Eastern Turkey with a Rail Pass

April 2006

 

10.Apr 20:00 Arrival to Istanbul
11.Apr 23:30 - 12.Apr 07:20 Istanbul - Ankara, Fatih Express
12.Apr 13:30 - 13.Apr 11:00 Ankara - Erzurum, Erzurum Express
13.Apr 17:00 - 13.Apr 22:00 Erzurum - Kars, Doğu Express
14.Apr 11:00 - 14.Apr 14:00 Kars - Iğdir, Coach
14.Apr 16:00 - 14.Apr 18:00 Iğdir - Doğubayazit, Minibus
15.Apr 09:00 - 15.Apr 11:00 Doğubayazit - Ishak Pasha Palace - Doğubayazit, Taxi
15.Apr 12:00 - 15.Apr 15:00 Doğubayazit-Van, Private car
15.Apr 20:00 - 15.Apr 20:30 Van - Van harbour, Minibus
15.Apr 22:00 - 16.Apr 02:30 Van harbour - Tatvan harbour, Ferry
15.Apr 04:00 - 16.Apr 04:30 Tatvan harbour - Tatvan, Cabin of a locomotive
17.Apr 06:40 - 17.Apr 17:00 Tatvan - Elazığ, Postal train
18.Apr 07:30 - 18.Apr 14:00 Elazığ - Narlı, Firat Express
18.Apr 14:30 - 18.Apr 15:30 Narlı - Gaziantep, Minibus
19.Apr 11:30 - 19.Apr 12:30 Gaziantep - Narlı, Minibus
19.Apr 14:00 - 19.Apr 17:30 Narlı - Toprakkale, Firat Express
19.Apr 20:30 - 19.Apr 22:00 Toprakkale - Iskanderun, Train
20.Apr 12:00 - 20.Apr 16:00 Iskanderun - Antakia - Iskanderun, Minibus
20.Apr 17:00 - 20.Apr 20:00 Iskanderun - Adana, Train
20.Apr 21:00 - 21.Apr 18:00 Adana - Istanbul, Toros Express
23.Apr 21:30 Departure from Istanbul

See the detailed report in Russian here