Akyaka station ( tr, Akyaka garı) is a station in the town of Akyaka,

Kars Kars (; ku, Qers; ) is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. Its population is 73,836 in 2011. Kars was in the ancient region known as ''Chorzene'', (in Greek Χορζηνή) in classical historiography ( Strabo), part of ...

in northeastern

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operates a twice-daily regional train from

. The station was originally opened in 1899 by the Transcaucasus Railway as Shuregel station ( tr, Şöregel, russian: Шурегель), when Akyaka was a part of the

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. In 1922, the station was renamed Kızılçakçak station to reflect the name change of the settlement. The railway, and the station, was taken over by the Turkish government-owned Eastern Railway in 1925, which became the Turkish State Railways in 1929. In 1962, TCDD converted the broad gauge railway to standard gauge and rebuilt the station, which was renamed to its current name in 1966. Due to the border closure between Turkey and

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, train service east of Kars was suspended in 1993 until February 2011, when TCDD returned train service to Akyaka. Akyaka station is located in the town center in the vicinity of the town post office and police station.

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Railway stations in Kars Province Railway stations opened in 1899 1899 establishments in the Russian Empire Akyaka District {{Turkey-railstation-stub