The Buca Railway Station was a train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in the Buca

Buca

Buca is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey. It is one of the main districts of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality.Buca was one of the preferred settlement areas of İzmir's community of Levantines...

 district of 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...

. The station was serviced 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...

 from 1935 to 2006 and formerly the Oriental Railway Company

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:...

 from 1870 to 1935. The station was the southern terminus of the former Alsancak-Buca Commuter Line, one of the 4 commuter rail lines in İzmir. In 2006 the station was abandoned.

History

Back in the 1800s Buca was a neighborhood for the wealthy families of Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 İzmir. Many rich landowners would reside in Buca. These people worked in İzmir's city center and needed a way of easy transportation home. So in 1870 the Oriental Railway Company

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:...

 (ORC) built a 2 km branch line to Buca from their main line to Aydın

Aydin

Aydın is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River at a commanding position for the region extending from the uplands of the valley down to the seacoast...

. A once daily passenger train would operate between ORC owned Alsancak Terminal and Buca station. In 2006, the construction of the new İZBAN

İZBAN

İZBAN, sometimes referred to as Egeray, is a commuter rail system serving İzmir and its metropolitan area. It is the busiest commuter railway in Turkey, serving about 150,000 passengers daily. İZBAN is a portmanteau of the words "İzmir" and "Banliyö". Established in 2006 and began operations in...

 commuter rail system started as well as the Şirinyer Rail Tunnel

Şirinyer Rail Tunnel

The Şirinyer Railway Tunnel is a railway tunnel that goes under the district of Şirinyer in İzmir, Turkey. The tunnel was started construction on July 24, 2006 and was completed on May 19, 2010. The tunnel is in service and the future Şirinyer Railway Station will be in the tunnel....

. With this the Buca branch along with the station was abandoned. The station building is now used as a cafe for the Buca park.