TRANSPORTS TO MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRIES

  •   Turkey – Iran;

Railway connection between Turkey and Iran is provided by Trans-Asia train which serves once a week and consists of couchette cars; and by a train between Van-Tabriz-Van which serves once a week and consists of 1st Class couchette cars.

  •   Turkey-Syria;

Railway connection between Turkey and Syria is provided by DMU train sets belonging to Syrian Railways running twice a week reciprocally between Gaziantep and Aleppo. In DMU sets, there is a section for VIP passengers and a play area for the kids and a restaurant car for hot and cold drinks.

  • Iran – Turkey – Syria;

Railway connection between Iran and Syria is provided by a passenger train passing our country transit and serving between Tehran-Damascus once a week. This train consists of pullman and sleeping cars between Damascus-Tatvan, and consists of couchette cars between Van-Tehran.

  • Turkey– Syria – Iraq;

Railway connection between Iraq and Turkey is provided by a passenger train passing through Syria transit and operating once a week between Gaziantep and Mosul. This train consists of pullman and couchette cars.

TIMETABLE OF TRANS-ASIA TRAIN

HAYDARPAŞA - TEHRAN

TEHRAN - HAYDARPAŞA

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

 Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 Haydarpaşa

--

23:55

 Wednesday

 Tehran

--

21:25

 Thursday

 Eskişehir

05:07

05:22

 Thursday

 Tabriz

09:26

10:56

 Friday

 Ankara

08:45

10:25

 Thursday

 Razi

15:00

15:40   

 Friday

 Kayseri

17:14

17:33

 Thursday

 Kapıköy

16:05

17:40

 Friday

 Sivas

21:00

21:42

 Thursday

 Van

19:33

19:48

 Friday

 Malatya

02:38

03:15

 Friday

 Van Wharf

19:56

--

 Friday

 Elazığ

05:55

06:15

 Friday

 Tatvan Wharf

--

04:52

 Saturday

 Muş

12:14

12:19

 Friday

 Tatvan

05:00

05:05

 Saturday

 Tatvan

14:37

14:42

 Friday

 Muş

07:25

07:35

 Saturday

 Tatvan Wharf

14:50

--

 Friday

 Elazığ

13:26

14:00

 Saturday

 Van Wharf

--

21:30

 Friday

 Malatya

16:37

16:52

 Saturday

 Van

21:39

21:54

 Friday

 Sivas

21:41

22:01

 Saturday

 Kapıköy

23:55

01:30 

 Friday
/Strdy

 Kayseri

01:26

01:47

 Sunday

 Razi

02:00

02:35

 Saturday

 Ankara

08:30

09:30

 Sunday

 Tabriz

06:35

08:23

 Saturday

 Eskişehir

12:45

13:19

 Sunday

 Tehran

20:20

--

 Saturday

 Haydarpaşa

18:34

--

 Sunday

 Travel Time: 66 hours 20 minutes

 Travel Time : 69 hours

FARES
1st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in Euro

Istanbul

Eskişehir

Ankara

Kayseri

Sivas

Malatya

Elazığ

Muş

Tatvan

Van

 

31

26,9

24,8

20,7

18,2

15,60   

14,3

11

9,2

8,6

Tabriz

39,5

35,4

33,3

29,2

26,7

24,10   

22,8

19,5

17,7

17,1

Tehran

  • Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.
  • Since the train is composed of couchette cars, the couchette prices of 3,60 Euros for Tatvan and Van stations and 9,90 Euros for other stations will be added to the above mentioned fares.

TIMETABLE OF VAN-TABRIZ TRAIN

VAN-TABRIZ

TABRIZ-VAN

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 Van

--

21:30

 Thursday

 Tabriz

--

22:30

 Wednesday

 Özalp

22:49

22:51

 Thursday

 Selmas

01:00

02:30

 Thursday

 Kapıköy

23:36

01:00 (02:30)  Yerel saat

 Thursday

 Razi

03:50

04:00 (02:30)  Local Time

  Thursday

 Razi

02:40

02:50

 Friday

 Kapıköy

02:40

04:15

 Thursday

 Selmas

04:14

05:49

 Friday

 Özalp

04:55

04:57

 Thursday

 Tabriz

08:30

 

 Friday

 Van

06:00

 

 Thursday

 Travel Time : 9 Hours 06 Minutes

 Travel Time :9 Hours

FARES
1st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in Euro

Van

Özalp

Kapıköy

 

 10,8

 10,2

 10,20   

           Tabriz

  • Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.
  • Since the train is composed of couchette cars, the couchette prices of 3,50 Euros will be added to the above mentioned fares.

TIMETABLE OF TEHRAN - DAMASCUS -TEHRAN TRAIN

TEHRAN - DAMASCUS

DAMASCUS - TEHRAN

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service
Days

 Tehran

--

21:25

 Saturday

 Damascus

--

07:21

 Saturday

 Tabriz

09:26

10:56

 Tuesday

 Aleppo

12:11

12:45

 Saturday

 Razi

15:00

15:40   

 Tuesday

 Meydanekbez

15:23

19:35

 Saturday

 Kapıköy

16:05

17:40

 Tuesday

 İslahiye

19:59

21:47

 Saturday

 Van

19:33

19:48

 Tuesday

 Fevzipaşa

21:58

22:08

 Saturday

 Van Wharf

19:56

--

 Tuesday

 Malatya

02:52

03:15

 Tuesday

 Tatvan Wharf

--

04:52

 Wednesday

 Elazığ

05:55

06:15

 Tuesday

 Tatvan

05:00

05:05

 Wednesday

 Muş

12:14

12:19

 Tuesday

 Muş

07:25

07:35

 Wednesday

 Tatvan

14:37

14:42

 Tuesday

 Elazığ

13:26

14:00

 Wednesday

 Tatvan Wharf

14:50

--

 Tuesday

 Malatya

16:37

16:52

 Wednesday

 Van Wharf

 

