Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 1h 30m. Get driving directions. Istanbul Ulasim operates a train from Haciosman to Vezneciler every 5 minutes.
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You may opt out of personalised ads at any time. Find Transport to Istanbul. Travel From Travel From. The change takes just a few minutes, onto a bus or local train laid on to connect with the high-speed service.
The connections by train are marked with a 't'. The bus route is very scenic, over some green and untouched parts of the Taurus mountains. The Adana connection: See the section below. Above left, a YHT train at Ankara.
Above right, Second class seats. There's no better way to travel between Ankara and Adana than by train. Superb scenery through the Taurus mountains.
I have shown sensible connections here, which allow for delay. Check times for your date of travel at ebilet. It's a long way to eastern Turkey, but the trains have sleeping-cars and couchettes for a comfortable and wonderfully scenic journey, making the train far more comfortable, civilised and enjoyable than any cramped long-distance bus.
Most trains now use modern air-conditioned TVS sleeping-cars and reclining seat cars. For the weekly onward train to Iran, see the London to Iran page. For onward connections to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, see the Caucasus page. Istanbul S. These trains use the new Istanbul-Ankara high-speed line.
Temporarily suspended. No sleepers. But the scenery is the same whichever train you choose, and the couchettes are comfortable. Says one traveller pre : "Overnight on brilliant Dogu Express to Erzurum. A trip highlight. It is all-sleeping-car with restaurant car, and stops briefly at several locations for off-train excursions. Says one traveller: of the original pre train "Overnight on brilliant Dogu Express to Erzurum. Runs on certain days of the week as shown in the table above.
Take your own provisions For onward trains to Iran, see the London to Iran page. How to buy tickets - booking for these Eastern Turkey trains opens 15 days before departure. One-way per person Reclining. However, on the Dogu Turistik Express , there are no child, youth, senior or return trip discounts, only full price. On board the sleeper. This is a sleeper compartment with seats folded out and beds folded away Courtesy of Shigeki Murao.
More sleeper photos. What's the journey like? Away from road development, you'll see great scenery from the comfort of your train. Photos courtesy of Conor Meleady. More scenery from the Dogu Express Photos courtesy of Maximilian Meyer. An omelette and tea in the dining car Breathtaking - the Dogu Express in eastern Turkey. Courtesy of Matthew Woodward, read his blog about the journey here. Traveller's report.. It was quite simple to tell the ticket guy the date, train, and "Yatakli Vagon" sleeper and he handed us our tickets.
Our Yatakli Wagon was the last car on the train, behind the cafe car, had 10 cabins with two beds each. They were not full, but we did pick up several groups along the way, especially in Ankara. The porters were very helpful and nice, announcing meals, making beds, etc. Our cabin was not luxurious, but certainly comfortable with a working sink, soap and hand towels, lock on the door from the inside all my female friends asked me about that!
We felt no worries about leaving stuff in our cabin when we went to the cafe car. The toilet at the end of the car was clean for the first day, then started to get pretty grubby.
The scenery is spectacular, especially the second day as you go along the Euphrates and the mountains and gorges are striking. Konya Mavi Daily These are all modern, fully-air-conditioned, soundproofed and smooth-riding TVS cars.
For the Istanbul to Denizli Pamukkale Express overnight train, see above. Change in Aydin for buses to Bodrum, Marmaris, Datca. Suburban service will increase further when more project work is completed. Fare around How much does it cost?
How to buy tickets These are just regional trains so you do not need to book in advance and cannot book online, just turn up, buy a ticket at the ticket office and hop on, it's as simple as that. Tickets cannot sell out.
Alternatively, turn left outside the station and walk up the road running parallel with the train tracks. These dolmuses will drop you at the top of the road to Ephesus, an easy 1km walk to the ruins so ignore any taxi drivers touting for business here.
Feedback appreciated! At Camlik , the station for Kusadasi, there is a large open-air railway museum with many Turkish steam locomotives and one of Ataturk's private carriages complete with marble bath.
