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<< Izmit | Stations | Gazi (Ciftlik) >> Afyon Ali ÇetinkayaAfyon is one of the few Turkish cities to have two stations:
These two stations are distant of less than two kilometers and have been connected since 1900, following an 1899 agreement between the SCP and the CFOA. In the mid 1930's, TCDD took over the SCP and the ORC and opened the line Afyon to Karakuyu. Afyon became an important node on the network. Subsequently, all traffic was handled trough Ali Çetinkaya station that became Afyon main station. Its station building was rebuilt accordingly and inaugurated in 18th July 1939. To make up for the fact that most of the lines enter this station on the east side, a turning loop was built to reverse the trains. Thus no shunting is required for trains from Eskişehir and going onwards to Denizli or Karakuyu. The new building was built is a modern style. The architect choice of brown stones and of a very flat building very resembles Ankara station which opened two years earlier. Ali Çetinkaya (1878 - 1949) was an early follower Atatürk. Both were together fighting the Italians in Cyrenaica. After heroic resistance to the Greek in 1919, he joined Atatürk in Ankara and became a Member of Parliament. He was minister of public work and of communication between 1934 and 1940 and as such was in charge TCDD.
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