Eryaman YHT railway station ( tr, Eryaman YHT garı), previously known as Ankara West YHT railway station ( tr, Ankara Batı YHT garı), is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. Once

Başkentray Başkentray ( en, CapitalRail), formerly known as the Ankara suburban ( tr, Ankara banliyösü), is the name of the long commuter rail line in Ankara, Turkey. It is operated by TCDD Taşımacılık on trackage owned by the Turkish State Railways. ...

commuter rail service begins in April, the station will become a transfer point between YHT high-speed trains and local commuter trains, replacing Sincan station. Eryaman station also replaced Emirler station, located about east of the station, which was demolished in July 2016. Eryaman YHT station consists of two

island platforms An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving four tracks, with two more tracks for bypassing trains. A large station building houses a waiting lounge, cafes and ticket offices. Next to the station is the

Etimesgut Yard The Etimesgut High-speed rail maintenance facility ( tr, Etimesgut Yüksek Hızlı Tren ana bakım deposu), officially known as the Main High-speed rail Maintenance Facility ( tr, YHT Ana Bakım Deposu), is a passenger rail yard used exclusively f ...

, opened in February 2016, which is a large maintenance facility and train yard for YHT train-sets.

Station Layout

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{{Railway stations in Turkey Railway stations in Ankara Province Railway stations opened in 2018 High-speed railway stations in Turkey