Şirinyer railway station () is an underground railway station of the

İZBAN İZBAN, previously known as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area. Averaging a daily ridership of 185,000 passengers, it is the busiest commuter rail system in Turkey, slightly ahead of the Marmaray commuter ...

commuter rail system. The current station was built between 2006–09 and opened on 30 August 2010.IZBAN Hakkinda (Turkish)
/ref> The former station was opened in 1858 by the

Ottoman Railway Company The Ottoman Railway Company, commonly referred to as the İzmir–Aydın Railway (), is the oldest railway in Anatolia and second oldest railway in the Ottoman Empire. The railway was built by a British company to transport mineral and fruit (prim ...

and was taken over by the

Turkish State Railways The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey (), abbreviated as TCDD, is a government-owned national railway company responsible for the ownership and maintenance of railways in Turkey, as well as the planning and construction of new lines. TCDD ...

in 1935. Before the 1950s, Şirinyer was known as ''Kızılçullu Durağı''. The proposed Üçyol—Çamlıkule Line (M2 Line) of the

İzmir Metro The İzmir Metro () is a Medium-capacity rail system, light metro system serving the city of İzmir, Turkey. The current system, consisting of M1 (İzmir Metro), one line, starts from Narlıdere Kaymakamlık station in the southwestern portion of ...

will have an underground station at Şirinyer. Construction of the station is expected to begin in 2018 and enter operation in 2022.

Connections

ESHOT operates regional bus service, accessible from the station. *

References

External links

TCDD Official Site
Railway stations in İzmir Province Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1858 Buca District Railway stations in Turkey opened in 2010 {{Turkey-railstation-stub