Tarsus is a city in Mersin Province, Turkey (population 350,000 as of 2022).

After the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed in 1923, Turkish government began the railway nationalization project.

According to act no.1376 (Jan. 5, 1929) Adana-Mersin railway was also absorbed by the Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie (Turkish: Osmanlı Anadolu Demiryolları), a subsidiary of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD).

The original station building no longer exists.

The main passenger service is between Mersin and Adana, 23 times daily, all of which stop at Tarsus.