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TRANSPORTS TO MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRIES

� �Turkey � Iran;

Railway connection between Turkey and Iran is provided by Trans-Asia train which serves once a week between Istanbul-Tehran-Istanbul and consists of couchette cars; and by a train which serves once a week between Van-Tabriz-Van and consists of 1st Class couchette cars.

�� � Turkey-Syria;

Railway connection between Turkey and Syria is provided by DMU train sets belonging to Syrian Railways running twice a week reciprocally between Gaziantep and Aleppo. In DMU sets, there is a section for VIP passengers and a play area for the kids and a restaurant car for hot and cold drinks.

�� � Iran�� Turkey � Syria ;

Railway connection between Iran and Syria is provided by a passenger train passing our country transit and serving between Tehran-Damascus once a week. This train consists of pullman and sleeping cars between Damascus-Tatvan, and consists of couchette cars between Van-Tehran.

Due to Istanbul Ankara High Speed Train railway works the� trains will operate� between Ankara- Tehran-Ankara.

TIMETABLE OF TRANS-ASIA TRAIN

HAYDARPASA - TEHRAN

TEHRAN - HAYDARPASA

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Haydarpaşa

--

23:55

Tuesday

Tehran

--

21:25

Wednesday

Eskişehir

05:07

05:22

Wednesday

Tabriz

09:26

10:56

Thursday

Ankara

08:45

10:25

Wednesday

Razi

15:00

15:40���

Thursday

Kayseri

17:14

17:33

Wednesday

Kapık�y

16:05

17:40

Thursday

Sivas

21:00

21:42

Wednesday

Van

19:33

19:48

Thursday

Malatya

02:38

03:15

Thursday

Van Wharf

19:56

--

Thursday

Elazığ

05:55

06:15

Thursday

Tatvan Wharf

--

04:52

Friday

Muş

12:14

12:19

Thursday

Tatvan

05:00

05:05

Friday

Tatvan

14:37

14:42

Thursday

Muş

07:25

07:35

Friday

Tatvan Wharf

14:50

--

Thursday

Elazığ

13:26

14:00

Friday

Van Wharf

--

21:30

Thursday

Malatya

16:37

16:52

Friday

Van

21:39

21:54

Thursday

Sivas

21:41

22:01

Friday

Kapık�y

23:55

01:30�

Thursday

/Friday

Kayseri

01:26

01:47

Saturday

Razi

02:00

02:35

Friday

Ankara

08:30

09:30

Saturday

Tabriz

06:35

08:23

Friday

Eskişehir

12:45

13:19

Saturday

Tehran

20:20

--

Friday

Haydarpaşa

18:34

--

Saturday

Travel Time: 66 hours 20 minutes

Travel Time : 69 hours

FARES
1st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in Euro

İstanbul

Eskişehir

Ankara

Kayseri

Sivas

Malatya

Elazığ

Muş

Tatvan

Van

31

26,9

24,8

20,7

18,2

15,60

14,3

11

9,2

8,6

Tabriz

39,5

35,4

33,3

29,2

26,7

24,10

22,8

19,5

17,7

17,1

Tehran

  • Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.
  • Since the train is composed of couchette cars, the couchette prices of 3,60 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

--

20:30

Wednesday

Tabriz

--

22:30

Tuesday

�zalp

21:11

21:13

Wednesday

Selmas

01:00

02:30

Wednesday

Kapık�y

21:53

23:15

Wednesday

Razi

03:50

04:00

� Local Time

Wednesday

Razi

00:45

01:10

Thursday

Kapık�y

02:40

04:15

Wednesday

Selmas

02:30

03:40

Thursday

�zalp

04:55

04:57

Wednesday

Tabriz

06:25

Thursday

Van

06:06

Wednesday

Travel Time : 8 Hours 55 Minutes

Travel Time :9 Hours

FARES
1st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in Euro

Van

�zalp

Kapık�y

10,8

10,2

10,20���

���������� Tabriz

  • Return ticket fares double the single ticket fares.
  • Since the train is composed of couchette cars, the couchette prices 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

--

21:25

�Sunday

Damascus

--

10:00

Sunday

Tabriz

09:26

10:56

Monday

Aleppo

15:00

15:50

Sunday

Razi

15:00

15:40���

Monday

Meydanekbez

19:20

20:00

Sunday

Kapık�y

16:05

17:40

Monday

Islahiye

20:24

21:47

Sunday

Van

19:33

19:48

Monday

Fevzipasa

21:58

22:08

Sunday

Van Wharf

19:56

--

Monday

Malatya

02:52

03:15

Monday

Tatvan Wharf

--

04:52

�Tuesday

Elazığ

05:55

06:15

Monday

Tatvan

05:00

05:05

Tuesday

Muş

12:14

12:19

Monday

Muş

07:25

07:35

Tuesday

Tatvan

14:37

14:42

Monday

Elazığ

13:26

14:00

Tuesday

Tatvan Wharf

14:50

--

Monday

Malatya

16:37

16:52

Tuesday

Van Wharf

21.30

Monday

Fevzipaşa

21:49

22:09

Tuesday

Van

21:39

21:54

Monday

Islahiye

22:19

00:29

Tuesday/ Wednesday

Kapık�y

23:55

01:30

Monday/ Tuesday

Meydanekbez

00:52

02:50

Wednesday

Razi

02:00

02:35

Tuesday

Aleppo

05:30

06:00

Wednesday

Tebriz

06:35

08:23

Tuesday

Damascus

11.00

--

Wednesday

Tehran

20:20

--

Tuesday

Travel Time: 61 Hours 35 Minutes

Travel Time: 58 Hours 20 Minutes

FARES
1st Class One-Way Ticket Fares in Euro

1. From our Country to Syria

Van

Tatvan

Muş

Elazığ

Malatya

Narlı

Fevzipaşa

Islahiye

18,1

18,1

16,90

13,00

11,10

6,90

6,30

6,30

Aleppo

24,5

24,5

23,30

19,40

17,50

13,30

12,70

12,70

Damascus

2. From our country to Iran

Van

Tatvan

Muş

Elazığ

Malatya

Narlı

Fevzipaşa

Islahiye

9,4

10,1

12,30

16,50

18,10

20,60

21,30

21,30

Tabriz

17,9

18,6

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 sleeping car is used for travelling to Syria from our country, 16,00 Euro will be added to the fares above mentioned.

3. Fares for Iran-Syria

Tabriz

Tehran

25,00���

33,50���

Aleppo

31,40���

39,90���

Damascus

A couchette price of 1,30 Euro will be added to the fares indicated above.

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 GAZIANTEP-ALEPPO

GAZIANTEP - ALEPPO

ALEPPO-GAZIANTEP

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Arrival

Departure

Service Days

Gaziantep

--

20:30

�Friday

Aleppo

--

06:00

�Friday

Nizip

21:11

21:13

Friday

�obanbey

07:45

08:00

Friday

Karkamis

21:43

21:48

Friday

Karkamis

08:39

08:44

Friday

�obanbey

22:29

22:44

Friday

Nizip

09:16

09:18

Friday

Aleppo

00:29

--���

Saturday

Gaziantep

10:00

--

Friday

Travel Time: 3 Hours 59 Minutes

Travel Time: 4 Hours

FARES OF GAZİANTEP-ALEPPO TRAIN (IN EURO):

Gaziantep

Nizip

Karkamış

�obanbey

9,60

8,15

8,15��

8,15��

Aleppo

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