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Adapazarı station is the main terminal
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 ...
in the city of
Adapazarı Adapazarı () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 324 km2, and its population 281,489 (2022). It covers the central and northern part of the agglomeration of Adapazarı and t ...
. It is the eastern terminus of the Haydarpaşa-Adapazarı Regional, the most heavily used rail service line in Turkey and second most in service frequency. The station is located in the city center. The other two stations serving Adapazarı are Mithatpaşa railway station, located in southwestern Adapazarı and Arifye railway station, in Adapazarı's southern suburb. The station is situated on the north end of the Adapazarı Branch, which connects to the Istanbul––Ankara Main Line at Arifye. The station was opened in November 1899 by 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.Bolu Bolu is a city in northern Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province and of Bolu District,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 ( ...
, but this never happened and the station became a terminal. In 1969, the line was electrified and new improved regional service added to
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. On February 1, 2012, the station temporarily closed down due to the construction of the
Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway The Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway (), is a long high-speed railway linking Ankara and Istanbul in Turkey. The railway runs mostly parallel to the Istanbul-Ankara railway and passes through some of Turkey's most urbanized areas. The line h ...
, however a project that if approved will lead to the abandonment of the station in favor of building a new station in Arifiye, which is southwest of the city center. The station is used for storing rail cars, but since 2019 it has served as the main station for
Ada Express The Ada Express () is a limited stop regional train service operating between Gebze, Kocaeli and Adapazarı. It was inaugurated on 5 January 2015 as a replacement for the popular '' Adapazarı Express'' train service. However, unlike its predec ...
. Since 29 October 2024, Adaray suburban line is restored and Adapazarı serves as terminus for the line.


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*https://web.archive.org/web/20090522065415/http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/yolcu/bolgesel.htm *http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/History/CFOA *http://www.trainsofturkey.com/w/pmwiki.php/History/History Buildings and structures in Adapazarı Railway stations in Sakarya Province Adapazarı Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1899 {{Turkey-railstation-stub