Gökköy railway station

Gökköy
TCDD intercity rail station
General information
Location	Gökköy Mah., 10185[1] Balıkesir Merkez/Balıkesir Turkey
Coordinates	39.5952°N 27.8265°E / 39.5952; 27.8265
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Operated by	TCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)	Izmir Blue Train   6 Sep Express   17 Sep Express
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	15 March 2015
Electrified	2016 25 kV AC, 60 Hz
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station Savaştepe towards İzmir (Basmane) Izmir Blue Train Balıkesir towards Ankara Soğucak towards İzmir (Basmane) 6 Sep Express Balıkesir towards Bandırma Çukurhüseyin towards İzmir (Basmane) 17 Sep Express

Gökköy railway station (Turkish: Gökköy istasyonu) is a railway station opened in 2015 near Gökköy,[2] Turkey. The station is a part of the Gökköy Logistics Center. TCDD Taşımacılık operates three daily intercity trains from Eskişehir[3] and Bandırma[4][5] to İzmir.

Gökköy station was opened on 15 March 2015.[6]

Gökköy Logistics Center

Gökköy Logistics Center (Turkish: Gökköy Lojistik Merkezi) is a freight railyard and one of 19 similar facilities that are in operation or under construction in Turkey. The facility consists of a railway station with one side platform servicing one track, a railcar maintenance facility, a yard for freight trains and an intermodel freight transferring yard.[7]

History

Plans to build a new freight rail yard outside the city of Balıkesir were finalized in 2007. The Turkish State Railways and the Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality[1] agreed to construct a new 211,000 m^2 (2,270,000 sq ft) railyard near the village of Gökköy, inside the Balıkesir Industrial Park (Balıkesir OSB). In doing so, the existing freight yard next to Balıkesir station, in the city center, would be decommissioned and the property used solely for passenger trains.[6] Construction of the facility began in 2012 and was expected to be complete by mid-2013.[8] Opening of the facility was delayed by two until 15 March 2015, when Gökköy was officially opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a ceremony at the facility.[9]

References

1. "Gökköy Mah on TurkeyPostCode".
2. "Weather And Climate Gökköy BestTimeToVisit".
3. "İzmir Mavi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
4. "6 Eylül Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
5. "17 Eylül Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
6. Uysal, Onur (16 March 2015). "Balıkesir Gökköy lojistik merkezi bugün açılıyor". railturkey.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
7. "Balıkesir Gökköy Logistics Center Launched on RaillyNews, published by ÖzenRay Media".
8. Özen, Levent (17 March 2015). "Balıkesir lojistik merkezi oluyor". rayhaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
9. Özen, Levent (17 March 2015). "Balıkesir Gökköy Lojistik Merkezi Törenle Hizmete Girdi". rayhaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.

External links

• Gökköy Station timetable