Night train route
Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi
Ankara → Kurtalan · Türkiye
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.
- Distance
- 1,265 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 25 h
- Average speed
- 51 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmAnkara +6
- 11 kmKayaş +2
- 41 kmElmadağ +2
- 60 kmIrmak +2
- 82 kmKırıkkale +2
- 135 kmÇerikli +2
Show 38 more stations
- 167 kmSekili +1
- 226 kmŞefaatli +2
- 243 kmSarıkent +2
- 256 kmKarasenir +1
- 259 kmKanlıca +1
- 276 kmYenifakılı +2
- 315 kmHimmetdede +1
- 350 kmBoğazköprü +2
- 364 kmKayseri +2
- 442 kmKaraözü +1
- 458 kmYeniçubuk +2
- 474 kmİhsanlı +1
- 493 kmŞarkışla +2
- 533 kmBedirli +1
- 611 kmBostankaya +2
- 667 kmYenikangal +2
- 687 kmÇetinkaya +2
- 751 kmHekimhan +1
- 788 kmYazıhan +1
- 821 kmMalatya +1
- 847 kmFırat +1
- 867 kmKuşsarayı +1
- 876 kmPınarlı +1
- 902 kmŞefkat +1
- 914 kmYolçatı +1
- 934 kmUluova
- 945 kmKürk
- 948 kmSivrice
- 956 kmGölcük
- 969 kmGezin
- 988 kmMaden
- 1,005 kmSallar
- 1,014 kmErgani
- 1,033 kmGeyik
- 1,070 kmDiyarbakır
- 1,099 kmUlam
- 1,117 kmBismil
- 1,130 kmÇöltepe
- 1,138 kmSalat
- 1,160 kmBatman
- 1,180 kmYaylıca
- 1,192 kmBeşiri
- 1,228 kmKurtalan
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 3 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 1320906 (308 km), relation 1305921 (214 km), relation 1302026 (303 km), 825 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 93.7% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 37 m); the longest stretch away from it is 8 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.2 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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