Travelling through the Balkans to Istanbul via Thessaloniki in September-3 nights in Istanbul-friends joining us there for long weekend who fancy a trip out of...
Hello, A nice alternative would be to visit the Rahmi M. Koc Museum, located right on the Golden Horn. There you will find a number of railway exhibits,...
50% of the trip to Izmit will somewhat show you residential parts of greater Istanbul. The rest will go through industrial sections. Regional Trains (Called...
Good evening Oguz, I do have the same question in mind like Geoff: which town is a good destination for a train trip from Istanbul. What do you think about a...
Hi all For a short 1st time visit to Istanbul, I would recommend to focus on the European side more than ever. The antiquated E8000 are still running but not...
First I would like to remind you that although Arifiye is a handover location (From Haydarpasa signalling centre which controls the line between Haydarpasa...
Thanks for all your helpful advice-by way of a side issue we fly back to London from Sabiya at 14.05 on a Sunday.Is it worth getting the ferry from Karakoy...
That's probably the best idea to avoid traffic. You can take ANY train from Haydarpasa to Pendik (Except so-called "Super Express" trains). The "Super Express"...
I wud take a contrarian view and not really suggest the boat-train-taxi combo as it wud be too time-consuming for a Sunday morning and with a plane to catch. ...
Dear all, I intend to travel to Turkey and within Turkey sometime in November, and I have quite a few questions about Turkish Railways. - What kind of sleeping...
... The Man at Seat 61 is your friend. Heaps of infof and pictures on getting to Turkey & around Asiatic Turkey: http://www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm ... According...
Phil You'll get lots of answers from Seat 61, and also check reports in ERG/WRG if you haven't done so already. A few observations though from early April...
Hi All The awaited order for Izmir EMU was finaly awarded to CAF last July. The orders of a value 123million USD includes 33 EMUs of 3cars. Delivery scheduled...
Impressive - and only 24 volts AC, just connect two automobile alternators in series and you have a super efficient mass transit system (I assume this is...
Yes, these are low carbon footprint EMUs... Oh well, this is yet another translating error because Spanish and Basque version both quote correctly 25KV. ... ...
I presume the EMU in question is described here <http://www.caf.net/ingles/productos/proyecto.php?cod=3&id=361&sec=prest> -not too impressive IMHO. ... ...
My wife and I plan to spend about six weks in Turkey,using a rail pass to cover much of the network, travelling BY DAY only and overnighting at the city, town...
There is an excel file in the files / timetables area of this group. It should give you a rough guide of what to expect even if it maybe a bit out of date....
Is there any body who knows when the "Ankara-Eskisehir High Speed Train" will start operation? What is the reason for the delay? Rgds. Aydin OZKAYA Ankara ...
Thank you very much, Especially there are very few pictures of bb4000s and E40s in white-bar-livery, these photos add very good value Erim Güraydın ... ...
I also did not know that 14000 commuter series had red livery. Saygılarımla Erim Güraydın ... From: hanssmit53 <hanssmit53@...> Subject: [Turk-Rail]...
Dear Hans, Thank you for sharing these historic photographs dating back to 1984 with us! All E 40 000's except 7 9 and 15 have been scrapped and these...
The German magazine LOK-REPORT website news page for Monday has an item stating that Haydarpasa station will close on December 8th as well as the section to...
That piece of information is not accurate. If you check TCDD website, there are extra trains due to holiday season on 14 December departing Haydarpaşa. Still,...
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