbul. The station is 14.3 km (8.9 mi) east from Haydarpaşa Terminal and is located directly southeast of the historical city center of Maltepe. The station has 2 platforms for passenger traffic and 2 freight platforms. The Haydarpaşa-Gebze Line and the Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı Regional service the station, as intercity trains skip Maltepe. The station was originally opened in 1872 by the Ottoman Government as part of a railway from İstanbul to İzmit. The government sold the station to the Anatolian Railway in 1888, which was later taken over by the Turkish State Railways in 1927. The station used to be a main freight depot, but when the branch line serving the Maltepe military pier was abandoned freight operations declined greatly.

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