Doğukapı railway station

Doğukapı
TCDD
Coordinates	40°43′48″N 43°44′15″E / 40.7299°N 43.7374°E / 40.7299; 43.7374Coordinates: 40°43′48″N 43°44′15″E / 40.7299°N 43.7374°E / 40.7299; 43.7374
Owned by	TCDD
Platforms	2
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Opened	1899
Closed	1993
Rebuilt	1962

The Doğukapı Railway Station is a freight station near the Turkey/Armenia border, on the former Kars–Gyumri railway line. The station name, "Doğukapı" means "the Eastern Gate" in Turkish, referring to the station's being the Turkey's entry point from the USSR.

The station building is abandoned and the tracks are rarely used. Since the closing of the border in 1993, no trains have operated east of the station.

References

"INFRASTRUCTURE (Armenia)". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. —mentions the existence of "the closed Akhuryan-Dogukapi line"

Rail Stations in Kars

Main Stations	Kars Sarıkamış

Stations	Selim Topdağ Süngütaşı

Stops	Karaurgan Sırbasan Aşit Yağbasan Çatak Yolgeçmez Karaçayır Değirmen Dikme Yahniler Başgeldik Peldırvan Kurudere Şahnalar

Freight Stations	Akyaka Benliahmet Soğanlı Mezra

Abandoned Stations	Doğukapı

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