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Here are all the main line trains of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) operating as of July 2009 (not including the new high speed Ankara-Eskisehir trains), listed in alphabetical order by train name.
Remember, names are of stations, not cities:
Istanbul = Sirkeci Station (European Shore)
Haydarpasa = Istanbul Asian Shore
Basmane = Izmir
NAME
TRAIN ROUTE
DEPART
DAY
4 Eylül Mavi
Malatya-Ankara Ankara-Malatya
15:00 19:10
Daily
6 Eylül
Izmir (Basmane)-Bandırma Bandırma-Izmir (Basmane)
09:30 09:50
Daily x Tu
9 Eylül
Izmir (Basmane)-Ankara Ankara-Izmir (Basmane)
20:30 20:50
17 Eylül Exp
14:25 16:00
Anadolu Exp
Ankara-Istanbul (H.paşa) Istanbul (H.paşa)-Ankara
22:00 22:00
Ankara Exp
22:30 22:30
Başkent Exp
Eskişehir-Istanbul (H.paşa) Istanbul (H.paşa)-Eskişehir
12:55 11:00
Boğaziçi
08:00 12:00
Bosfor Exp
Kapıkule-İstanbul (Sirkeci) İstanbul-Kapıkule
03:30 22:00
Cumhuriyet
16:45 14:00
Çukurova Mavi
Adana-Ankara Ankara-Adana
19:30 20:05
Doğu Exp
Kars-Istanbul (H.paşa) Istanbul (H.paşa)-Kars
09:05 08:00
Dostluk/Filia
Pityon/Greece-İstanbul İstanbul-Pityon/Greece
02:51 21:00
Ege Express
Afyon-Izmir (Basmane) Izmir (Basmane)-Afyon
06:50 06:50
Erciyes Exp
Adana-Kayseri Kayseri-Adana
16:45 07:40
Erzurum Exp
Kars-Ankara Ankara-Kars
15:15 13:30
Eskişehir Exp
08:42 07:10
Fatih Express
23:30 23:30
Fırat Exp
Adana-Elazığ Elazığ-Adana
08:40 07:35
Güney Exp
Kurtalan-Istanbul (H.paşa)
09:20
Mo We Fr Su
Istanbul (H.paşa)-Kurtalan
22:55
Tu Th Fr Su
İç Anadolu Mavi
Adana-Istanbul (H.paşa) Istanbul (H.paşa)-Adana
14:00 23:50
İzmir Mavi
Izmir(Basmane)-Ankara Ankara-Izmir (Basmane)
19:15 19:00
Karaelmas
Zonguldak-Ankara
08:15
Tu Th Su
Ankara-Zonguldak
09:10
Mo We Fr
Karesi Exp
16:00 16:00
Meram Exp
Konya-Istanbul (H.paşa) Istanbul (H.paşa)-Konya
17:05 19:40
Sakarya Exp
19:44 17:50
Tahran Şam
Kapıköy-Van İskele
17:40
Tu
Meydanekbez-Tatvan İskele
19:35
Mo
Tatvan İskele-Meydanekbez
04:52
We
Van İskele-Kapıköy
21:30
Transasya
Tatvan İsk-Istanbul (H.paşa)
Sa
Istanbul (H.paşa)-Tatvan İsk
23:55
Fr
Van Gölü
Tatvan Gar-Istanbul (H.paşa)
07:10
Tu Th
Istanbul (H.paşa)-Tatvan Gar
Mo Sa
Van Tebriz
Kapıköy-Van Gar
04:15
Th
Van Gar-Kapıköy
21:00
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Above, Sirkeci Station, Istanbul. Below, the Ankara Ekspresi all-sleeping car train awaits passengers.
