Izmit station () is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and is the main station in Izmit,

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. The station is located on the shore of the Izmit Bay next to the D100 and at the western end of Cumhuriyet avenue. Izmit station was first opened on 1 August 1873 by the

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as part of the Constantinople-Izmit railway. The line was then sold to the

Anatolian Railway The Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie (, ), founded on 4 October 1888, was a railway company that operated in the Ottoman Empire.Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

. The

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took over the railway and the station in 1927.

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Buildings and structures in İzmit Railway stations in Kocaeli Province Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1873 Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1977 High-speed railway stations in Turkey {{Turkey-railstation-stub