Classic route
6 Eylül Ekspresi
Izmir → Bandırma · Türkiye
- Distance
- 341 km
- Fastest time
- ~6 h
- Average speed
- 57 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- TCDD Taşımacılık
- Train
- DMU railcar · 2+1 Pullman
- Countries
- Türkiye
- In service since
- 2023
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Heir of the Bandırma boat trains that sped İzmir–Istanbul travellers to the Marmara ferries: relaunched in 2023, 341 km via Manisa and Balıkesir.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18319918 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 45 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of 32003
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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