August Jasmund, a Prussian sent to Istanbul by the German government to study Ottoman architecture, designed the terminal. The Oriental Railway built it as the eastern terminus of the Orient Express. Construction began on February 11, 1888, and it opened on November 3, 1890, as Müşir Ahmet Paşa Station.
The article calls it one of the most notable European examples of Orientalism and an influence on other architects. The terminal building covers about 12,900 square feet (1,200 m²). It originally had gas lighting and heating from large Austrian-made tile stoves.
Service was suspended on March 19, 2013, during work on the Marmaray line, and the platforms reopened on February 26, 2024. The infobox lists four platforms and seven tracks. Turkish State Railways owns the station.
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