 the eastern express () is an overnight passenger train operated by the turkish state railways. the train runs  from Ä°stanbul's haydarpaÅa terminal to kars railway station in kars.tcdd official site - doÄu express august 19, 2010 the train was the first overnight service east of ankara. the eastern express stops in 11 provincial capitals: Ä°stanbul, Ä°zmit, bilecik, eskiÅehir, ankara, kÄ±rÄ±kkale, kayseri, sivas, erzincan, erzurum and kars. the train also stops in the turkish capital: ankara.the ultimate encyclopedia of steam & rail - by colin garratt and max wade-mathews, page 400 the first train ran in 1936 from haydarpaÅa to Ãetinkaya.tcdd history - trains and railways of turkey ==history== during the 1930s, railway construction in turkey reached its peak, where  of lines were completed. ever since the turkish state railways were formed in 1927, railways extended to eastern turkey. a main line was to be constructed from ankara to erzurum, where it would connect with the broad gauge line to the turkey/soviet union border built by the russian empire in 1916.transcaucasus railways - trains and railways of turkey construction of the line started in 1924 (by the cfab, tcdd took over in 1927) and reached kayseri in 1927, sivas in 1930 and Ãetinkaya in 1936. the eastern express made its first run with the openin
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