21.30

 Tuesday

 Fevzipaşa

21:49

22:09

 Wednesday

 Van

21:39

21:54

 Tuesday

 İslahiye

22:19

00:29

 Wednesday/Thursday

 Kapıköy

23:55

01:30

 Tuesday/
Wednesday

 Meydanekbez

00:52

02:50

 Thursday

 Razi

02:00

02:35

Wednesday

 Aleppo

05:30

06:00

 Thursday

 Tebriz

06:35

08:23

Wednesday

 Damascus

11.00

--

 Thursday

 Tehran

20:20

--

Wednesday

 Travel Time: 60 Hours 25 Minutes

 Travel Time: 59 Hours 24 Minutes

FARES
1st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in Euro

1. From our Country to Syria

Van

Tatvan

Muş

Elazığ

Malatya

Narlı

Fevzipaşa

İslahiye

 

18,1

18,1

16,90   

13,00   

11,10   

6,90   

6,30   

6,30   

Aleppo

24,5

24,5

23,30   

19,40   

17,50   

13,30   

12,70   

12,70   

Damascus

2. From our country to Iran

Van

Tatvan

Muş

Elazığ

Malatya

Narlı

Fevzipaşa

İslahiye

 

9,4

10,1

12,30   

16,50   

18,10   

20,60   

21,30   

21,30   

Tabriz

17,9

18,6

20,80   

25,00   

26,60   

29,10   

29,80   

29,80   

Tehran

NOTE: Since the train from our country to Iran consists of couchette cars, a couchette price of 1,30 Euro will be added to the above mentioned fares. If the sleeper car is used for travelling to Syria from our country, 16,00 Euro will be added to the fares above mentioned.

3. Fares for Iran-Syria

Tabriz

Tehran

 

25,00   

33,50   

Aleppo

31,40   

39,90   

Damascus

A couchette price of 1,30 Euro will be added to the fares indicated above.

NOTE: A couchette price of 1,30 Euro will be added to the fares mentioned in item 3. Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.

TIMETABLE OF GAZİANTEP-ALEPPO

GAZİANTEP - ALEPPO

ALEPPO-GAZİANTEP

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Gaziantep

--

20:30

Tuesday/Friday

Aleppo

--

05:00

Tuesday/Friday

Nizip

21:11

21:13

Tuesday/Friday

Çobanbey

07:15

08:00

Tuesday/Friday

Karkamış

21:43

21:48

Tuesday/Friday

Karkamış

08:39

08:44

Tuesday/Friday

Çobanbey

22:29

23:14

Tuesday/Friday

Nizip

09:16

09:18

Tuesday/Friday

Aleppo

01:29

--   

Wed./Saturday

Gaziantep

10:00

--

Tuesday/Friday

FARES OF GAZİANTEP-ALEPPO TRAIN (IN EURO):

Gaziantep

Nizip

Karkamış

Çobanbey

 

12,75

 10,85

 10,85  

 10,85  

Aleppo

 

 

TIMETABLE OF MERSİN-ALEPPO

MERSİN - ALEPPO

ALEPPO-MERSİN

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Mersin

--

23:00

Friday

Aleppo

--

03:00

Friday

Adana

23:55

00:05

Friday/Saturday

Meydanekbez

06:15

07:15

Friday

Islahiye

02:41

03:26

Saturday

Islahiye

07:35

08:30

Friday

Meydanekbez

03:47

05:00

Saturday

Adana

11:05

11:20

Friday

Aleppo

08:10

--   

Saturday

Mersin

12:18

--

Friday

FARES OF MERSİN-ALEPPO TRAIN (IN EURO):

Mersin

Adana

 

14,00

 12,66

Aleppo

For slepping car 12,00 Euro will be added to the fares indicated above.
Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.

 

TIMETABLE OF GAZİANTEP-MOSUL TRAIN
ON THE REQUEST OF IRAK RAILWAYS THE TRAIN ISN'T GOING TO BE OPERATED TILL THE OTHERWISE IS NOTIFIED

GAZİANTEP - MOSUL

MOSUL-GAZİANTEP

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Gaziantep

--

21:00

Thursday

Mosul

--

12:00

Tuesday

Nizip

21:45

21:47

Thursday

Rabia

15:00

15:45

Tuesday

Karkamış

22:20

22:24

Thursday

El Yarobieh

16:00

17:00

Tuesday

Akçakale

00:57

00:58

Friday

Kamışlı

18:57

19:40

Tuesday

Ceylanpınar

03:36

03:38

Friday

Nusaybin

19:50

20:35

Tuesday

Nusaybin

06:04

06:40

Friday

Ceylanpınar

23:00

23:02

Tuesday

Kamışlı

07:00

07:40

Friday

Akçakale

01:40

01:41

Wednesday

El Yarobieh

09:27

10:15

Friday

Karkamış

04:14

04:18

Wednesday

Rabia

10:30

11:05

Friday

Nizip

04:52

04:54

Wednesday

Mosul

14:00

--   

Friday

Gaziantep

05:40

--

Wednesday

FARES FOR GAZİANTEP-MOSUL TRAIN ( IN EURO):

Gaziantep

Nizip

Karkamış

Akçakale

Ceylanpınar

Nusaybin

 

25,00

24,60

10,85

24,30

22,30

21,65

Mosul

Supplement price for couchette car: 5,00 Euro per person in 4 person couchette car

PASSENGER DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TARIFF DIVISION 
                                           Telephone: (312) 309 05 15 / 4523
                                         Ankara Station :( 312) 309 05 15/4575
                                           Istanbul Sirkeci Station :( 212) 520 65 75/7485

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