Cumhuriyet Ekspresi, Istanbul-Ank.

The Cumhuriyet Ekspresi (Republic Express), departs Istanbul (Haydarpasa) and Ankara at 14:30 (2:30 pm) hauling Pullman seats and a dining car.

It stops in Eskisehir, Polatli and other places along the way, and arrives in the opposite city at 21:34 (9:34 pm), 7 hours later.

There's free Wifi Internet access on the Cumhuriyet Ekspresi, so if you have a laptop or Internet-enabled mobile phone you can login on while you travel.

See also the Baskent Ekspresi, another day-train between Istanbul and Ankara.

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The Cumhuriyet Ekspresi stops at Eskisehir, midway in its journey between Istanbul and Ankara. Eskisehir is Turkey's major meerschaum mining center. Shown above are blocks of natural meerschaum as they come from the earth.