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Trains
between Turkey and Greece,
Bulgaria and the rest of
Europe are no longer recommendable.
The useful Dostluk/Filia
Ekspresi, a
nightly sleeper train between
Istanbul and Thessaloniki, Greece,
was suspended in 2011, a victim
of the Greek financial and fiscal
crisis. More...
The Bosphorus
Express (Bosfor
Ekspresi) still
departs each night for Bucharest,
Romania, with connections to Sofia,
Bulgaria and Belgrad, Serbia, but
its equipment is uncomfortable
and dodgy, as may be some of the
passengers. More...
Trains from Istanbul to
Bulgaria, Romania and
the rest of Europe depart
from
Sirkeci
Station (map;
officially Istanbul Gar ["Istanbul
Station"]) but everyone calls
it Sirkeci Station to distinguish
it from Haydarpaşa
Station on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus).
Sirkeci
Station was Istanbul's
first train station, and served as
the terminus of the famed Orient
Express from
Paris to
Constantinople.
Fares for travel from Istanbul to
European cities are relatively expensive—a
one-way, second-class ticket from Istanbul
to Belgrade via the Bosphorus and
Balkan expresses costs 48.40 euros,
and train
travel in the Balkans is
slow, uncomfortable and in some cases
even dangerous (thieves), so why bother?
Better to take a cheap
flight, or
a ship/ferry, or even an international
bus.
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