TRANSPORTS TO MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRIES

  1. Turkey - Iran;
    - Railway connection between Turkey and Iran is carried on by Trans-Asian train which serves one day in a week and consists of couchette cars; and by a train between Van-Tabriz-Van which serves one day in a week and consists of 1st Class couchette cars.
  2. Turkey-Syria;
    - Railway connection between Turkey and Syria is carried on by a sleeping car which is hitched to Toros Express one day in a week that serves between İstanbul-Gaziantep-İstanbul.
  3. Iran-Turkey-Syria;
    Railway connection between Iran and Syria is carried on by a passenger train which, by passing our country, serves between Tehran-Damascus one day in a week. This train consists of pullman and sleeping cars between Tehran-Damascus, and consists of couchette cars between Van-Tehran.
  4. Turkey-Iraq;
    Railway connection between Turkey-Iraq is carried on by a train that serves between Gaziantep-Bağdat-Gaziantep one day in a week and consists of sleeping cars. However, the service of this train has been halted temporarily because of the current situation in Iraq.

TIMETABLE OF TRANS-ASIA TRAIN

HAYDARPASA - TEHRAN

TEHRAN - HAYDARPASA

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Haydarpasa

--

22:55

Wednesday

Tehran

--

20:15

Thursday

Eskisehir

03:31

03:45

Thursday

Tabriz

08:20

09:30

Friday

Ankara

06:45

07:40

Thursday

Razi

14:05

14:40 (13:10) Local Time

Friday

Kayseri

14:37

14:57

Thursday

Kapiköy

13:20

14:50

Friday

Sivas

18:34

18:50

Thursday

Van

16:38

16:53

Friday

Malatya

00:17

00:45

Friday

Van Wharf

17:03

--

Friday

Elazig

03:50

03:55

Friday

Tatvan Wharf

--

02:00

Saturday

Mus

09:26

09:31

Friday

Tatvan

02:07

02:20

Saturday

Tatvan

11:32

11:37

Friday

Mus

04:01

04:06

Saturday

Tatvan Wharf

11:44

 

Friday

Elazig

09:39

09:44

Saturday

Van Wharf

 

18:25

Friday

Malatya

12:55

13:10

Saturday

Van

18:34

18:49

Friday

Sivas

18:38

19:05

Saturday

Kapiköy

20:55

22:30 (13:10) Local Time

Friday

Kayseri

22:48

23:13

Saturday

Razi

00:05

00:45

Friday

Ankara

06:40

07:30

Sunday

Tabriz

05:15

06:35

Saturday

Eskisehir

10:39

10:50

Sunday

Tehran

18:45

--

Saturday

Haydarpasa

15:45

--

Sunday

Travel Time : 66 hours 20 minutes

Travel Time: 69 hours.

FARES (**)

1 st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in EURO

Istanbul

Eskisehir

Ankara

Kayseri

Sivas

Malatya

Elazig

Mus

Tatvan

Van

 

31,00

26,90

24,80

20,70

18,20

15,60

14,30

11,00

9,20

8,60

Tabriz

39,50

35,40

33,30

29,20

26,70

24,10

22,80

19,50

17,70

17,10

Tehran

  1. Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.
  2. Since the train is composed of couchette cars, the couchette prices of 3,50 EURO for Tatvan and Van stations and 9,90 EURO 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

Kapiköy

23:36

01:00 (02:30) Local Time

Thursday

Razi

03:50

04:00 (02:30) Local Time

Thursday

Razi

02:40

02:50

Friday

Kapiköy

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 (**)

2 nd Class One-Way Ticket Fares in EURO

Van

Özalp

Kapiköy

 

10,80

10,20

10,20

Tabriz

  1. Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.
  2. Since the train is composed of couchette cars, the couchette price of 3,50 EURO 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

--

20:15

Monday

Damascus

--

07:21

Monday

Tabriz

08:20

09:30

Tuesday

Aleppo

12:11

12:45

Monday

Razi

14:05

14:40 (13:10) Local Hours

Tuesday

Meydanekbez

15:23

16:40

Monday

Kapiköy

13:20

14:50

Tuesday

Islahiye

17:35

18:50

Monday

Van

16:38

16:53

Tuesday

Fevzipasa

19:07

19:15

Monday

Van Wharf

17:03

--

Tuesday

Malatya

00:22

00:45

Tuesday

Tatvan Wharf

--

02:00

Wednesday

Elazig

03:50

03:55

Tuesday

Tatvan

02:07

02:20

Wednesday

Mus

09:26

09:31

Tuesday

Mus

04:01

04:06

Wednesday

Tatvan

11:32

11:37

Tuesday

Elazig

09:39

09:44

Wednesday

Tatvan Wharf

11:44

--

Tuesday

Malatya

12:55

13:30

Wednesday

Van Wharf

 

18.25

Tuesday

Fevzipasa

18:19

18:30

Wednesday

Van

18:34

18:49

Tuesday

Islahiye

18:45

20:15

Wednesday

Kapiköy

20:55

22:30

Tuesday

Meydanekbez

21:15

23:09

Wednesday

Razi

22:40

00:45

Wednesday

Aleppo

01:50

02:20

Thursday

Tabriz

05:15

06.35

Wednesday

Damascus

07.20

--

Thursday

Tehran

18:45

--

Wednesday

Travel Time: 60 Hours 25 Minutes.

