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You can enjoy travel in
a sleeping
car on these Turkish routes
and trains. Here's how to buy tickets.
Ankara
Ekspresi
Turkey's premier overnight train, it hauls only
sleeping cars.
Anadolu
Ekspresi
A good mixed train of sleeping
cars, couchettes and
compartment cars.
Dogu
Ekspresi
Older, slower, less "prime"... unless you're
going far east,
take the Ankara
Ekspresi or Anadolu
Ekspresi instead. From Ankara east to
Erzrum and Kars, take the Erzurum Ekspresi.
Vangölü/Güney/Trans
Asya Ekspresi
On alternate days (more or less) this slow, old train
ends up in Van or Diyarbakir.
Once a week it goes on to Teheran,
Iran. as the Trans Asya Ekspresi.
Iç Anadolu
Mavi Tren
This Istanbul-to-Adana "Inner
Anatolia Blue Train" is
the best on the run. From Adana, take a bus to Antakya,
where it's easy to get to the Syrian border. More...
Meram
Ekspresi
This Istanbul-to-Konya
train departs at dinnertime, takes
13-1/2 hours, arrives at breakfast
time the next morning. Good! More...
ISTANBUL
- THESSALONIKI, GREECE
Dostluk/Filia
(Friendship) Express
Perhaps the best way to
travel between Istanbul and Greece, this
12-hour overnight trip in a comfortable
sleeping car saves you the cost of a
hotel, and is more comfortable than a
bus.
Izmir
Mavi Tren
This good "Blue Train" is mixed, with sleeping and Pullman
cars. Other
Ankara-Izmir trains.
Erzurum
Ekspresi
Preferable to the Dogu
Ekspresi: faster and newer.
How
to make reservations and buy
train tickets in advance.
Please read this
safety notice about sleeping
car travel.
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