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Sirkeci railway station (Turkish: Sirkeci garı), listed on maps as Istanbul railway station (Turkish: İstanbul garı), is a railway terminal in Istanbul, Turkey.The terminal is located in Sirkeci, on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula, right next to the Golden Horn and just northwest of Gülhane Park and the Topkapı Palace.
The Richard B. Ogilvie Transportation Center (/ ˈ oʊ ɡ ə l v iː /), on the site of the former Chicago and North Western Terminal, is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois. For the last century, this site has served as the primary terminal for the Chicago and North Western Railway and its successors Union Pacific and Metra ...
During the heyday of rail transportation in the first half of the 20th century, Chicago, Illinois, reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals at its peak. With the decline of passenger rail in the United States, service was consolidated at Union Station with inter-city Amtrak ...
Chicago Union Station is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the Near West Side of Chicago. Amtrak 's flagship station in the Midwest , Union Station is the terminus of eight national long-distance routes and eight regional corridor routes.
The rear of Central Station in February 1971, showing the large Illinois Central sign. By May 1, 1971, the startup date of Amtrak, Central was used only by trains of the Illinois Central Railroad (including the City of Miami, City of New Orleans and Panama Limited on the line south from Chicago, and the Hawkeye on the line to the west) and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis ...
Istanbul Airport (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM) [5] is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city. It is the largest airport in Turkey and the 2nd busiest airport in Europe .
It hosts the Sirkeci railway station, the easternmost terminus of the Orient Express, a historic long-distance passenger train service in Europe that operated between Paris and Istanbul in the period between 1883 and 2009. [2] The neighborhood consists mostly of commercial and tourist-oriented buildings. A combination of small shops, hans ...
In the museum, which is housed in the 1888-built and 1890-opened railway terminal, around 300 historical items are on display. [1] [2] [3] The exhibits of the museum covering an area of 145 m 2 (1,560 sq ft) [3] include parts of the trains and the railway stations, photographs, and related documents. [3]