Lake Van Express
The Lake Van Express or Van Lake Express (Turkish: Van Gölü Ekspresi), operated by TCDD Transport is an overnight train consisting of pullman, couchettes, sleeping and dining wagons, which runs twice a week on the Ankara-Tatvan [4] route of over 1,300 km.
Travelling the full route takes about 26 hours.[5]
The train previously ran between Haydarpaşa, Istanbul and Tatvan, but due to the construction of the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway, the service was shortened and the starting point of the journey became Ankara.
Services
[edit]It runs on Tuesdays and Sundays from Ankara. There is one train service from Tatvan on Tuesdays and Thursdays.[6]
The South Kurtulan Express[7] runs on other days with the train going to Kurtalan instead of Van with a journey time of about 24 hours.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Istanbul–Ankara railway
- ^ Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway
- ^ Başkentray
- ^ Van Gölü Ekspresi (in Turkish)
- ^ "Vangolu Express (Ankara Tatvan train)". Rail Turkey En. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Van Gölü Ekspresi". TCDD Taşımacılık. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi".
- ^ "Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi (Southern Express) Train, Turkey". Turkey Travel Planner. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
External links
[edit]- TCDD official site Archived 2023-02-08 at the Wayback Machine </link>
- TCDD Tasimacilik official site Archived 2023-02-08 at the Wayback Machine </link>