Eastern Express

The Eastern Express (Turkish: Doğu Ekspresi) is an overnight passenger train operated by TCDD Taşımacılık. The train runs from Ankara to Kars. The train was the first overnight service east of Ankara. The Eastern Express stops in 7 provincial capitals: Ankara, Kırıkkale, Kayseri, Sivas, Erzincan, Erzurum and Kars. The first train ran in 1936 from Istanbul's Haydarpaşa Terminal to Çetinkaya. Until the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway project, the train ran between Istanbul and Kars. Due to the increasing popularity of the train, TCDD Taşımacılık added a second train named the Touristic Eastern Express. This new train operates three times a week with fewer stops and costs more than the regular Eastern Express train. The Touristic Eastern Express was inaugurated in 2019 from Ankara.