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The Vangölü/Güney
Ekspresi departs Istanbul (Haydarpasa) daily except
Wednesday at 22:55 (10:55
pm) hauling reserved and unreserved
compartment cars, a couchette
car, a sleeping
car and a dining car, usually
fairly old equipment—this is
not the most comfortable train.
It arrives in Ankara the
following morning at 08:03 am, and
continues eastward via Kayseri (arriving
15:40/3:40 pm) and Elazig to Malatya,
arriving at 00:43 (12:43 am).
After Malatya,
things change.
On some days the train continues eastward
as the Vangölü (Lake
Van) Ekspresi to Tatvan on Lake
Van, arriving at 14:17 (2:17 pm).
On alternate days it goes instead
southeastward toward Diyarbakir (arriving
at 07:09 am), and Kurtalan (arriving
10:56 am) as the Güney (Southern) Ekspresi.
So if you board the train in Istanbul on
Monday or Saturday evening, or in Ankara on
Tuesday or Sunday morning, it will
be named the Vangölü Ekspresi,
bound for Tatvan.
If you board it in Istanbul on Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday or Sunday evening,
or in Ankara on Wednesday, Friday,
Saturday or Monday morning, it will
be the Güney Ekspresi,
bound for Diyarbakir and
Kurtalan.
These trains do not depart
Istanbul on Wednesday evenings,
but the Trans
Asya Treni does.
The Vangölü/Güney
Ekspresi departs Ankara
every day except Sunday at
12:10 pm, arriving in Istanbul
at 21:14 (9:14 pm), a journey of
9:04 hours (if it's not late).
On Sunday, the Trans
Asya Treni departs
Ankara at breakfast time (if it's
not late), and takes 8:15 hours
to get to Istanbul.
Here's
a list of all Istanbul - Ankara trains.
Please read this
safety notice about sleeping
car travel.
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Older compartment
cars are your likely accommodations
on the Vangölü/Güney
Ekspresi. There are
more comfortable trains...
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