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.
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lake, express, lake, express, turkish, gölü, ekspresi, operated, tcdd, transport, overnight, train, consisting, pullman, couchettes, sleeping, dining, wagons, which, runs, twice, week, ankara, tatvan, route, over, gölü, ekspresioverviewservice, typeinter, city. The Lake Van Express or Van Lake Express Turkish Van Golu 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 Van Golu EkspresiOverviewService typeInter city railStatusOperatingLocaleCentral Eastern AnatoliaCurrent operator s TCDD TasimacilikFormer operator s Turkish State RailwaysWebsiteVan Golu Ekspresi in Turkish RouteTerminiAnkaraTatvanDistance travelled1 352 km 840 mi Average journey time25 hr 50 min to Tatvan 25 hr 40 min to Ankara Service frequency2 days a weekFrom Ankara Tuesdays and SundaysFrom Tatvan Tuesdays and ThursdaysTechnicalTrack gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in Operating speed80Route mapLegend km Ankara railway station 1 2 3 Kayas Nenek Elmadag Irmak Kirikkale railway station Balisih Cerikli Sekili Yerkoy Karaosman Caferli Sefaatli Sarikent Karasenir Kanlica Yenifakili Himmetdede Bogazkopru Kayseri Sarioglan Karaozu Yenicubuk Sarkisla Hanli Sivas Taslidere Bostankaya Yenikangal Cetinkaya Demiriz Akcamagara Akgedik Hekimhan Malatya Battalgazi Firat Kussarayi Pinarli Baskil Sefkat Yolcati Elazig Yurt Caglar Palu Beyhan Ekerek Suveren Genc Bozkanat Oymapinar Asmakaya Kurt Mus Sicaksu Rahova Tatvan This diagram viewtalkedit Travelling the full route takes about 26 hours 5 The train previously ran between Haydarpasa 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 editIt 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 Baskentray Van Golu Ekspresi in Turkish Vangolu Express Ankara Tatvan train Rail Turkey En 2018 10 14 Retrieved 2023 10 11 Van Golu Ekspresi TCDD Tasimacilik Archived from the original on 4 June 2023 Retrieved 21 September 2023 Guney Kurtalan Ekspresi Guney Kurtalan Ekspresi Southern Express Train Turkey Turkey Travel Planner Retrieved 2023 10 11 External links editTCDD official site Archived 2023 02 08 at the Wayback Machine lt link gt TCDD Tasimacilik official site Archived 2023 02 08 at the Wayback Machine lt link gt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lake Van Express amp oldid 1211969005, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
