Yedikule station is an indefinitely closed railway station on the

Istanbul suburban The Istanbul suburban railway, locally referred to as B1 ( tr, İstanbul Banliyösü), was an important rail line in İstanbul, Turkey. It was operated by the Turkish State Railways and was one of Istanbul's two commuter rail lines (the other bein ...

. It is located in the Yedikule neighborhood in southwest Fatih. The ''Yedikule Electric Train Depot'' is located right next to the station but was closed down in the early 2000s. The station had one track servicing an

island platform 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 ...

(eastbound track) during the construction of the

Marmaray The Marmaray () is a intercontinental commuter rail line in Istanbul, Turkey. A rail tunnel running under the Bosphorus strait was connected to an upgraded version of the old suburban train service (known as the banliyö), allowing trains ...

tunnels, the westbound track being temporarily removed. Yedikule was served by the

İstanbul-Halkalı Line The Istanbul suburban railway, locally referred to as B1 ( tr, İstanbul Banliyösü), was an important rail line in İstanbul, Turkey. It was operated by the Turkish State Railways and was one of Istanbul's two commuter rail lines (the other bein ...

, which was abandoned with the opening of

. The station is away from

Sirkeci Terminal Sirkeci railway station ( tr, Sirkeci garı), listed on maps as Istanbul railway station ( tr, İstanbul garı), is a railway terminal in Istanbul, Turkey. The terminal is located in Sirkeci, on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula, right n ...

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Fatih Railway stations in Istanbul Province Railway stations opened in 1872 Railway stations closed in 2013 1872 establishments in the Ottoman Empire Defunct railway stations in Turkey {{Turkey-railstation-stub