The Reuse of Historical Railway Stations in Turkey

Abstract

In this paper, the build and survived railway stations over the time at which first railway line<br />construction started at Turkey until the present had been examined and the ones which were out of use and lost their<br />original function with time had been determined. Also the determined building stock had been evaluated based on<br />the principle of giving new function to the old buildings, in especial of station buildings. The obtained data had been<br />scanned by means of software prepared by the expert system approach in order to make a priority order for buildings.<br />The priority order of 40 stations which found to be eligible for re-usage and had been chosen among the examined<br />580 stations had been made . In this way discarded railway heritage action plan has been prepared for the solution of<br />problems in the state. The solution proposes is guiding many countries, especially in Turkey.