GÖZTEPE | |
Style: | TCDD |
Style2: | Marmaray |
Address: | Tütüncü Mehmet Efendi Cd. 85, Göztepe Mah. 34730 |
Borough: | Kadıköy/Istanbul |
Country: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 40.979°N 29.0666°W |
Owned: | Turkish State Railways |
Operator: | TCDD Taşımacılık |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Connections: | İETT Bus: 4, 16, 16D, ER1, ER2, FB1, FB2, GZ1, GZ2 Istanbul Minibus: Kadıköy–Bostancı, Bostancı-Söğütlüçeşme metrobüs |
Architectural Style: | Turkish Neoclassical |
Opened: | 1876 |
Rebuilt: | 1915 (Station house) 2017-18 (Platforms) |
Closed: | 2013-18 |
Former: | Erenköy (1876-98) |
Other Services Header: | Former services |
Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
Göztepe station (tr|Göztepe İstasyonu) is a historical railway station in Kadıköy, Istanbul. Between 1969 and 2013, it was a station on the Haydarpaşa suburban railway line to Gebze. 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 İzmit.[1] [2] 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 11m (36feet) and a new, larger station house was built over the tracks in the Turkish Neoclassical style.[3]