Göztepe station () is a historical railway station in

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. Between 1969 and 2013, it was a station on the

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railway line to

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. A modern station of the same name is now a stop on the Marmaray commuter rail service to Gebze. The station was originally built in 1876 by the Ottoman government as part of the railway from Istanbul to

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. A small two-story wooden station house was built and is currently on the northern part of the station. Due to a steep climb just west of the station, trains weren't able to always make it up during snowy weather; so in 1915 the tracks were lowered by and a new, larger station house was built over the tracks in the Turkish Neoclassical style. Istanbul asv2021-11 img55 Göztepe station.jpg, Old station building, street side Göztepe (Istanbul) istasyonu.jpg, Platform before 2013 Istanbul asv2021-11 img56 Göztepe station.jpg, The Marmaray platform since 2017

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