Anatolian Express

The Anatolian Express (Turkish: Anadolu Ekspresi, French: Anatolie Express) was one of the four direct train services operating between Istanbul and Ankara. The train was an overnight train consisting of eight sleeping cars and one dining car. The train was the first non-international train to consist of a sleeping car in Turkey. The train was operated by the CIWL from 1927 to 1950. From 1950 on, TCDD operates the train.

Timetable

The Anatolian Express runs every night from both termini.

Outward			Return
#	Station	Time	#	Station	Time
1	Istanbul-Haydarpaşa	22:30	1	Ankara Central	22:30
2	Söğütlüçeşme	22:34	2	Sincan	23:03
3	Bostancı	22:44	3	Polatlı	23:55
4	Pendik	23:02	4	Eskişehir Central	02:09
5	İzmit Central	23:56	5	İnönü	02:36
6	Arifiye	00:29	6	Karaköy	03:04
7	Yayla D	02:12	7	Bilecik	03:28
8	Bozöyük	02:47	8	Arifiye	04:55
9	Eskişehir Central	03:36	9	İzmit Central	05:27
10	Polatlı	05:50	10	Pendik	06:31
11	Sincan	06:41	11	Bostancı	06:53
12	Ankara Central	07:07	12	Söğütlüçeşme	07:04
			13	Istanbul-Haydarpaşa	07:07

References

^ The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail - By Colin Garratt and Max Wade-Matthews, p.397
^ TCDD Timetables Archived April 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine - Anatolian Express
"Anadolu Ekspresi Tren Saatleri" (in Turkish). e-Yaşam Rehberi. Retrieved 2012-02-12.

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Regional Service

District 1	B11 Adapazarı–Gebze B12 İstanbul–Edirne B13 İstanbul–Uzunköprü
District 2	B21 Ankara–Polatlı B22 Zonguldak–Karabük B23 Zonguldak–Gökçebey
District 3	B31 Basmane–Denizli B32 Basmane–Ödemiş B33 Basmane–Tire B34 Basmane–Uşak B35 Basmane–Alaşehir B36 Basmane–Nazilli B38 Manisa–Alaşehir B39 Söke–Denizli B310 Söke–Nazilli
District 4	B41 Sivas–Divriği B42 Erzincan–Divriği B43 Kars–Akyaka B45 Samsun–Amasya B? Sivas–Malatya B? Samsun–Sivas
District 5	B51 Diyarbakır–Batman B52 Elazığ–Tatvan
District 6	B61 Mersin–Adana B62 Mersin–İskenderun B64 Konya–Karaman B65 Gaziantep–Nizip
District 7	B71 Kütahya–Balıkesir B72 Eskişehir–Afyonkarahisar B73 Eskişehir–Kütahya B74 Eskişehir–Tavşanlı

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