Foyer

This is the foyer (entrance)

In this BEAUTIFUL room, you can see the ticket booth window. The window was a small opening in the wall, behind which the ticket seller sat

The window was restored to its original appearance in the early days of the station

There are photos on the wall of the train and the tracks

Next to the photos is a map of the stations where the train stopped

Around you are items that were used by the station workers, such as

Signaling tools used by station workers to indicate to the train’s engineer where to stop and when to continue the journey

On the left side of the room, you can see the Sultan’s “blessing” rail

It was part of the railroad track

It was inscribed with a blessing to the Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid the Second, with whose help the Valley Train was built

Similar “blessing rails” were found at various points along the railroad tracks

To this day, it is unclear how many such rails there were