CONNECTIONS TO EUROPE

Train connection between our country and European countries is provided mutually with the Bosphorus Express serving between Istanbul - Bucharest - Istanbul everyday and with the train serving between Istanbul - Thessalonica - Istanbul everyday. Connections between Istanbul - Sofia and Istanbul - Belgrad , are provided with the wagons hitched onto the Bosphorus Express train.

B - Passenger train connections from Europe to our country:

EXPLANATION
(1) Bosphorus Express ( Istanbul - Bucharest )
(2) Balkan Express (Sofia- Belgrade)
(3) Dostluk/Filia Express ( Istanbul - Thessalonica)

A : Arrival D : Departure

COUCHETTE SUPPLEMENT FARES: (*)
· For couchette cars on Istanbul - Belgrade / Bucharest route;
· Couchette supplement fare per passenger and night in a couchette car for 6: 21,50 Turkish Lira
· Couchette supplement fare per passenger and night in a couchette car serving on Istanbul-Sofia route: 32,10 Turkish Lira

Tourist (2/3) : One person in a sleeping car for 3, ( valid for 2 nd class ticket )
Double (2/2) : One person in a sleeping car for 2, ( valid for 2 nd class ticket )
Single (1/1) : One person in a sleeping car for 1, (valid for 1 st class ticket )

(**) For İstanbul –Salonika connection train

ISTANBUL- SALONIKA - ISTANBUL DOSTLUK/FILIA EXPRESS TRAIN
Since the train only consists of sleeping cars, in addition to the ticket; paying bed supplement fare is essential.

ADDITIONAL BED FARES:
One person in a compartment with 2 beds (double) : 68,70 Turkish Lira
One person in a compartment with 1 bed (single) . : 114,50 Turkish Lira

1st class ticket is valid for traveling in a compartment with 1 bed and 2nd class ticket is valid for traveling in a compartment with 2 beds. Return ticket fares are two times as much single ticket fares.

TCDD wagons of the train consist of TVS type of 5 sleeping cars with 10 compartments and a generator wagon, and OSE wagons of the train consist of 3 sleeping cars with 18 compartments.

The tickets are sold in Ankara and Istanbul (Sirkeci) stations.

Ankara Station: (312) 309 05 15/4575
Istanbul Station (212) 520 65 75/7485

REDUCED-RATE TICKETS

INTERRAIL PASS SERVICE

InterRail Pass service consists of mainly two categories which can be listed as follows;

InterRail Pass is a ticket, depending on the category and validity period, which lets the customer travel freely in the routes of administrations where the Pass is valid for a designated time span.

InterRail Global Pass Card

There are 4 different types of InterRail Global Pass Card that are optional for passengers:

.  5-day validity in a 10-day validity period (flexible)
.  10-day validity in a 22-day validity period (flexible)
.  22 days (continuously)
.  1 month (continuously)

InterRail Single Country Pass Card

InterRail Single Country Pass is valid among every railroad line (in 27 countries' railways) which is included in InterRail services and depending on the form of request of the customer can be arranged as 3,4,6 or 8 days in a 1 month validity period.

Participant Railway Administrations of InterRail Global Pass and InterRail Single Country Pass :

Germany , Austria , Belgium ***, Bosnia Herzegovina *, Bulgaria , Czech Republic , Denmark , Finland , France , Croatia , Holland ***, England , Irish Republic , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Italy , Montenegro *, Luxemburg*** ,

Hungary , Macedonian Republic , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Turkey , Greece and the Attica group** which provides sea transportation between Italy and Greece .

* Does not have InterRail Single Country Pass
** For the sea lane of Attica Group between Italy and Greece , an InterRail Greece Plus Pass
*** Constitutes InterRail Benelux Pass along with CFL , NS and SNCB

Prices (in TL - Turkish Lira)

InterRail Single Country Pass

Istanbul-Kapikule return ticket price with discount of 50%: 2nd class 34,40 TL, 1st class 51,30 TL
Istanbul-Pythion return ticket price with discount of 50%: 2nd class 30,20 TL, 1st class 45,30 TL
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GROUP TICKET

The railway administrations of European countries apply reductions at significant rates for groups consisting of at least 6 people. In order to benefit from this reduction, the passengers are required to travel with individual ticket under the control of group head in the same train from the departure station to the arrival station.

BALKAN FLEXIPASS CARD