Welcome on a trip from Istanbul to Ankara, travelling with the famous Ankara ekspresi (Ankara Express night train) from Turkish railways TCDD through the beautiful Anatolian landscape. This train is a wonderful alternative to the more common YHT (high-speed Trains), buses or plane.

We will see the train, the different classes and the travel experience itself.

The train consists of a E68000 locomotive and 6 TVS 2000 cars (3x 2+1 Pulman class, 1x restaurant car which is out of order because of Corona and 2x sleeper cars.)

Departure: 22 pm in İstanbul Halkalı
Arrival: 6:22 am in Ankara Gar
Traveldate: August 2021
A few timestamps for the video:

00:00 İstanbul Halkalı train station
00:53 Locomotive E6800
01:45 Pulman class 2 + 1
02:20 Sleeper
03:27 Room tour
04:52 Marmara tunnel
05:26 Good night
06:00 Views
06:52 View of the train
07:20 About the sleep
07:41 Polatlı
08:38 Showers and toilet
09:27 Approaching Ankara
10:00 Ankara main station
11:52 Outro

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