£16 FOR A 12 HOUR SLEEPER TRAIN ACROSS TURKEY IN A PRIVATE ROOM / TCDD IZMIR TO KONYA
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2022
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Hello and welcome to Turkey, for my first review from this interesting country, and indeed from Asia!
Today we will be taking on of TCDD, the national operator's sleeper trains from the Aegean Coast city of İzmir, 12.5 hours over to the countries most holy city, Konya. This is almost certainly the best value sleeper I've ever been on, and probably will ever go on...enjoy the video!
Date of Filming: 14 to 15/2/22
Camera: GoPro Hero 10 Black
Operator: TCDD (Turkish Railways)
Departure: İzmir, Turkey
Arrival: Konya, Turkey
Cost: Private Sleeper - 300 Turkish Lira (£15.89, €19.29, $20.09)
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: opens windows of the train to look at the stunning view.
Meanwhile italians: 🖕😠🖕
Can’t wait 👍🏿👍🏽👍
What a great adventure. So impressed with Turkey's rail system.
Me too! 😁
So cheap compare to anywhere else! Try Chicago-Colorado sleeper price difference.
We travelled on TCDD last year from Istanbul to Eskisehir then to Konya very good service provided better than British Rail in terms of price,comfort and cleanliness of trains & stations
...and unlike British Rail, they also operate in snowy conditions 😃
I was very impressed 😃
I'm living in Urla suburbs of İzmir. In Turkey people generally prefers coaches. Because conventional trains too slow. Goverments not invested rail transport in many decades. Last ten years a few HST lines completed and some of them including İzmir - Ankara still in progress. I'm advising most famous sleeper train line East Express between Ankara and Kars too see. Best wishes
It is getting there, slowly! I'll have some more videos on the highspeed trains soon!
Very interesting and informative video. I visited Izmir while serving in the US NAVY. I found it to be a very historic place. We took a tour to the ancient city of Ephesus. So much to see.
Ah yes, Izmir is a lovely place, probably the nicest city I visited in Turkey! Shame I didn't get longer there, I'll have to go back! 😊
İ think you dont know Aydın city
@@NonstopEurotrip Antalya, Eskişehir and some other major cities are nicer than İzmir and Istanbul is WAYYY nicer and way more developed :d İzmir is not as well looked after and full of slums.
@@TolgaKarlilar I am Turkish. I lived in İstanbul Ankara Eskişehir Antalya and İzmir. And İzmir is the far best city to lşve than others. Istanbul is a total mess. Ankara and Eskişehir are cold terrastrial cities, Antalya is painfully hot and except tourism there are no industry and job opportunuties.
Izmir has all... nature, warm climate, modern civil people, sea, port, industry, agriculture....
Took a TCDD sleeper train from Kars to Ankara (8am till 12 noon the next day..) a few months ago. Our cabin is a 4 bedded instead of 2 bedded one (so there was no sink or mini fridge). We also did not have shower facility in our train. That train ride is still one of the most memorable part of my trip to be honest!
I can't wait to do that trip, one day soon! 🙂
Undoubtedly, it’s a steal, in my opinion and I wasn’t expecting a mini fridge inside the compartment along with complimentary items, it’s something that you don’t see much on trains and great video as always, enjoyed watching it and can’t wait to watch upcoming Turkish HST video.
What an excellent train, isn't it! I was very surprised by it all, and how great it is!
WOW! What a bargain - and I love the idea of a fridge in your compartment. Great vid as always, already looking forward to the next one.
Yes it was awesome! Turkey is amazing value at the moment, 5-star hotels with a spa for £25 a night 😊
Great to see your first "on tour" video and it's a cracker! The sleeper looked really comfortable and the minibar a bonus - all for a great price. Looking forward to your next on tour video! 🥰
Thanks Linda 😀 Yeah it was a very nice surprise, all of it! Hopefully 'on tour' can head further afield soon 👍🏻
I was in Izmir last year and found it to be a wonderful city. We didn't take any trains in Turkey (we had travelled by car from Switzerland), but I'd definitely like to give that a shot next time we're there.
I'd highly recommend it ✌🏻
This is the first sleeper train that provide a mini bar I ever see!
Very interesting and thank yo for filming the surrounding areas of the track. One is able to see the way people live and the beautiful development of the country. I would be so happy if I am ever able to visit Turkey.
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
12,5 hours to cover 600 km (
Sleeper trains aren't about speed, they're about getting a nice night's sleep. I'd always prefer a 12 hour trip vs an 8 hour one...
