The Basmane-Ödemiş Regional is a regional rail

Regional rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city center, and the middle to outer suburbs beyond 15km and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis...

 service operated by the Turkish State Railways

Turkish State Railways

The State Railways of the Turkish Republic or TCDD is the government owned, national railway carrier in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Ankara...

. The train operates from Basmane Terminal in İzmir

Izmir

Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

 to the town of Ödemiş

Ödemis

Ödemiş is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey. North of Ödemiş, which is 113 km southeast of İzmir, are the ruins of Hypaiapa...

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History

Passenger service between İzmir and Ödemiş dates back to 1884 when the ORC

Oriental Railway Company

The Oriental Railway Company or the İzmir-Aydın Railway was the first railway in Anatolia. The railway operated from 1856 to 1935 when TCDD absorbed it.-History:...

 built the line. TCDD took over operations in 1935 and operated a train on the route. Service was increased in 1971. In 2006 trains would terminate at Gaziemir

Gaziemir Railway Station

The Gaziemir Railway Station is a railway station in Gaziemir.-History:The station was opened in 1856, when the Oriental Railway Company built its line to Gaziemir. The line was then continued to Aydın and in 1866, the station was opened to regular passenger service...

rather than go into İzmir because of construction but in 2009 service continued into İzmir once again.