Photo courtesy of Niklas Angermair he train's smart interior Photo courtesy of Stefan Smith. Local trains leave Adana daily at , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Local trains leave Mersin daily at , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Journey time from Mersin to Adana 45 to 68 minutes. To check current train times, go to the Turkish Railways website www. The information you need is not shown in the English version of their site, so you must leave it in Turkish, ideally using Google's Chrome browser with automatic translation.
A timetable will appear. For train connections from Ankara to Adana, see the Ankara-Adana section above. For train connections from Istanbul to Adana, see the Istanbul-Adana section above. Local trains leave Adana daily at arriving Iskenderun at and at arriving Iskenderun at The train consists of a diesel locomotive and several modern air-conditioned carriages, 2nd class only.
Local train leave Iskenderun daily at arriving Adana at and arriving Adana at Adana to Iskenderun costs just TL Buy tickets at the station or even on board the train, no reservation necessary. To double-check current train times, go to the Turkish Railways website www.
Traveller Magnus Larsson reports: "On the minute the train departed from Iskenderun at The Mediterranean sea became visible through the windows at times during the journey. The air-conditioning kept temperature in the wagons at a pleasant level all the time, even though the sun was shining strong when we arrived Mersin on schedule at I bought tickets from the ticket counter at Iskenderun station but it is also possible to buy tickets on board.
The Iskenderun-Adana train Photo courtesy of Magnus Larsson Back to top. The line is closed for several years for a complete rebuild as from September Traveller Stefan Smith reports: "We used this service as part of a relaxed way to travel from the delightful little town of Amasya, nestled in the depths of a gorge in the Black Sea mountains, back to Ankara. First, we took the train from Amasya to Sivas, a leisurely journey through some very pretty unspoiled mountain scenery and lush valleys, arriving at Sivas bang on time at a few minutes past We then spent a nice evening in Sivas the centre of which is a minute walk from the train station , visiting its remarkable Seljuk remains, and having glasses of apple tea in the beautiful courtyards of former madrasas.
Then, around midnight, we boarded the Dogu Ekspresi, en route from Kars, to Ankara, arriving around the next morning. Much more relaxing than the 7-hour Ankara-Amasya bus journey we had endured a couple of days earlier!
Scenery from the train from Sivas to Amasya. OK, so there are direct buses from Istanbul to Antalya, Marmaris and the Mediterranean coast, but this is a nightmarishly long bus journey, especially if done overnight slumped in a cramped bus seat. Here's how to travel in civilised style with a minimum of time spent in a bus It's a relaxing and enjoyable journey.
Then take a local train from Izmir to Aydin railway station as shown here. Now take a bus from Aydin bus station to Bodrum or Marmaris. Aydin to Bodrum takes 2 hours 40 minutes and costs around TL Aydin to Marmaris costs about TL28 and takes 2 hours 20 minutes.
There's a range of buses daily, try www. For Fethiye , first travel from Istanbul to Denizli as shown here. Then take a bus from Denizli bus station to Fethiye. There are several buses daily, the bus costs around TL25 and takes 3 hours 45 minutes. Try www. Buy bus tickets at the bus station, as most Turkish bus websites will not accept non-Turkish credit cards.
There are so many buses and companies, it's usually fairly easy to get a seat on the next bus. It's a civilised and enjoyable journey in your own cosy private sleeper. There are no direct trains from Istanbul to Greece, but you can take the overnight train from Istanbul to Sofia, see the international trains from Istanbul page , then take the afternoon train from Sofia to Thessaloniki, see the international trains from Sofia page.
Just buy tickets for these at the station, they cannot be booked online. Trains run regularly from Thessaloniki to Athens taking 5h or so, see www. Journey time 1 hour by catamaran, 2 hours by car ferry. You may or may not need to overnight on the island, depending on schedules, but always allow several hours for connections at least.
