The Konya Blue Train ( tr, Konya Mavi Treni), previously referred to as the Mevlana Express is an overnight
intercity
InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at m ...
train operating between
Ä°zmir
Ä°zmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...
and
Konya
Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...
since 16 August 2012. The inaugural train will departed Alsancak Terminal in Ä°zmir at 8:00pm (EEST) after an opening ceremony which the minister of transport,
Binali Yıldırım
Binali Yıldırım (; born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last Prime Minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019. He was Leader of the Justice and Dev ...
will attend. The train follows the former
Smyrna Cassaba Railway
The Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements (English:''Smyrna Cassaba & Prolongations''), formerly The Smyrna Cassaba Railway, was a railway company operating in Western Anatolia from 1863 to 1934.
History
The Ottoman Government gave a concession to build ...
's mainline to
Afyon passing through
Manisa,
AlaÅŸehir,
Uşak, Afyon and Konya. The Konya Blue Train is the first train service to operate east of Uşak, to Afyon, since the cancellation of the İzmir-Diyarbakır Postal Train several years ago.
Consists
*
DE 22 000,
[Sometimes DE 33 000 may be used instead.] Head End Power Car, Coach, Coach, Coach, Coach, Diner, sleeper
References
External links
Konya Mavi Treni
{{TCDD Routes
Named passenger trains of Turkey
Railway services introduced in 2012
2012 establishments in Turkey