Alsancak Railway Station and Quay
The Alsancak Railway Station (Turkish: Alsancak Garı) is the oldest railway station in Turkey, built by the "Oriental Railway Company" (ORC) incorporated in 1856, to build a railway line from Izmir to Aydın. The main building of the station was completed in 1858 and the line to Aydin opened in 1866. In 2001 the station was expanded from 4 tracks and 2 platforms, to 10 tracks and 6 platforms. In 2006 the station was closed to passenger traffic due to the Izmir Metro expansion project. The station keeps on handling freight traffic and is connected to the harbor which has an entry just across the street.
One of the quay's of İzmir's urban ferry services is also located in Alsancak, called under the same name, as Alsancak Quay Turkish: Alsancak İskelesi. Ferries here crisscross between Konak and Pasaport further to the west and the busy residential and shopping area of Karşıyaka at the opposite coast.
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