Piraeus is the port of Athens, 25 minutes from central Athens by metro. The port on Lesvos is called Mytilini. For Lesvos Mytilini to Piraeus, see www. The voyage takes 9. For Kos-Piraeus or Rhodes-Piraeus see www. Ferries normally sail Rhodes-Piraeus overnight, with cabins available. For Samos-Piraeus, see www. A daily overnight train links Istanbul with Bucharest, with connections for all of Europe, see the London to Turkey page via Bucharest section for details. A daily overnight train links Istanbul with Sofia with connections for all of Europe, see the London to Turkey page via Belgrade section for details.
You took the daily air-conditioned sleeper train through great scenery from Istanbul to Adana see above then a bus to Aleppo in Syria. Then a mph air-conditioned train from Aleppo to Damascus. You might be inspired by a blog about travel from the UK to Egypt this way, www.
Of course, for obvious reasons the Foreign Office currently advises against all travel to Syria. I hope the situation is resolved soon. You can travel by air-conditioned sleeper train across Turkey through great scenery, then bus to the Georgian border, then train to Tbilisi.
See the Caucasus page for details. However, you can easily travel from Turkey to Armenia by first travelling from Istanbul or Ankara to Tbilisi in Georgia , then travelling from Tbilisi to Yerevan in Armenia by direct overnight train. You can travel by air-conditioned sleeper train across Turkey through great scenery, then by bus to the Georgian border, then train to Tbilisi, then by overnight train from Tbilisi to Baku.
In February , a new weekly train started between Gaziantep in south eastern Turkey and Mosul in northern Iraq, restoring train service between Turkey and Iraq. But unsurprisingly it's now cancelled. A weekly passenger ship and twice-weekly truck ferry used to link Istanbul with Odessa in Ukraine across the Black Sea, taking about 36 hours.
For details of the current situation see the Ukraine page, ferry section. For onwards train times to Kiev and Moscow, see www. It is essential for regular European train travellers and an inspiration for armchair travellers.
Published since , it had just celebrated years of publication when Thomas Cook decided to pull the plug on their entire publishing department, but the dedicated ex-Thomas Cook team set up a private venture and resumed publication of the famous European Rail Timetable in March You can buy it online at www. More information on what the European Rail Timetable contains. See an extract from the map. Buy online at www. The Turkish Railways website has a good online booking facility, revamped in and available in English.
The system will book most long distance domestic trains within Turkey, including seats, couchettes and sleepers. Go to ebilet. On the next page, click Online Ticket Sales Reservation Buy tickets online in English Remember that reservations for Turkish trains open 30 days before departure for some trains, 15 days ahead for others, and 10 days ahead for YHT high-speed trains.
You won't see any trains if you look too far ahead. Here's a direct link to TCDD's online ticket sales system: ebilet. Click English top right. Alternatively, go to www. Now click English again, top right and you're ready to start booking Use the online system to buy Turkish domestic train tickets, it's pretty straightforward. It even allows you to select specific seats or sleeper berths from a plan.
For Ankara, select Ankara Gar. Remember it can only book one train at a time, it cannot book journeys involving multiple connecting trains. So book each train you want individually. If you book 1 person, you get a whole 2-berth compartment. If you book 1 person, you get 1 berth in a shared compartment. If you're not Turkish, you can leave it blank, or if you like you can enter your passport number. This field only accepts numbers not letters, so if you have an alpha-numeric passport number, leave this field blank.
Turkish mobile phone number? You won't have one of these of course, and it doesn't matter as no-one is going to call you on it, so just leave this bit alone, it doesn't need filling in. Remember that Google language tools will help with anything not fully translated, see www. To check train times in Turkish There are currently travel restrictions within Turkey. Explore options for future travel. What are the travel restrictions in Beylikduzu? Domestic travel is not restricted, but some conditions may apply Face masks are mandatory There is a social distancing requirement of 2 metres Observe COVID safety rules Nationwide control measures in place Explore travel options.
Do I have to wear a face mask on public transport in Beylikduzu? Wearing a face mask on public transport in Beylikduzu is mandatory. Is it compulsory to practice social distancing in Beylikduzu? The social distance requirement in Beylikduzu is 2 metres.
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