Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu spoke at the farewell ceremony of Touristic Diyarbakır Express.
Stating that traveling with the Touristic Eastern Express is very popular, Minister Uraloğlu said, “It is a favorite of travel lovers and photography enthusiasts. There is such high demand that tickets sell out as soon as they go on sale. Those who cannot buy tickets are saddened. "However, with the investments we have made in railways for 22 years, there are dozens of comfortable and magnificent railway routes in Turkey other than the Touristic Eastern Express route," he said.
TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED TO 20 CITIES BY HIGH SPEED TRAIN
Underlining that the high-speed trains operated by TCDD Taşımacılık AŞ reach 11 cities directly and 9 cities indirectly through combined transportation with train or bus connections, Uraloğlu said that it is possible to explore almost every corner of the heavenly homeland with regional and mainline trains operated on conventional lines with improved infrastructure and superstructure. said that. Underlining that in addition to offering breathtaking views to those traveling on these routes, they also offer the opportunity to discover new places, Uraloğlu said, “With an innovative and visionary perspective, we continue to enrich our train services with new routes to serve tourism as well as freight and passenger transportation. "We added Touristic Eastern Express services to the Eastern Express, which has attracted great attention as one of the top 4 most beautiful train routes in the world, on May 29, 2019, with a new approach, in the winter season." he said.
“EASTERN EXPRESS CARRIED 11 THOUSAND 611 PEOPLE IN ONE SEASON”
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.
Minister Uraloğlu stated that they have put the Touristic Diyarbakır Express into service for travel lovers as of today and said, “Our touristic train will travel on the Ankara-Diyarbakır track with a line length of 51 kilometers. Our train will consist of 180 bed and 9 dining car with a capacity of 1 people. Now we will bid farewell with you, and it will depart from Diyarbakır to Ankara on Sunday, April 21st at 12.00. On the Ankara-Diyarbakır voyage, it will stop in Malatya for 3 hours, on the Diyarbakır-Ankara voyage, it will stop in Yolçatı for 4 hours, and in Kayseri for 3 hours for tourism purposes. "We have determined the price of a room in a sleeping car as 9 thousand TL on the Ankara-Diyarbakır route and 8 thousand TL on the Diyarbakır-Ankara route," he said.
“IT WILL REVIVAL THE ENTIRE REGIONAL ECONOMY”
Minister Uraloğlu stated that the Touristic Diyarbakır Express will revitalize the economy of the entire region, especially Malatya and Yolçatı destinations, where it will provide the opportunity to stop and visit for a long time during its journey, and said, "It will also strengthen cultural communication by providing the opportunity to see the historical and cultural values and natural wonders in these places along the route. In fact, touristic trains offer both our citizens and our guests coming to our country from abroad an event that coincides with the new face and vision of our railways and, moreover, with the new face and vision of Turkey.” Uraloğlu stated that they met with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism regarding the launch of tourism-oriented trains that can be operated on new routes within the country, and that their work continues with the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, non-governmental organizations and relevant institutions. Uraloğlu said, “For example, on the Toros Express, one of the main line trains of TCDD Transportation, which operates between Konya-Adana-Konya, on its journey to Adana, you can watch the pine forests, historical bridges and Toros mountains specific to the Mediterranean climate, and when you come to Konya, you can witness the magnificent nature of the steppe geography. Or you can share the peace of the lush nature of the Black Sea with the Zonguldak-Karabük Train. We have train lines that pass through unique geographies such as the Aegean Express, Göller Express, Güney Kurtalan Express. "I wholeheartedly believe that we will provide the opportunity to travel here with our touristic trains in the coming periods," he said.
