Konya Blue Train Explained

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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.

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  1. Sometimes DE 33 000 may be used instead.