Night train route
Bosfor Express
Istanbul → Sofia · Türkiye · Bulgaria
Bosfor Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 585 km
- Fastest time
- 12 h
- Average speed
- 49 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- TCDD · BDŽ
- Train
- TCDD & BDŽ sleeping cars
- Countries
- Türkiye, Bulgaria
- In service since
- 1888
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The overnight heir to the Orient Express, crossing the Thracian plain from Istanbul over the Bulgarian border to Sofia as the berths are made up.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 9.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of 12503
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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