High speed trains will start departing from city center of Istanbul tomorrow.

As Marmaray is commissioned, high speed trains will start calling at several stations in Istanbul.

Starting with 13th of March, in addition to Pendik, HSTs will call at Bostanci, Sogutlucesme (Kadikoy), Bakirkoy and Halkali.

TCDD online ticket system allows tickets to/from these new stations starting from tomorrow.

All 7 Istanbul-Ankara HSTs and 3 Istanbul-Konya HSTs will call at Asian side stations, where 2 of Istanbul-Ankara and 1 of Istanbul-Konya HSTs will cross tunnel and call at European side stations.

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