@@NonstopEurotrip most people want to finish their journeys before evening and day trains are slower than buses
Unfortunately that is the case here but a high-speed connection to Izmir is currently being built to izmir
VIELEN LIEBEN DANK...FRIEDEN und FREIHEIT...
I don’t remember this, but we left Izmir in 1986, I’ve been trying to get back ever since. I was born in Incirlik at the military base and many years later moved back and lived in Izmir for a couple of years. I have a bond with this place and it’s people.
nice to see someone here from my hometown i am also from Adana.
Welcome to Turkey. Thank you for this beautiful video and information.
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Another great video. What value for a nice train trip and reasonable accomodations. I enjoyed the scenery and never expected to see that temperature variation. Now, get back on the return train to warmer weather in Izmir!
Thank you 😊 Such a lovely country 👍🏻
while I can't imagine going to Turkey I have to say this is easily the best roomette sleeper I have seen on any trains, European or American. Nicely done Turkey!
You should go to Turkey. It's a fascinating country and Istanbul is probably one of the most beautiful cities on earth.
It is nicer and safer than many destinations in Europe and America.
OMG the checkerboard pattern on the platform floor...
Great video! This sleeping car looks very nice and first time I see a minibar in sleeping car compartment :) This route is very interesting and the price is very good for for single room.
Absolutely bargain Pete 😁 So much potential for long distance budget travelling in Turkey 👌🏻🇹🇷
Wonderful, wonderful video!!! thanks!!!
Thanks so much 😄
Nice video and great train. TCDD could've been a serious competitor undercutting regional operatos in the countries nearby.
P.S. Lol the loco's cabin is painted the exact colours of Russian flag.
I doubt they'd operate abroad tbh, and if so it wouldn't be as cheap...
@@NonstopEurotrip there are abroad routes as well. Prizes are not expensive but trip is long. There is a train between Ankara and Tehran and it takes approximately 57 hours. Btw, it has more sleeping cars. There are trains to Greece and Bulgaria as well. Some of our rail lines are from Ottoman era and their connection goes from here till Medina. But of course there is no trains to that directions for many many years.
Fantastic review thanks. Prior to pandemic, I was using the high speed service between İstanbul and Ankara. It offers a good value and saves time compared to flying. Since pandemic I preferred driving. Back when I was a child some 30 40 years ago, rail transport was our preferred method. We used almost all intercity lines and regional besides the suburban trains in İstanbul. I recommend the sleeper train to Kars in winter time.
Thanks!
Excellent coverage. Enjoyed watching
Thank you 😊
Beautiful video !!! 🔝👍🏻😉
What a great trip! I can't believe you got the minibar snacks included too with that price. Part of me wonders if the previous occupant left them. Weird that they wouldn't offer more sleepers on this route though.
No they were definitely complementary as I asked Twitter at the time, and also they were on another sleeper we did too! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Very inviting experience. Thank you for providing it for us.
You're welcome 😃
Great video. The carriages are white like the Renfe trains! 😁
A bit different 😂
Looks a superb sleeper , will have to try it one day, 😀
I also took this train from Manisa to Konya in January 2018. I remembered clearly when getting off the train in Konya station there was a snowfall. So magical.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
You certainly get around! Finland to Turkey in a week 😊. Lovely.
Haha I know right 😂
NIce video, felt like I was there.
Great video !!
Thanks 🙏🏻
Thank you for interesting videos! Going to use YHT from Istanbul to Konya this Sunday, wanted to learn more and found your channel :) Already subscribed and will watch more! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing to see so much snow around. Incredible.
I was surprised when I woke up 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip Similar like countries as Spain Turkey's inlands has a continental climate. It doesn't wonder me at all that you were confronted with snowy conditions :)
First we don't have camels, second we are not in the south. Turkey has the same latitudes with North Carolina and New York. So snow is not amazing in Turkey.
Very nice and good value for the product offer,😊
Absolutely, yes!
As a Turkish i really enjoyed the video thank you for showing every detail on board. I didn't know the sleeper cabin are this good.
You're welcome 😁
Thank you for this information. My husband and I plan to visit Turkey in September and konya is on our list as my grandson will be starting school in Konya this year. I will be following you for more info.
Thanks again.
Noreen . South Africa.
Glad to be of help 🙂
Great video!! Great bargain at $20.00!!
