Sirkeci railway station

İstanbul
The front facade of the station
General information
Location	Sirkeci İstasyon Cd. 2, Hoca Paşa Mah., 34110 Sirkeci, Fatih, Istanbul Turkey
Coordinates	41°00′54″N 28°58′38″E / 41.015000°N 28.977222°E / 41.015000; 28.977222
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Line(s)	Istanbul-Pythion railway
Platforms	4 (3 bay platforms, 1 island platform)
Tracks	7
Connections	Istanbul Tram at Sirkeci Şehir Hatları at Eminönü Pier İDO at Sirkeci Pier İETT Bus:[1] 81, BN1, BN2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	27 July 1872; 152 years ago (1872-07-27)
Closed	2013
Rebuilt	1890, 2013 26 February 2024; 8 months ago (2024-02-26) (platforms)
Electrified	25 kV AC, 50 Hz OHLE
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station Cankurtaran towards Kazlıçeşme T6 Terminus
Former services Preceding station Turkish State Railways Following station Halkalı towards Belgrade Balkan Express Terminus Halkalı towards Thessaloniki Friendship Express Cankurtaran towards Halkalı Istanbul suburban

Sirkeci railway station (Turkish: Sirkeci garı), listed on maps as Istanbul railway station (Turkish: İstanbul garı), is a railway terminal in Istanbul, Turkey. The terminal is located in Sirkeci, on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula, right next to the Golden Horn and just northwest of Gülhane Park and the Topkapı Palace. Sirkeci Terminal on the European side of the Bosporus strait, along with Haydarpaşa Terminal on the Asian side, are Istanbul's two intercity and commuter railway terminals. Built in 1890 by the Oriental Railway as the eastern terminus of the world-famous Orient Express that once operated between Paris and Istanbul in the period between 1883 and 2009, Sirkeci Terminal has become a symbol of the city.^[2] As of 19 March 2013, service to the station was indefinitely suspended due to the rehabilitation of the existing line between Kazlıçeşme and Halkalı for the new Marmaray commuter rail line. On 29 October 2013, a new underground station was opened to the public and is serviced by Marmaray trains travelling across the Bosphorus. Station reopened on 26 February 2024 as part of T6 Sirkeci–Kazlıçeşme Tramway Line / U3 Sirkeci–Kazlıçeşme Rail Line.^[3] Sirkeci Terminal has a total of 4 platforms (3 above, 1 underground) with 7 tracks (5 above, 2 underground). Formerly, commuter trains to Halkalı would depart from tracks 2, 3 and 4; while regional trains to Kapıkule, Edirne and Uzunköprü, along with international trains to Bucharest, Sofia and Belgrade would depart from tracks 1 and 5.