Üsküdar railway station
Üsküdar railway station is an underground railway station located beneath Üsküdar square in Istanbul. It was opened on 29 October 2013 along with the new trans-Bosphorus Marmaray rail tunnel.[2] TCDD Taşımacılık operates commuter trains east to Ayrılık Çeşmesi and west to Kazlıçeşme (on the European side) within 6- to 10-minute intervals. Due to the stations central location, connections to several city bus routes are available.
Üsküdar | |||||||||||
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| TCDD Taşımacılık commuter rail station | |||||||||||
 The Üsküdar square portal to the station. | |||||||||||
| Location | Üsküdar Meydanı, Mimar Sinan Mah., 34672 Üsküdar, Istanbul Turkey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41.025611°N 29.014972°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Turkish State Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | TCDD Taşımacılık | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Istanbul Metro:   | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 29 October 2013 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 25 kV AC, 50 Hz Overhead wire | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2017) | 35,786 Average daily ridership[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Üsküdar saw over 1.1 million boardings in October 2017, making it the 3rd busiest station on the Marmaray line as well as making up for 20% of all passenger boardings.[1]
Layout
| Track 1 | → ← Marmaray toward Zeytinburnu or Halkalı |
Island platform  | |
| Track 2 | → Marmaray toward Maltepe or Gebze → |
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References
- "Ekim 2017 Günlük Ortalama Yolcu". marmaray.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- "Marmaray tarihçesi". marmaray.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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