Kapıkule railway station
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Kapıkule Railway Station
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| File:Kapikule railway station building.JPG
The station building at night.
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| Location | İstasyon Cd, Kapkule, Turkey |
| Owned by | TCDD |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 3 |
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| Opened | 1971 |
| Electrified | 1997 |
Kapıkule railway station (Turkish: Kapıkule garı), is the westernmost railway station in Turkey. It is located towards the north of Kapıkule, the frontier town on the Turkey/Bulgaria border. Kapıkule is a border station and the terminus for domestic trains in European Turkey. Only the Bosphorus Express, to Bucharest and the Balkans Express to Belgrade continue across the border into Bulgaria. The station is the busiest of the Turkish State Railways 5 operational border stations in Turkey.
Kapıkule was built opened in 1971 as part of the Edirne Cut-off to bypass the former Oriental Railways' main line. The construction of this line however resulted in the abandonment of the Edirne's former railway station; Karaağaç.
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Towards Belgrade |
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Towards Alpullu |
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