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Here are lists of Turkish trains:

—By city of departure

—By train name

Here are the different types of Turkish trains:

High-Speed Trains Yüksek Hızlı Trenler (YHT)
Turkey's first high-speed train line is completed between Ankara and Eskişehir, and trains are running. The journey between Eskişehir and Istanbul is by traditional express train. More...)

In a few years there will be high-speed train lines competed between Istanbul and Ankara and Konya.

Super Express Trains Süper Ekspresler
Fast, comfortable, more expensive long-distance trains, with few stops. These run from Ankara to Istanbul (Haydarpaşa), Izmir (Basmane) and Erzurum, and vice-versa. Some are sleeping car trains.

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Blue Trains Mavi Trenler
Fast inter-regional trains, with few stops, running on these routes (some are sleeping car trains):

Ankara - Adana

Ankara - Izmir

Istanbul (Haydarpaşa) - Adana

Expresses Ekspresler
Long-distance trains stopping at the larger cities and towns on these routes (some are sleeping car trains):

Istanbul (Haydarpaşa) - Ankara More...

Istanbul (Haydarpaşa) - Konya

Istanbul (Haydarpaşa) - Kurtalan (east of Diyarbakır and Batman)

Istanbul (Haydarpaşa) - Kars (note: 36+ hours!)

Istanbul (Haydarpaşa) - (western end of Lake Van)

Ankara - Izmir

Adana -Elazığ

Bandırma - Izmir

Balıkesir - Izmir

Kayseri - Adana

Regional expresses Bölgesel Ekspresler


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Ankara Ekspresi at Ankara Gari, Ankara, Turkey
Above, the Ankara Ekspresi all-sleeping-car train arrives in Ankara after the night run from Istanbul (Haydarpaşa).

Below, trains from Izmir arrive right at the Bandırma docks for the fast ferry to Istanbul.

 

Bandirma, Turkey