Stadyum is an elevated station on the

Fahrettin Altay—Evka 3 Line Fakhr al-Din ( ar, فخر الدين ) is an Arabic male given name and (in modern usage) a surname, meaning ''pride of the religion''. Alternative transliterations include Fakhruddin , Fakhreddin, Fakhreddine, Fakhraddin, Fakhruddin, Fachreddin, ...

of the İzmir Metro in Bornova. It is located in the Çınar neighborhood above Fatih Avenue and 2783rd Street. The station is named ''Stadyum'' ( en, Stadium) after the nearby

İzmir Atatürk Stadium İzmir Atatürk Stadium ( tr, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu) is a multi-purpose stadium in İzmir, Turkey. It was named after the Turkish statesman Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It is currently used mostly for football matches and occasionally for track an ...

, one of the largest stadiums in Turkey. Stadyum opened on 22 May 2000 as part of the ten original stations on the İzmir Metro.

History

Stadyum was originally a railway station on the

Bornova suburban Bornova is a metropolitan district of İzmir in İzmir Province in Turkey. It is the third largest district in İzmir's Greater Metropolitan Area of and is almost fully urbanized at the rate of 98.6 percent, with corresponding high levels of devel ...

line known as Mersinli railway station. The station was built by the

Smyrna Cassaba Railway The Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements (English:''Smyrna Cassaba & Prolongations''), formerly The Smyrna Cassaba Railway, was a railway company operating in Western Anatolia from 1863 to 1934. History The Ottoman Government gave a concession to build ...

(SCP) and opened on 25 October 1866. Trains from Basmane station to Bornova stopped at Mersinli. Since the

Bornova Branch The Bornova Railway Branch was a 5.9 km long railway line, from Halkapınar to Bornova, Turkey, that branched from the SCP's main line at Halkapınar. The line was completed by the Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements in 1866. TCDD absorbed the SCP ...

was never extended, the station and the line remained a suburban railway. The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) took over the SCP in 1934 and continued operating commuter service on the railway. TCDD sold the railway to the İzmir Municipality in 1994 and Mersinli, along with the railway, was closed down. The Municipality began construction of the İzmir Metro in 1995 and Mersinli station was demolished. The new station, named ''Stadyum'', was built as an elevated station on the new right-of-way. Construction was completed in 1999 and the station was inaugurated on 22 May 2000, along with the metro line from Bornova to Üçyol.

Connections

ESHOT operates city bus service on İnönü Avenue.

References

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