What metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia features the Hilal railway station?
Hilal railway station Hilal railway station formerly Istravoz railway station is a railway station located in İzmir, Turkey. It is located east of Basmane next to the famous Hilal Junction on the Izmir-Afyon railway. The station was famous for being located next to the only level crossing in Turkey. The Oriental Railway Company's Alsancak-Aydın Main Line crossed with the Smyrna Cassaba Railway's Basmane-Afyon Main Line. Due to the layout of the tracks, the station was first named "Istravoz railway station" in 1866. "Istravoz" (from Greek σταυρóς) means Cross in Turkish. After the Republic of Turkey was formed in 1923, the station's name was changed to "Hilal" which means 'crescent', due to the majority of the city's population being Muslim. The Hilal subway station, which opened in 2000, is located adjacent to the railway station. When the electrification of the tracks around İzmir started in 2001, the station was closed.
Southern Line (İZBAN) The Southern Line (Turkish: "Güney hattı" ) is an electrified commuter rail line running south from Alsancak Terminal in Izmir to Torbalı operated by İZBAN, using trackage owned by the Turkish State Railways. The route services the densely populated areas of western Buca and central Gaziemir as well as Adnan Menderes International Airport via the rebuilt airport station. Between 2010 and 2016 the southern terminus of the line was Cumaovası near Menderes. On 6 February 2016, the line was extended about 30 km south to Tepeköy in Torbalı and on 9 September 2017 extended further south to Selçuk.