Kartal railway station

KARTAL
TCDD Taşımacılık commuter rail station
The Boğaziçi Express, en route to Ankara, passing through Kartal station in 2011.
General information
LocationHükümet Cd., Yukarı Mah. 34860
Kartal, Istanbul
Turkey
Coordinates40°53′16″N 29°11′00″E / 40.8878°N 29.1834°E / 40.8878; 29.1834
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
Platforms2 (1 island platform, 1 side platform)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNo
History
Opened22 September 1872
Closed2013-18
Rebuilt1949 (expanded)
2017-18 (platforms)
Electrified6 February 1977
25 kV AC, 50 Hz
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Başak
towards Halkalı
Marmaray Yunus
towards Gebze
Former services
Preceding station Turkish State Railways Following station
Maltepe
towards Istanbul
Adapazarı Express Pendik
towards Adapazarı
Atalar
towards Haydarpaşa
Haydarpaşa suburban Yunus
towards Gebze
Track layout
West to Haydarpaşa
East to Gebze

Kartal railway station (Turkish: Kartal istasyonu) is a railway station in Kartal, Istanbul. The station was a stop on the Haydarpaşa suburban between 1951 and 2013, when the railway between Haydarpaşa and Pendik was closed. The station reopened to Marmaray commuter rail service on 12 March 2019. Prior to 2012, Kartal station was also a stop on the popular Adapazarı Express regional rail service to Adapazarı.