Kayaş railway station 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 ...

on the

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commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

line in

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. Located in the Kayaş neighborhood of the Mamak district, it is the eastern terminus of the line. The station closed down in July 2016 and the platforms were demolished, expanded and rebuilt; Kayaş station is expected to reopen on 12 April 2018 and will serve commuter, regional and intercity trains and by the end of 2018, high-speed YHT trains to

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. The station house was built in the Turkish Neoclassical style, during the

First national architectural movement The First national architectural movement ( tr, Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Akımı), also referred to in Turkey as the National architectural Renaissance ( tr, Millî Mimari Rönesansı), or Turkish Neoclassical architecture ( tr, Neoklasik Türk � ...

in Turkey. Before 2016, Kayaş station had 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. (Two for commuter trains and two for regional and intercity trains) The station has been expanded to seven tracks with three platforms. Two of the seven tracks will serve as a layover siding for commuter trains.

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