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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.
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.
Toros
Ekspresi
It's a pretty long trip by train between Istanbul and Adana or Gaziantep....
The plane takes less than two hours. Once a week
a sleeping car continues to Damascus.
Iç Anadolu
Mavi Tren
This Istanbul-to-Adana "Inner
Anatolia Blue Train" is
the best on the run.
Meram
Ekspresi
This Istanbul-to-Konya
train departs at dinnertime, takes
13-1/2 hours, arrives at breakfast
time the next morning. Good!
Pamukkale
Ekspresi
A 15-hour, 665-km
(413-mile) overnight run, the closest
you'll get to Izmir from Istanbul by
sleeper
train (no sleeper train service
Istanbul-Izmir).
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.
Turkish
State Railways Route Map
Types
of Turkish Trains
How & Where
to Buy Train Tickets
Fare
Discounts
Money-Saving
Monthly Passes
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