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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.
While anchored by major cities, long-distance trains also serve many rural communities en route (unlike commercial flights). A minority of passengers ride an entire route at once, with most traveling between a terminus and an intermediate stop. [8] In FY2023, Amtrak's long-distance trains carried 3,944,124 riders, around 14% of the company's ...
A TCDD HT80000 at the ATG terminal in Ankara The ATG terminal in Ankara is a hub for the YHT services of the Turkish State Railways. Prior to the introduction of the high-speed line, the population centres of Istanbul (14 million) and Ankara (5 million) were connected by a 576 km (358 mi) long railway line, of which only 110 km (68 mi) was double-tracked. [8]
Almost all the network is covered by these passenger trains, which are mostly departing every day. [15] In addition to high speed trains, there are several types of wagons being used for railway transport like pulman, sleeping cars, couchette, dmu and emu sets. In 2019, 164.7 million passengers used the Turkish rail network. [1]
The route between Istanbul and Ankara by rail has been a single-track line, and trains usually were delayed 30 minutes to 2 hours plus the average 7 hours, 30 minutes travel time. Rail transport in Turkey was already at its lowest point, so in 2003 the State Railways and the Turkish Ministry of Transport made an agreement to build a 533 km (331 ...
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]
This is the section where trains to Konya and Karaman use the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway, before diverging south at Polatlı junction. As of mid-2022, YHT trains operating on the railway are as follows: [26] Ankara-Istanbul: 10x daily; Ankara-Eskişehir: 4x daily; Ankara-Konya: 4x daily; Ankara-Karaman: 2x daily; Istanbul-Konya: 3x daily
Chicago–Quincy: two round trips daily, the Illinois Zephyr and the Carl Sandburg [1] Chicago–St. Louis Lincoln Service: four round trips daily and the only route that serves another state [2] Chicago–Carbondale: two round trips daily, the Illini and the Saluki, and the only route whose trains have checked baggage service [1]