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Balıkesir
Balıkesir
TCDD Taşımacılık intercity rail station
	The station building in February 2003.
General information
Location	Cumhuriyet Meydanı, Gümüçşme Mah., 10040; Balıkesir Merkez/Balıkesir; Turkey
Coordinates	39°38′49″N 27°53′18″E / 39.6470°N 27.8883°E
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Operated by	TCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)	Izmir Blue Train Karesi Express 6 Sep Express 17 Sep Express Aegean Express
Platforms	2 (1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1912
Electrified	2016; 25 kV AC, 60 Hz
Services

Balıkesir station (Turkish: Balıkesir Garı) is the main railway station in Balıkesir, Turkey. The station was built in 1912 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway as part of their railway from Manisa to Bandırma. TCDD Taşımacılık operates four daily intercity trains, two of which terminate at Balıkesir.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The stations consists of one side platform and one island platform serving two tracks. A freight yard is adjacent to the platforms, but in the mid-2010 was set to be decommissioned with the station ground to be used solely for passenger trains.^[5]

References

^ "İzmir Mavi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ "6 Eylül Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ "Karesi Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ "Balıkesir Tren Seferleri". seferleri.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
^ Uysal, Onur (16 March 2015). "Balıkesir Gökköy lojistik merkezi bugün açılıyor". railturkey.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.