List of TCDD Taşımacılık routes explained

The TCDD Taşımacılık A.Ş. operates a 12,532 km long system throughout Turkey and currently 90% of the network is served by passenger rail.

Intercity services

The second main intercity service of the company are the mainline trains known as Express or Main Line (Turkish: Ekspres, Ana Hat). These trains connect major Turkish cities throughout the country but they are progressively stopped as the YHT network expands.

NameTypeRoute data-sort-type=numberNumbersdata-sort-type=numberDaily round tripsRoute miles
Aegean ExpressMainlineİzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir32011, 72018Daily576
Ankara ExpressMainlineIstanbul – İzmit – Bilecik – Eskişehir – Ankara22001, 12002Daily610
Mainline 22010, 42009Daily1,365
Erciyes ExpressMainlineKayseri – Niğde – Adana22002, 62001Daily
Euphrates ExpressMainlineAdana – Osmaniye – Malatya – Elazığ52003, 62004Daily
İzmir Blue TrainMainline İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir – Ankara22006, 32005Daily824
Konya Blue TrainMainlineİzmir – Manisa – Uşak – Afyonkarahisar – Konya72008, 32007Daily693
Lakes ExpressMainlineİzmir – Aydın – Denizli – Isparta (Burdur)32015, 72016Daily
Lake Van ExpressMainline22012, 52011Twice-weekly
Pamukkale ExpressMainlineEskişehir – Kütahya – Afyonkarahisar – Denizli72013, 72014Daily421
Southern ExpressMainlineAnkara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya – Diyarbakır – Batman – Kurtalan22014, 520135 weekly roundtrips
Taurus ExpressMainlineKonya – Karaman – Adana62005, 62006Daily668
Yüksek Hızlı TrenHigh-speed<--forces column width-->Ankara – Eskișehir – Bilecik – İzmit – Istanbul81001-810289x daily (Monday-Thursday), 10x daily (Friday-Sunday)594
Ankara – Eskișehir81101-81105, 81102, 81108, 811103x daily246
Ankara – Konya 81203-81206, 81209-81213, 812164x daily (Monday-Thursday), 5x daily (Friday-Sunday)312
Ankara – Konya – Karaman81201, 81207, 81208, 812142x daily414
Istanbul – İzmit – Bilecik – Eskişehir – Konya81302, 81303, 81306, 81309, 81310, 913133x daily
Istanbul – İzmit – Bilecik – Eskişehir – Konya – Karaman81304, 91311Daily
4th of September Blue TrainMainline Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya22018, 52019Daily
6th of September ExpressMainlineİzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – BandırmaSuspended341
17th of September ExpressMainlineBandırma – Balıkesir – Manisa – İzmirSuspended341

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Regional services

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