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Istanbul Haydarpaşa Terminal
Haydarpaşa Terminal (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Garı) is a terminus main station of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in the Haydarpaşa quarter of the Kadıköy district, at the Anatolian part of Istanbul, Turkey. International, domestic and regional trains running to east- and south-bound destinations depart from this major terminal which was built as the terminus of the Istanbul-Konya-Baghdad and Istanbul-Damascus-Medina railways during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
The first station there was built in 1872 when the railroad was opened to Gebze. However, as the line was extended, traffic increased and a new and larger building was needed. The construction of the current building, designed by German architects Otto Ritter and Helmut Cuno in Neo-Renaissance style, began in 1906. They designed a large building, much in accordance with the ambitions of the German investors who were constructing the Istanbul-Konya-Baghdad Railway and undertaking the consultancy works for the Istanbul-Damascus-Medina Railway. Haydarpaşa was an important link in the railway chain of the Berlin-to-Baghdad railway scheme, part of the German Empire's strategic plans to gain control over the trade routes between the East and the West in the late 19th century by building a railway connection between Germany and the Persian Gulf, thus by-passing the Suez Canal. The station was put into service on August 19, 1908 and formally inaugurated on November 4, 1909.
Istanbul Haydarpaşa Terminal
Haydarpaşa Terminal (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Garı) is a terminus main station of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in the Haydarpaşa quarter of the Kadıköy district, at the Anatolian part of Istanbul, Turkey. International, domestic and regional trains running to east- and south-bound destinations depart from this major terminal which was built as the terminus of the Istanbul-Konya-Baghdad and Istanbul-Damascus-Medina railways during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
The first station there was built in 1872 when the railroad was opened to Gebze. However, as the line was extended, traffic increased and a new and larger building was needed. The construction of the current building, designed by German architects Otto Ritter and Helmut Cuno in Neo-Renaissance style, began in 1906. They designed a large building, much in accordance with the ambitions of the German investors who were constructing the Istanbul-Konya-Baghdad Railway and undertaking the consultancy works for the Istanbul-Damascus-Medina Railway. Haydarpaşa was an important link in the railway chain of the Berlin-to-Baghdad railway scheme, part of the German Empire's strategic plans to gain control over the trade routes between the East and the West in the late 19th century by building a railway connection between Germany and the Persian Gulf, thus by-passing the Suez Canal. The station was put into service on August 19, 1908 and formally inaugurated on November 4, 1909.