Route, timetable, station and ticket details of main line train running between Ankara Gar and Kurtalan:
This train is currently departing from Irmak station, 70 km east of Ankara main station. TCDD operates connected bus service between Ankara main station and Irmak station. Deadline of project is December 2017.
Route
* Based on route data provided by EcoTransITWorld.
General Information
What kind of a train I’m going to travel with? Diesel loco and TVS 2000 passenger coaches
What options I have? Standard carriages – Couchette cars – Restaurant car
How long is the route? 1212 km
How long it takes? 23:30-25 hours
How can I buy the ticket? All sales channels (Internet, call center, stations and agencies)
When can I buy the ticket? Starting from 15 days prior to departure
Timetable
Guney Kurtalan Express departs from Ankara every Mon-Wed-Thu-Fri-Sat and departs from Kurtalan every Mon-Wed-Fri-Sat-Sun.
* As of 7/2017. Please click for TCDD’s official timetable.
Main Stations
Ankara – Kayseri – Sivas – Çetinkaya – Malatya – Diyarbakır – Batman – Kurtalan
* Please click station name for location, all trains calling and timetables, working hours and contact info of station.
Fares
Ankara Gar-Kurtalan standard seat: 44 TL
Ankara Gar-Kurtalan couchette seat/bed: 59 TL/person
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* As of 7/2017. Pls check current fares from TCDD’s official website.
Suggestions
Ankara Station is main station for eastbound trains. But stations is temporarily unavailable to all trains except high speed trains. There’s bus connection to Irmak Station for all eastbound trains (click for details).
What travellers say?
 TCDD restaurant cars review - Steve, British citizen and English teacher at Bilkent University in Ankara, had tested the new concept of restaurant cars of TCDD while travelling by Izmir-Ankara train in June 2016. Towards Armenian Border with Kars Express - Serhan Sevin, photographer at Haberturk, wrote his 30-hours-long travel from Istanbul to Kars by train. 18 days on Turkish rail - Jools, a loco driver from UK, had traveled on several routes of Turkey by rail in January 2015. Maybe I was unlucky - Jools, a loco driver from UK, had traveled on several routes of Turkey by rail in September 2014. Sound of diesel engine - Dusko from Bosnia and Herzegovina had travelled from Ankara to Bandirma via Izmir with main line trains of TCDD in October 2015. Through high snowy mountains and deep valleys - Onur, a railway professional from Turkey, had travelled from Amasya to Kars using every regional and main line trains possible in January 2015. |
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