A little info about Haydarpaşa Train Station from wiki:
History
[edit]Ottoman Era (1872–1922)
İstanbul was the capital of the Ottoman Empire as well as the largest city in the empire. İstanbul was a major economic and cultural hub. However, İstanbul had no rail links, so in 1871 Sultan Abdülaziz ordered a rail line to be built fromHaydarpaşa to İzmit.[2] Haydarpaşa station opened in 1872, when the railway reached Gebze. In 1888 the Anatolian Railway (CFOA) took over the line and the station. Since the station was built next to the Bosphorus, freight trains would unload at Haydarpaşa and the freight would be transferred to ships. Haydarpaşa station saw its first regular passenger service in 1890: a daily train from Haydarpaşa to İzmit.[2] In 1892 the CFOA built a line to Ankara and shortly after a daily train ran between the two cities.
Interior hall in Haydarpaşa Terminal
Haydarpaşa was chosen to be the northern terminus of the Baghdad Railwayand the Hedjaz Railway in 1904 and with rail traffic increasing, a new and larger building was required. The Anatolian Railway hired two German architects; Otto Ritter and Helmut Conu to build the new building. They chose a neo-classical structure and construction started in 1906. Its foundation is based on 1100 wooden piles, each 21 meters long, driven into the mushy shore by a steam hammer. German and Italian stonemasons crafted the facade embellishments of the terminal. The German engineers and craftsmen who worked at the construction site of the building established a small German neighbourhood in the Yeldeğirmeni quarter of Kadıköy. The new pseudo-castle structure was completed in on August 19, 1909. The new terminal was inaugurated on November 4, 1909 for the anniversary of Mehmed V.[2] The new terminal was built on land reclaimed from the sea. World War I broke out in 1914 and the Ottoman Empire sided with the Central Powers against the Allied Powers. The Ottomans lost and İstanbul was taken over by the British Empire. Haydarpaşa was under strong military control by the British during the occupation.
[edit]Republican Era (1923–Present)
Haydarpasa terminal in 2007
The Turkish Independence War ended October 29, 1923. The Republic of Turkey was formed and the British Empire withdrew from İstanbul. Haydarpaşa terminal was still under CFOA control but in 1927, the newly formed Turkish State Railways took over the CFOA and the terminal, in an attempt to nationalize all Turkish railways.[3] In 1927 the CIWL started a premier train service from Haydarpaşa to Ankara: the Anatolian Express. This all-sleeper train traveled daily between the two cities. In 1938 the Eastern Express entered service from Haydarpaşa to the eastern Turkish city of Kars, a distance of 1,994 km (1,239 mi).[4] With the completion of the Baghdad Railway to Baghdad, the famous Taurus Express entered service in 1940 from Haydarpaşa to Baghdad, a distance of 2,566 km (1,594 mi).[5] In 1965 the Trans-Asia Express entered service from Haydarpaşa to Tehran, a distance of 3,059 km (1,901 mi).[6] In 1969, the tracks from Haydarpaşa to Gebze were electrified with 25 kV AC catenary for the Haydarpaşa-Gebze Commuter Line.[3]
Haydarpaşa terminal after the fire that destroyed its roof in 2010
In 1979 a tanker burning on the Bosphorus damaged the terminal building, but was restored a few months later.
On November 28, 2010 a fire caused by carelessness during the "restoration" process destroyed the roof and the 4th floor of the terminal building.[7] In 2011, World Monuments Fund, the New York-based heritage preservation organization, placed the railway terminal on its 2012 Watch, drawing attention to the uncertain future of the historical site.
There are plans to transform the terminal building into a luxury hotel.
On February 2, 2012, Haydarpaşa Railway Terminal temporarily closed to long distance trains for at least 30 months to allow for the construction of the Istanbul–Ankara high-speed railway, and the Marmaray rail transport project which will connect Istanbul's Asian and European sides via an undersea commuter train line. There will be no train services between Istanbul and the Asian destinations of Turkey (with the sole exception of the suburban line to Gebze, a suburb 45 km east of Istanbul).[9] Beginning in April 2012, train services were further curtailed to run only between Haydarpaşa and Pendik. [10]
Transport:
You can visit this cache easly by ferry which are called ''motors'' from Eminonu to Haydarpaşa.
From Haydarpaşa you can take train and go to another cache from bulcacher - :) sogutlucesme (only one station far away from Haydarpaşa Train cache)
GC2KPP0 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2KPP0 then you can visit my other cache (with in walking distance) GC4BHGG http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC4BHGG After then you can try to find Bahariye Street Cache ;) GC4BHJ1 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx? wp=GC4BHJ1
after bahariye street visit Ali usta Moda cache GC4BJD5 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=eac09cfe-f705-4db2-b635-adfddbc8dfce hint:
its generally crowded area if you take some pictures around the train nobody suspects that you are looking for a cache :)))))
Türkçe: Türk oyuncular için bu yazıyı yazmak istedim, Türkiye'de bu hobi çok bilinmediği için Türk oyuncular kutuları bulduğu zaman çok seviniyorum. Kısaca yorumlarda kendilerinden bahsederlerse (ne zaman geocachinge başladılar nerede yaşıyorlar Türkiye'deki geocaching hakkında düşünceleri vs) yorumlarınız çok değerli olacaktır. Teşekkürler... omaggo