Overview | |
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Service type | Inter-city rail |
Status | Active |
Locale | Interior Anatolia, south Turkey |
Predecessor | CD, CNS |
First service | 1930, 2012 |
Last service | 2003- restarted after various arrangements and updates. |
Current operator(s) | Turkish State Railways |
Former operator(s) | Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits |
Route | |
Termini | Konya Garı, Konya Adana central railway station, Adana |
Distance travelled | 1,600 kilometers (990 mi) |
Service frequency | Daily |
On-board services | |
Seating arrangements | Coach or Couchette |
Sleeping arrangements | Private rooms |
Catering facilities | Dining Car |
Baggage facilities | At select stations |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Electrification | Istanbul-Eskişehir (Envirye) |
Track owner(s) | TCDD, CFS, IRR |
The Taurus Express (Turkish: Toros Ekspresi) is a passenger train operating daily between Konya and Adana. In the past it was a premier overnight passenger train operated by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits between Istanbul and Baghdad. After 1972, passengers could travel down to Basra via connection to the Express 2 made at Baghdad Central Station. However, service was suspended in 2003, due to the outbreak of war in Iraq. In 2012, the State Railways renewed service between Eskişehir and Adana and will once again service Istanbul when track work in the city is complete. There is a chance that the train may continue to its former terminus in Baghdad in the future, but the possibility remains low for the time being.