Name of Object:

The plan of Haydarpaşa Train Station

Location:

Istanbul, Türkiye

Holding Institution:

Istanbul Railway Museum

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Date of Object:

Late 19th – early 20th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Plan

Provenance:

Istanbul

Description:

The original plan of Haydarpaşa Train Station, viewed from northern frontage. In 1871 Sultan Abdülaziz ordered a rail line to be built from Haydarpaşa to İzmit. Haydarpaşa station opened in 1872, and in 1888 the Anatolian Railway (CFOA) took over the line and the station. Since the station was built next to the Bosporus, freight trains would unload at Haydarpaşa and the freight would be transferred to ships. Haydarpaşa was chosen to be the northern terminus of the Baghdad Railway and the Hijaz Railway in 1904 and with rail traffic increasing, a new and larger building was required. The Anatolian Railway hired two German architects, Otto Ritter and Helmut Conu, to build the new building. They chose a neo-classical structure and construction started in 1906.

Type of Object

Plan

Citation of this web page:

"The plan of Haydarpaşa Train Station" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tr;77;en

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