Sirkeci Railway Station

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historic building railway station train terminus

Sirkeci Railway Station is a historic Istanbul terminus, best known as the former eastern endpoint of the Orient Express and a notable example of late 19th-century Ottoman Revival architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Sirkeci Railway Station canonical 2
İstanbul Sirkeci station 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
railway station ⓘ
train terminus ⓘ
architecturalStyle Orientalist architecture ⓘ
Ottoman Revival architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsTo Edirne NERFINISHED ⓘ
European rail network ⓘ
Halkalı NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1888 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
designedBy August Jachmund NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerEasternTerminusOf Bosporus Express NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orient Express NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simplon–Orient Express NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerOperator Chemins de fer Orientaux NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oriental Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction commuter rail station ⓘ
heritage railway station ⓘ
intercity rail terminus ⓘ
hasPart arcades ⓘ
clock tower ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
main station building ⓘ
offices ⓘ
ornamental façade ⓘ
platform canopies ⓘ
polychrome stonework ⓘ
restaurant ⓘ
rose windows ⓘ
station concourse ⓘ
ticket office ⓘ
waiting rooms ⓘ
heritageStatus historic railway station of Turkey ⓘ
locatedIn European side of Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fatih district NERFINISHED ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
locatedNear Bosphorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eminönü NERFINISHED ⓘ
Golden Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sirkeci neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearTransportHub Eminönü ferry piers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Istanbul ferry lines ⓘ
Sirkeci tram stop NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate 1890 ⓘ
operator Turkish State Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Turkish State Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
platformCount 3 island platforms ⓘ
serves Istanbul suburban rail ⓘ
Marmara Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance gateway between Europe and Istanbul ⓘ
symbol of late Ottoman modernization ⓘ
trackCount 5 tracks ⓘ
usedAsSettingIn literature about the Orient Express ⓘ
travel writing about Istanbul ⓘ

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Ottoman Revival architecture → hasExample → Sirkeci Railway Station ⓘ
Eminönü → hasLandmark → Sirkeci Railway Station ⓘ
Turkish State Railways → mainHub → Sirkeci Railway Station ⓘ
this entity surface form: İstanbul Sirkeci station