Here are the main line traditional trains of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD Taşımacılık) operating as of May 2018 listed in alphabetical order by train name.
Click here for trains listed by city of departure.
For the High-Speed Trains connecting Istanbul, Ankara, Eskişehir and Konya, see the High-Speed Trains pages.
NAME | TRAIN ROUTE | DAY |
6 Eylül | İzmir (Basmane)–Balıkesir–Bandırma Balıkesir-İzmir (Basmane) | Daily |
17 Eylül | İzmir (Basmane)–Balıkesir Bandırma–Balıkesir–İzmir (Basmane) | Daily |
Doğu Exp | Kars-Erzurum-Sivas-Ankara Ankara-Sivas-Erzurum-Kars | Daily |
Ege Express | İzmir (Basmane)–Balıkesir Balıkesir–İzmir (Basmane) | Daily |
Erciyes Exp | Adana–Kayseri Kayseri–Adana | Daily |
Fırat Exp | Adana-Elazığ Elazığ-Adana | Daily |
Güney Kurtalan Express | Diyarbakır/Kurtalan-Ankara | Mo We Fr Sa Su |
Güney Kurtalan Express | Ankara–Diyarbakır/Kurtalan | Mo We Th Fr Sa |
Istanbul – Sofia Express | Sofia/Bucharest-İstanbul (Halkalı) İstanbul (Halkalı)-Sofia/Bucharest | Daily |
İzmir Mavi | İzmir (Basmane)-Eskişehir Eskişehir –İzmir (Basmane) | Daily |
Karesi Exp | İzmir (Basmane)–Balıkesir Balıkesir–İzmir (Basmane) | Daily |
Konya Mavi | İzmir (Basmane) – Konya Konya – İzmir (Basmane) | Daily |
Pamukkale Exp | Eskişehir–Denizli Denizli–Eskişehir | Daily |
Toros Exp | Adana–Konya Konya–Adana | Daily |
Van Gölü | Tatvan–Ankara | Tu Th |
Van Gölü | Ankara–Tatvan | Tu Su |
Anatolian dawn from my sleeping car compartment on a Turkish train.
—by Tom Brosnahan
Trains by Departure City |