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The Bosphorus Express (Bosfor
Ekspresi) is the only train between
Turkey and other European countries.
Because of work on the rail line west
of Istanbul, as
of March 2012, this
train has
been replaced by a bus that takes passengers
from Istanbul's Sirkeci
Station to the Bulgarian border
at Kapıkule & Svilengrad, where they
board a Bulgarian train to Eastern
Europe.
Here's
the schedule on the Turkish
State Railways website.
In Svilengrad, Bulgaria, you board
the Bosphorus Express to Bucharest,
Romania, arriving at 18:29 (6:29 pm),
or you can transfer to the Balkan Express
which departs Dimitrovgrad at
06:41 am, and arrives in Sofia at
10:35 am, and in Belgrade,
Serbia at 19:21 (7:21 pm).
From Belgrade, you would transfer
to another train to reach central and western
Europe.
It's a long haul, not fast,
not cheap, not comfortable, sometimes
dangerous.
It makes more sense to fly,
or even to take an international
bus.
Well-worn Bosfor
Ekspresi wagons
no longer
await passengers at Sirkeci
Station in Istanbul.
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