Bosphorus Express Train Schedules

Bosphorus Express Train Schedules Restart; Cahit Turhan, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Ankara and Arifiye (Sakarya) between the stations to meet the need for transportation YHT'lerin Bosphorus Express, 8 will begin flights from December, he said.

Minister Turhan said, “The journey will take about 08.15 hours with the Bosphorus Express, which will start its first flight on Sunday at 6 from Ankara. 240 passenger capacity express, will consist of 4 flatbed wagon and 16 station will download and board passengers. The longest distance fare of the Bosphorus Express, which will offer its passengers a comfortable and pleasant journey, was determined as 55 lira. Kul

History of Bosphorus Express
The Bosphorus Express was a main railway line operated by TCDD between Istanbul and Ankara. 2012-2014 was operating between Arifiye and Eskişehir. Train 24 was stopped on July 2014 and replaced by YHT trains.

Although it had an express name, it served many local stations between Arifiye and Ankara and was popular among students because of its low cost.

The Bosphorus Express, 1 On June 1968, Istanbul started its services from Haydarpasa Train Station to Ankara Train Station in Ankara with the brand new wagons of CIWL, one of the leading trains of TCDD. The cost of a single ticket was 32 lira and the round trip ticket was 56 lira. The locomotives of the train are diesel and the 1977 km railway from Istanbul to Arifiye was electrified at 131.

4 On January 1979, an express train near Esenkent collided with a train belonging to the Anatolian Express.

December When all Istanbul-Ankara railroads became electrified at 1993, they switched to electric trains at Boğaziçi Ekspres. The first electric train towed by E40002, 26 1993: 08 on December 00 departed Haydarpaşa. TCDD also equipped the train with the new TVS2000 wagons, which were built to improve the image of the railway. The limited express service of the train changed after a few years and stopped at most stations, becoming one of the local city trains running between Istanbul and Ankara.

Bosphorus Express, 25 In August 2004, the flights were stopped by TCDD on the basis of low usage, but due to the increase in demand for public services, 27 resumed operation in September. When the Ankara-Eskişehir high-speed railway opened in March 2009, many trains operating between Istanbul and Ankara returned to Eskişehir. However, due to the construction works for high-speed train services between Gebze and Sapanca, the Bosphorus Express continued its journey between the two cities until February 131 with 1 km short distance from Istanbul to Arifiye. Two months later, in April, the 2012 train shortened again, this time in Ankara due to the construction of the Başkentray suburban railway. With the opening of the Istanbul-Eskişehir extension of the Istanbul-Ankara high-speed railway, the Bosphorus Express served between Arifiye and Eskişehir (2 km) for two more years until 24 was interrupted on July 2014.