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The Meram Ekspresi, named for Meram (meh-RAHM), a garden suburb of Konya, has been suspended along with all other trains departing from Istanbul's Haydarpaşa Station as work progresses on the rail line east of Istanbul to upgrade it for high-speed train service.

The line between Istanbul and Arifiye, 150 km (93 miles) to the east (map), will be closed until sometime in 2014. More...

So there is temporarily no direct train service between Istanbul and Konya, although there is high-speed train service between Ankara and Konya, and in the future there will be high-speed train service between Istanbul and Konya.