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Night trains now run
between
Mersin,
on Turkey's Mediterranean
coast west of Adana,
and Halab
(Halep, Aleppo),
Syria, twice weekly.
The trains haul six regular railway
coaches and a dining car, but
no sleeping
cars, so you'll sit up all night,
as in a bus.
The trip takes nine hours and 20 minutes,
if it's on time.
A one-way/single ticket costs
TL43.50
between Mersin and Aleppo, or TL37
between Adana and Aleppo. There is
no discount for a round-trip/return
ticket. Here's
how to buy tickets.
Aleppo—>Mersin
Trains depart Aleppo (Halab,
Halep) at 21:00 (9 pm) on Monday and
Thursday, stopping in Meydanekbez, Islahiye
and Adana before arriving in Mersin at
06:20 am the next morning.
Mersin—>Aleppo
Trains depart Mersin at 23:00 (11 pm)
on Tuesday and Friday nights, stopping
in Adana, Islahiye and Meydanekbez
before arriving in Aleppo the next
morning at 08:20 am.
You can take the Iç
Anadolu Mavi Tren from Istanbul to Adana,
then the Mersin-Aleppo
train,
to go from Istanbul to Syria.
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