Şişhane is an underground station on the
M2 line of the
Istanbul Metro
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.
The station is located under Meşrutiyet Street in
Beyoğlu,
Istanbul
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. Şişhane has an entrance to Istanbul's famous
İstiklâl Caddesi as well as entrances to
Kasımpaşa. An out-of-station interchange is available with the historic
Tünel
The Tünel ( en, Tunnel, designated as the F2 line on the Istanbul transport map) is a historic underground funicular line in Istanbul, Turkey. It has two stations, connecting Karaköy and Beyoğlu. The tunnel runs uphill from near the conflue ...
funicular line as well as the T2 tram line. Many city buses that run along Tarlabaşı Boulevard are just a few blocks away from Şişhane's Kasımpaşa portal. Şişhane was opened on 31 January 2009 along with
Atatürk Oto Sanayi on the northern part of the line. Between 2009-14 trains from Şişhane would operate as a shuttle to Taksim and back. When the M2 was extended south to Yenikapı in 2014, trains operated normally traversing the full line.
Layout
File:Shishhane metro station 8424 panorama.jpg, Sişhane metro station Tiles panorama
File:Shishhane metro station 8426.jpg, Sişhane metro station tiles
File:Shishhane metro station 8429.jpg, Sişhane metro station tiles
File:Shishhane metro station 8430.jpg, Sişhane metro station tiles
References
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Railway stations opened in 2009
Istanbul metro stations
Beyoğlu
2009 establishments in Turkey
Railway stations in Turkey opened in the 2000s