Speaking at the farewell ceremony of the Touristic Diyarbakır Express, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said, "We added the Touristic Eastern Express services to the Eastern Express, which attracted great attention as one of the top 4 most beautiful train routes in the world, with a new approach in the winter season on May 29, 2019." said
Minister Uraloğlu emphasized that 2023 thousand 2024 people who traveled with this train in the 11-611 Winter Season on the Eastern Express returned with very good memories and made a great contribution to the economic, social and cultural life in many cities, and said, "In addition, we will provide winter services between Kars and Erzurum to support tourism." We offered another travel opportunity to travel lovers by operating Touristic Regional Trains during the season. For travel lovers, we have train routes not only domestically but also abroad. "You can reach Europe economically, comfortably and comfortably with the Istanbul Sofia Train." said.