Konya Blue Train Starts

The Republic of Turkey State Railways (TCDD), Ramadan Bayramı'yl the conflicting dates, while putting the time the new trains in various mainline and regional trails, the mainline railway to meet the increasing passenger demand because of the feast was reinforced with additional cars.

A new train called Konya Blue Train was put into service on the Konya-İzmir-Konya line where road renewals were made. The train, which will depart from both cities at 20.00, will follow the route of İzmir, Manisa, Uşak, Afyon and Konya. The train consists of 4 air-conditioned pullmans, 1 bunk, 1 bed and 1 dining car.

Konya Blue Train Schedule

Izmir Konya			KONYA-IZMIR
IZMIR (Basmane)	20:15		KONYA	19:15
Çiğli	20:43		Horozluhan	19:25
Menemen	21:01		Pinarbasi	19:39
Ayvacik	21:18		Square	20:00
Muradiye	21:31		Sarayönü	20:18
MANÝSA	21:49		the Kadınh	20:41
Turgutlu	22:15		Tamarisk	21:05
ahmetli	22:35		Çavuşcugil	21:17
Salihli	22:51		the Argıth	21:33
Kavaklıdere	23:09		Aksehir	22:00
alaşehir	23:26		Sultandağı	22:22
hosts	23:48		Çay / Tea	22:44
Esme	00:40		who Büyükçob	23:07
SERVANT	01:53		AFYON (A. Çetinkaya)	23:31
Seat	02:49		Yıldırımkemal	00:25
Dumlupýnar	03:10		Dumlupýnar	00:41
Yıldırımkemal	03:25		Seat	00:56
AFYON (A. Çetinkaya)	04:24		SERVANT	01:54
who Büyükçob	04:45		Esme	03:02
Çay / Tea	05:08		Güneyköy	03:17
Sultandağı	05:30		alaşehir	04:09
Aksehir	05:54		Kavaklıdere	04:23
the Argıth	06:21		Salihli	04:41
Çavuşcugil	06:35		ahmetli	04:56
Tamarisk	06:47		Turgutlu	04:56
the Kadınh	07:12		MANÝSA	05:48
Sarayönü	07:35		Muradiye	05:59
Square	07:53		Menemen	06:27
Pinarbasi	08:13		Çiğli	06:44
Horozluhan	08:28		IZMIR (Basmane)	07:12
KONYA	08:37		From 19.5.2019

Due to the first expedition of Konya Blue Train, a ceremony will be held at Alsancak Station tomorrow at 19.30, where Binali Yıldırım, the Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, will also attend. A connection to the Konya Train Station will be provided with the teleconference system from the ceremony. On the other hand, Toros Express will start to carry passengers between Adana-Eskişehir-Adana from the same date. The Toros Express, which consists of 5 pulman wagons, will depart at 07.05 from Adana and 07.20 from Eskişehir.

TCDD has also launched regional trains in order to increase rail transport between nearby cities. In this context; A new regional train has been launched on the Izmir-Uşak line. In addition, another domestic production 'Anadolu' DMU was put into service on the Basmane-Denizli line, and the number of flights was increased to 6 and 6 turns.

Number of Regional Trains Increased

Again, the number of voyages of the regional trains operating in Denizli-Söke, Nazilli-Söke, Denizli-Nazilli trails was increased. TCDD also took a series of measures to meet the increasing passenger demand during the Ramadan Feast.

Wagon additions were made to the organizations of İzmir Mavi, Karesi Express, Central Anatolia, Çukurova and 4 Eylül Mavi, Doğu and Güney / Vangölü expresses, and a regional train was put on the Kütahya-Balıkesir line during the feast. In addition, due to the renewal of the Marşandiz Bridge, the High Speed ​​trains departing from Sincan have been departing from the Karesi Express Ankara Station, and the Izmir Blue Train that runs to Eskişehir will start operating on the Izmir-Ankara line.