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The Istanbul–Ankara railway (Turkish: İstanbul–Ankara demiryolu) is a 576.6 km (358.3 mi) long electrified railway in Turkey.The line connects Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, to the capital and second largest city, Ankara; making it one the busiest railways in the country in terms of passenger and freight rail traffic.
Istanbul: Istanbul Metro: 750 V DC & 1,500 V DC: Third rail & Overhead line: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge: Right-hand traffic: 3 September 1989 Ankara: Ankara Metro: 750 V DC: Third rail: 20 August 1996 İzmir: İzmir Metro: 22 April 2000 Bursa: Bursaray: 1,500 V DC: Overhead line: 24 April 2002 Adana: Adana Metro: 750 V DC: 14 ...
The route is expected to begin by late 2027, reinstating rail service to Rockford for the first time in over 40 years after the discontinuation of Amtrak's Black Hawk in 1981. [2] The service will operate without stops along the Milwaukee District West Line between Chicago Union Station and Elgin, with a stop at one of the three existing Metra ...
The Lake Van Express or Van Lake Express (Turkish: Van Gölü Ekspresi), operated by TCDD Transport is an overnight train consisting of pullman, couchettes, sleeping and dining wagons, which runs twice a week on the Ankara-Tatvan [4] route of over 1,300 km. Travelling the full route takes about 26 hours. [5]
A distance of 100–500 km (60–300 mi) is a common journey distance for inter-city rail in many countries. In many cases, railway travel is most competitive at about two to three hours journey time. Inter-city rail can often compete with highways and short-haul air travel for journeys of this distance. Most major intercity railway routes in ...
By 2001, four corridors had been studied: The Northern Corridor will link Europe and Northeast Asia via Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, North Korea and South Korea, with breaks of gauge at the Polish-Belarusian border (1,435 mm or 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in to 1,520 mm or 4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in), the Kazakhstan-Chinese border and the Mongolian-Chinese border (both 1,520 ...
Sirkeci railway station (Turkish: Sirkeci garı), listed on maps as Istanbul railway station (Turkish: İstanbul garı), is a railway terminal in Istanbul, Turkey. The terminal is located in Sirkeci , on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula , right next to the Golden Horn and just northwest of Gülhane Park and the Topkapı Palace .
The Friendship Express (Turkish: Dostluk Ekspresi, Greek: Εξπρές Φιλίας, Exprés Filías), was an international InterCity train jointly operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and TrainOSE from July 2005 to February 2011, linking Istanbul's Sirkeci Terminal, Turkey and Thessaloniki, Greece. Eastbound trains (service 444/81021 ...