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Train Station
Kazımdirik
Edward Price, representative of The Smyrna Cassaba Railway Company, which had been authorized with a concession to build the planned railway line between Izmir and Turgutlu, had requested a separate concession for the construction of a new railway line from Izmir to Birunabad (Bornova). The purpose was to serve the Levantines living in Bornova and their...
Bornova Train Station
Edward Price, representative of The Smyrna Cassaba Railway Company, which had been authorized with a concession to build the planned railway line between Izmir and Turgutlu, had requested a separate concession for the construction of a new railway line from Izmir to Birunabad (Bornova). The purpose was to serve the Levantines living in Bornova and their...
Bornova Railway Station, which had served for 130 years from 20 July 1865, was closed in 1995. The same route has been in use as the İzmir–Bornova metro line since 2000.
Source: Marmara University Institute of Turkic Studies – İzmir Kasaba and Extension Railway Lines (1863–1897), doctoral thesis by Arif Kolay