List of TCDD Taşımacılık routes

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.

Name Type Route Numbers Daily round trips Route miles
Aegean Express Mainline İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir 32011, 72018 Daily 576
Ankara Express Mainline Istanbul – İzmit – Bilecik – Eskişehir – Ankara 22001, 12002 Daily 610
Eastern Express Mainline Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Erzurum – Kars 22010, 42009 Daily 1,365
Erciyes Express Mainline Kayseri – Niğde – Adana 22002, 62001 Daily
Euphrates Express Mainline Adana – Osmaniye – Malatya – Elazığ 52003, 62004 Daily
İzmir Blue Train Mainline İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Kütahya – Eskişehir – Ankara 22006, 32005 Daily 824
Konya Blue Train Mainline İzmir – Manisa – Uşak – Afyonkarahisar – Konya 72008, 32007 Daily 693
Lakes Express Mainline İzmir – Aydın – Denizli – Isparta (Burdur) 32015, 72016 Daily
Lake Van Express Mainline Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya – Elazığ – Muş – Tatvan 22012, 52011 Twice-weekly
Pamukkale Express Mainline Eskişehir – Kütahya – Afyonkarahisar – Denizli 72013, 72014 Daily 421
Southern Express Mainline Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya – Diyarbakır – Batman – Kurtalan 22014, 52013 5 weekly roundtrips
Taurus Express Mainline Konya – Karaman – Adana 62005, 62006 Daily 668
Yüksek Hızlı Tren High-speed Ankara – Eskișehir – Bilecik – İzmit – Istanbul 81001-81028 9x daily (Monday-Thursday), 10x daily (Friday-Sunday) 594
Ankara – Eskișehir 81101-81105, 81102, 81108, 81110 3x daily 246
Ankara – Konya 81203-81206, 81209-81213, 81216 4x daily (Monday-Thursday), 5x daily (Friday-Sunday) 312
Ankara – Konya – Karaman 81201, 81207, 81208, 81214 2x daily 414
Istanbul – İzmit – Bilecik – Eskişehir – Konya 81302, 81303, 81306, 81309, 81310, 91313 3x daily
Istanbul – İzmit – Bilecik – Eskişehir – Konya – Karaman 81304, 91311 Daily
4th of September Blue Train Mainline Ankara – Kırıkkale – Kayseri – Sivas – Malatya 22018, 52019 Daily
6th of September Express Mainline İzmir – Manisa – Balıkesir – Bandırma Suspended 341
17th of September Express Mainline Bandırma – Balıkesir – Manisa – İzmir Suspended 341

Non-subsidised routes:

NameRouteNumbersFrequencyOn Board Services
Eastern Express (Touristic service)Ankara-Kars3 times a weekSleeper, Diner

Regional services
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