Yirminci yüzyılın başında Lüleburgaz tren istasyonu

Abstract

Lüleburgaz is a station on the Sirkeci-Kuleliburgaz line built in 1873 by the Société Impériale des Chemins de Fer de la Turquie d’Europe. In this paper certain buildings at the Lüleburgaz railway station are explored through historic documents at the turn of the 20th century. Significance of original drawings presented here is stressed out as they compound a rich part of the railway heritage. The literature on the architecture of the Ottoman railway buildings is highly limited. In terms of architectural history, the data presented here gathered through original documents at archives and personal collections is especially significant. In this paper, five original drawings are introduced. Based on these documents, information on the construction techniques, plans and materials of the railway buildings are revealed. It is also understood that in this particular period of time, several revisions were made in the original plan(ning) of the station, such as the lodgments, which were added for new officers. In that sense, this paper illuminates the stratified history of the railway construction in the Ottoman Empire through one particular example. The original documents presented here vary in scale (from 1/25000 to 1/100), which makes it possible to deduce information from the level of urban scale to the level and scale of materials in concern. Other than the drawings, hand written notes on these plans provide momentous data concerning the railway history.