Night train route
Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi
Ankara → Kurtalan · Türkiye
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The third of Turkey’s great eastern sleepers: off the Anatolian plateau to Diyarbakır’s black basalt walls and the Tigris, ending at railhead Kurtalan.
How this line was checked
- The 308 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1320906 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 82.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 60 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.3 km from the shape of IC 22014
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi?
The Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi runs 1,265 km from Ankara to Kurtalan.
How long does the Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 25 h for the 1,265 km. That is an average of 51 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi?
TCDD Taşımacılık, with TCDD sleeper.
How old is the Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi?
The line has been in service since 1944. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How often does the Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi run?
1 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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