The Cumhuriyet
Ekspresi (Republic
Express) has
been suspended until
at least 2014 because
of work on the rail line east of
Istanbul to upgrade it for high-speed
train service. More...
The Cumhuriyet
Ekspresi stops
at Eskişehir,
midway in its journey between
Istanbul and Ankara. Eskişehir
is Turkey's major meerschaum mining
center. Shown above
are blocks of natural meerschaum as
they come from the earth.
