as an art gallery and second floor opened
as the museum of railways. Exhibitions
contributing to the promotion of the TCDD
which are followed by thousands of people,
serves as a meeting point of artists and art
lovers in a building having such a historical
importance and gives people the opportunity
to meet with TCDD for the first time and
promotes them to travel by train, accordingly.
Address: TCDD Train Station-ANK.
Phone: (312) 309 05 15 /4094
Faks: (312) 324 40 61
Visiting Days: Everyday except Saturdays,
Sundays and religious holidays
Open between: 09.00–12.00
13.00–17.30
The TCDD Malı Village Train
Station Museum
Malı Village is a settlement of Polatlı
province and located on the Ankara-Eskişehir
railroad. The train station in this village is an
important spot which effect the determination
of the fate of a nation during the Battle of
Sakarya.
The station which was the most important
base after the command center, was the place
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where the injured soldiers received their first
treatments and all their requirements were
fulfilled. It played the role of an infirmary
during the war, the logistics and military
ammunition center as well as being used as a
military airfield.
The Museum consists of a martyr monument
built in the honor of 5.713 war martrys, a
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk monument which
shows him with his casual cloths, a 1897 dated
German-made locomotive which was used
during the Battle of Sakarya and repaired by
the TCDD, a German made wagon dated 1909,
true replicas of two aircrafts of that period
and the station building. The sound system
allows visitors to see trains and aircrafts while
hearing the sounds of trains and aircrafts.
The museum which includes statues
and visual materials regarding the War
of Independence also displays railway
equipments used during that period.
Address: Malı Village Train Station-Polatlı
(30rd km on the Ankara- Eskişehir Road)
Polatlı-ANK
Phone: (312) 640 10 81
Visiting Days: Everyday
Open between: 09.00–17.00
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