Travel Time: 59 Hours 24 Minutes.

FARES (**)

1. From our Country to Syria

1 st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in EURO

Van

Tatvan

Mus

Elazig

Malatya

Narli

Fevzipasa

Islahiye

 

18,10

18,10

16,90

13,00

11,10

6,90

6,30

6,30

Aleppo

24,50

24,50

23,30

19,40

17,50

13,30

12,70

12,70

Damascus

2. From our Country to Iran

1 st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in EURO

Van

Tatvan

Mus

Elazig

Malatya

Narli

Fevzipasa

Islahiye

 

9,40

10,10

12,30

16,50

18,10

20,60

21,30

21,30

Tabriz

17,90

18,60

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 the transports to be made to Syria from our country the sleeper charge in amount of EURO 16,00 will be added to the fares above mentioned.

3. Fares for ticket sales between Iran and Syria

1 st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in EURO

Tabriz

Tehran

 

25,00

33,50

Aleppo

31,40

39,90

Damascus

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 ISTANBUL - DAMASCUS CONNECTION

HAYDARPASA - DAMASCUS

DAMASCUS - HAYDARPASA

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Haydarpasa

--

08:55

Sunday

Damascus

--

05:13

Tuesday

Eskisehir (Enveriye)

14:19

14:28

Sunday

Aleppo

10:00

11:05

Tuesday

Kütahya

15:59

16:02

Sunday

Meydanekbez

13:43

15:30

Tuesday

Afyon

17:49

18:05

Sunday

Islahiye

16:29

17:14

Tuesday

Konya

22:01

22:25

Sunday

Fevzipasa

17:29

18:10

Tuesday

Adana

04:38

05:05

Monday

Adana

20:44

21:10

Tuesday

Fevzipasa

-

08:30

Monday

Konya

03:50

04:15

Wednesday

Islahiye

08:45

09:43

Monday

Afyon

08:11

08:24

Wednesday

Meydanekbez

10:30

11:50

Monday

Kütahya

10:11

10:16

Wednesday

Aleppo

14:34

15:00

Monday

Eskisehir (Enveriye)

11:44

11:55

Wednesday

Damascus

20:06

--

Monday

Haydarpasa

17:55

--

Wednesday

Travel Time: 35 hours 11 minutes

Travel Time: 36 hours 42 minutes

FARES (**)

1 st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in EURO

Istanbul

Eskisehir

Afyon

Konya

Adana

Islahiye

 

25,20

21,40

19,50

15,60

9,60

7,00

Aleppo

29,10

25,30

23,40

19,50

13,50

10,90

Hama

29,70

25,90

24,00

20,10

14,10

11,50

Homs

33,20

29,40

27,50

23,60

17,60

15,00

Damascus

NOTE: Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.
         Couchette prices below will be added to the ticket fares mentioned above.

COUCHETTE PRICES IN EURO

Istanbul

Eskisehir

Afyon

Konya

Adana

Islahiye

 

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

 

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

19,50

12,80

15,40

10,20

15,40

10,20

Aleppo

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

19,50

12,80

15,40

10,20

15,40

10,20

Hama

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

19,50

12,80

15,40

10,20

15,40

10,20

Homs

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

23,00

15,40

19,50

12,80

15,40

10,20

15,40

10,20

Damascus

1 / 1: One person in a compartment with 1 bed
1 / 2: One person in a compartment with 2 beds
** Ticket sales are calculated on the basis of rates determined by our Establishment.

TIMETABLE OF GAZIANTEP-BAGHDAT TRAIN (*)

GAZIANTEP- BAGHDAD

BAGHDAD -GAZIANTEP

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

 

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Gaziantep

--

17:20

Friday

Baghdad

--

10:00

Wednesday

Karkamis

18:55

19:00

Friday

Mosul

18:40

19:10

Wednesday

Akçakale

20:47

20:49

Friday

Rabia

21:45

22:30

Wednesday

Ceylanpinar

22:36

22:41

Friday

El-Yaribieh

21:35

22:05

Wednesday

Senyurt

23:45

23:50

Friday

Kamisli

23:50

00:25

Thursday

Nusaybin

00:52

01:40

Saturday

Nusaybin

00:30

01:30

Thursday

Kamisli

01:45

02:15

Saturday

Senyurt

02:32

02:37

Thursday

El-Yaribieh

04:00

04:40

Saturday

Ceylanpinar

03:41

03:46

Thursday

Rabia

05:45

06:30

Saturday

Akçakale

05:33

05:35

Thursday

Mosul

09:05

09:35

Saturday

Karkamis

07:21

07:25

Thursday

Baghdad

18:15

--

Saturday

Gaziantep

09:06

--

Thursday

Travel Time: 24 hours 55 minutes

Travel Time: 23 hours 06 minutes

(*) Service of this train has been temporarily halted since March 13th, 2003.

TRADE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS TARIFF
Phone: (312) 309 05 15 / 4523
For information
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