Top countries travelling by train
The research about train travel among 26 EU countries, Switzerland, USA, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Russia and Turkey is quite interesting.
Turkey’s busiest train stations
Passenger trains are getting slightly over 1% of share among all travels.
TCDD’s long distance services
TCDD – or to be more exact TCDD Tasimacilik AS – operates just sixteen classic long-distance train services (as opposed to the YHT network of high speed trains).
Trains stop at Malatya
Due to engineering works on Malatya-Yolcati section, passenger trains to Tatvan, Elazig and Kurtalan has started ending their service at Malatya.
Everything you want to know about TrenKart
TCDD announced new traveler card for passengers frequently using trains. Here are details of TrenKart which allows you travel with discounted fares:
Balikesir-Bandirma trains suspended
Passenger trains running on Soma-Balikesir-Bandirma section have been suspended. This will soon be followed by remaining services on Izmir-Soma section.
Competition for passengers to warm up in 2019
Although competition seems to focus on rail freight after liberalization, a stronger competition may be seen for passenger trains soon.
New food service in TCDD trains
TCDD is going to change food services given in high speed trains as plus service and restaurant cars in some of the main line routes.
They discovered Turkey by train
Everything you need to start travelling by train in Turkey..
What TCDD did in 2014? – Public transport
Ridership for high speed trains increased by 21%.
