Trains stopped
Due to covid-19 epidemic, all intercity train services are suspended in Turkey.
Winter surprises: Bogazici, Ege and Touristic Dogu expresses
TCDDT announced winter timetables to be valid starting with 8th of December.
Ankara ve Goller expresses: Bittersweet joy
Two new trains restarted in 2019, Ankara and Goller expresses are welcomed by travellers. However there are disappoinments as well.
Istanbul-Ankara sleeper service to start
Overnight service with sleepers will start between Istanbul and Ankara after 7 years.
Passenger trains: Full of surprises
It becomes really hard to follow the changes done and announced about passenger train services this summer.
Tourism train project unveiled
Minister of Tourism introduced new project: Tourism trains.
New train services prospects
Turkish State Railways is expected to introduce new train services in forthcoming months.
Bucharest train departed yesterday
The overnight train service between Istanbul and Bucharest started with the first departure from Istanbul yesterday.
Passenger train surprises by TCDD
The legislation about the train services that are going to be operated by TCDD has been published.
Trainless Istanbul
Turkey’s commercial capital Istanbul is unfortunately has very poor train connections.
Passenger transportaion by rail on the rise
Intercity passenger transportation by rail is now on the rise after a sharp decline in 2016.
Trains now call less, go faster
New timetable for passenger trains announced. Most of the main line trains now start to call at less stations and go faster.
Passenger trains fuming black
The ridership of passenger trains are falling very fast in Turkey.
Turkish cities you can travel to by train
It’s possible to travel to 30 cities in Turkey by train.
Train ridership falls in Turkey
Although trains become popular and competetive in some routes with high speed trains, passengers prefering trains fall in Turkey.
Trains to Bucharest and Belgrade started
Train services from Istanbul to Bucharest and Belgrade started this weekend.
Turkey’s busiest train stations
Passenger trains are getting slightly over 1% of share among all travels.
