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The website
of the Turkish State Railways (Türkiye
Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları,
TCDD) used
to be difficult, even impossible
to use, but I'm happy to report
that as of August 2011 most of
it is now much
easier to use.
The initial departure and final arrival information for
main-line trains is now on one
HTML page.
Even the old nearly-impenetrable database with detailed
train information (departure and arrival times for
all stops, fares, etc.) and its clunky, slow interface
that could be accessed only via Internet Explorer
for Windows (no other browsers would work)—if it
could be accessed at all—has been greatly
improved,
is much faster, and is now accessible by a variety
of web browsers.
(The website's English
section doesn't have
much information useful to travelers.)
Here's what you need to know in order
to read the more useful Turkish
section:
ANAHAT TREN SAATLERİ = Main Line Train
Schedules
BÖLGESEL TREN SAATLERİ = Regional
Train Schedules
BANLIYÖ TRENLERİ = Suburban Trains
AVRUPA
TRENLERİ =
Trains to/from Europe
ORTADOĞU
YÖNLÜ TRENLERİ = Trains to/from the
Middle East
VAGONLAR = Train car/coach types
YÜKSEK HIZLI TREN =
High-speed train
HAREKET SAATLERİ =
Departure/arrival times
K: = Kalkış (Departure;
times are 24-hour clock)
V: = Varış (Arrival)
MESAFE = Distance
BU TRENLERDEKİ VAGON TİPİ =
Types of cars [services] on this train
Pulman =
Pullman car (seats in rows, as on a
plane)
Örtülü
Kuşet = Couchettes with
blanket
& pillow
Yemekli = Dining
car
Yataklı =
Sleeping car
Remember, schedules are by station,
not by city. Therefore, trains to Istanbul's
Asian station at Haydarpaşa bear the
name Haydarpaşa,
not Istanbul; trains for Izmir's
Basmane station are marked Basmane,
not Izmir.
For those traveling to or from rail
destinations outside of Turkey, schedules
and fares for trains to foreign destinations have
maintained HTML simplicity:
Trains
to/from Europe (Greece,
Bulgaria, Romania)
Trains
to/from the Middle East (Iran,
Syria, Iraq)
Iyi yolculuklar! (Have
a good trip!)
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