Box Width: | 30em |
Konya Blue Train Konya Mavi Treni | |
Type: | Intercity rail |
Locale: | Western Turkey |
First: | 16 August 2012 |
Operator: | TCDD Taşımacılık |
Formeroperator: | Turkish State Railways |
Start: | Basmane Terminal, İzmir |
End: | Konya |
Distance: | 693km (431miles) |
Frequency: | Daily each way |
Class: | 1st class coach 1st class sleeper |
Access: | Limited |
Seating: | Coach Seating |
Sleeping: | Sleeping Car |
Catering: | Dining Car |
Stock: | TVS2000 |
Speed: | 100km/h |
Owners: | TCDD |
Map State: | closed |
The Konya Blue Train (Turkish: Konya Mavi Treni), previously referred to as the Mevlana Express is an overnight intercity train operating between İzmir and Konya since 16 August 2012. The inaugural train will departed Alsancak Terminal in İzmir at 8:00pm (EEST) after an opening ceremony which the minister of transport, Binali Yıldırım will attend. The train follows the former Smyrna Cassaba Railway's mainline to Afyon passing through Manisa, Alaşehir, Uşak, Afyon and Konya. The Konya Blue Train is the first train service to operate east of Uşak, to Afyon, since the cancellation of the İzmir-Diyarbakır Postal Train several years ago.