Aegean Express

Aegean Express
Overview
Service typeIntercity rail
StatusOperating
LocaleWestern Turkey
Current operator(s)TCDD Taşımacılık
Former operator(s)Turkish State Railways
Route
TerminiBasmane station, İzmir
Eskișehir station, Eskişehir
Stops32
Distance travelled569 km (354 mi)
Average journey time10 hours, 27 minutes (Eastbound)
10 hours, 12 minutes (Westbound)
Service frequencyDaily
On-board services
Disabled accessLimited
Seating arrangementsCoach seating
Catering facilitiesTrolley catering service
Entertainment facilitiesTCDD promotional video loop is shown in the in-train entertainment displays
Technical
Rolling stockCoach cars hauled by electric loco
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed120 kilometres per hour (75 mph)
Track owner(s)Turkish State Railways

The Aegean Express, numbered as B31[1] (Turkish: Ege Ekspresi), is a passenger train operating daily between Basmane railway station in İzmir to Eskişehir.[2] The train operates as a local service on the route, calling at more stations than its counterpart, the Karesi Express; which also operates between İzmir and Balıkesir.

Originally the train operated between İzmir and Eskişehir, via Balıkesir and Kütahya, as a daily inter-city train. The route was then changed to Afyon, also via Balıkesir and Kütahya and in 2013 it was shortened to a regional train service between İzmir and Balıkesir.[3] Then re-extended to Eskişehir

  1. ^ Ege Ekspresi - tcdd.gov.tr
  2. ^ About the Ege Ekspres (Turkish) - nerdennereye.com
  3. ^ Ege Ekspresi - eksi sozluk.com