Nice accommodations. Thanks for sharing😀♥️♥️
Bargain indeed, and pretty good with it! 😊
@@NonstopEurotrip ♥️♥️
Looks very good I’d never have imagined such a good service in turkey, very nice to be properly informed great post
Absolutely John 🤗
Perfect video,i am from Konya :)
Can you tell me please what is there to see in Konya, and name of few good vegetarian restaurants and affordable hotel to stay for 2 days.
Great trip. Especially you are doing this in Asian Part of Turkey. Can't wait for your trip in Asia, because in Asia, there are plenty train you should try. First thing I know about TCDD are their High-speed Train, and their train to Black sea Country like Bulgaria and Romania.
It's great! But there's so much more to do in Turkey 🙂
unfortunately the network is not as big as I would want it, and frequency is pretty abysmal. If TCDD can assume they can simply stop serving the main city for many years to renew a station (both Istanbul and Ankara), that's not a good sign. But I agree, where they go, they are pretty good.
Sehr schön gemacht. Ich liebe Eisenbahn.🙋👍
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Very different from what we've seen before on this channel, in my opinion, but interesting nevertheless. Looking forward to watching those Velaros in action😀
Thanks, and yeah me too, great trains 😊
Glad you made it to Asia - in the future please travel to America and Canada!
I might have something in the pipeline!
I've once had a 29 hour train trip from Kars to Ankara in this suit. And I can tell that it was the best trip experince I've ever had in my life
I hope to do that SOON!
Everything about that train was impressive, except for the locked showers and the lack of additional sleeper cars. Nice video! Thanks.
Thank you 😊
Amazing
I make this journey every time I visit Turkey, the TCDD sleepers are far and away my favourite sleeper, roomy, comfortable and cheap.
I’ve done all of the Turkish sleepers now, including many that sadly no longer run.
The biggest shame is that a few years ago they removed the superb restaurant service. Then all those buffet car tables had white tablecloths and smart waiters. The food was as cheap as the tickets, and they served alcohol.
Try to take this journey again in summer, with the light evenings as the journey is through the hills and over some breathtaking viaducts across deep valley’s straight out of a Wild West movie!
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Maybe a suggestion to add to your plans for 2022/23: the jungle train through peninsular Malaysia. I did it in 92, starting from a small town halfway up the eastern coast (can't remember its name, perhaps Kuantan) back to KL. But after now researching it, there appear to be other possibilities too eg Tempat to Gemat. Deffo worth it...
Thanks!
Güzel bir yolculuk olmuş.
Architect of Izmir central train station (Basmane Garı) is Gustavo Eiffel.
Interesting, thanks 🙏🏻
Amazing it costs £16 from Abergavenny to Cardiff a 40 minutes journey about 25 miles in the UK
To the tune of Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk":
"NON / STOP / ASIA / TRIP / NONSTOP ASIA TRIP! / WHUUUTTT!"
Make me a song and I'll use it as the theme tune if copyright free 😂
Very impressive, the full fridge is amazing. Does any train company in europe offer fridge in coupes? The only major downside for me would be that you cant lock your doors from outside and pretty much anyone can freely walk around. Here when you cant lock the door from outside, every wagon has its own conductor and the door between wagons are locked so the condactor has to open them for you and he would not let anyone into his wagon who is not supposed to be there.
Fantastic RR experience. Glad to have a non-European trip.
Glad you enjoyed it John 😊
Very nice video
Traveling through the far end of Europe. It simply looks fantastic.
It certainly is 😄
@@NonstopEurotrip And the infrastructure looks really good.
That's superb value and service. Perhaps our own train companies can take note 👍👍
Isn't it just ☺️
Alamazlar. Zira bizde para değil insan önemli. Sizde insan değil para önemli
Superb video. Loved it to the core. Please do come and visit India 🇮🇳.
Another wonderful video!
At 15:07, is that a Gamers Nexus video? 😊
Thanks! And yes, well spotted 😄
what brilliant value, brian d.
Absolutely! 😁
Great video and wow, what a price! Amazing how the scenery/weather changed too. Btw, what was that guy with the red stick thing doing at 14:46?
Thanks Mark! Can tell you've not travelled much by train out east... That's the 'man or woman with the stick/light/flag who stands on the platform for no apparent reason person' 😅
It's the station master, who will inform the driver if he has the right of way or not, mostly.
Very nice
Nice train
Wow, that's cheaper than a hotel!
Actually about the same as we paid for a 5 star hotel in Ankara per night 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip Wow! Prices have gone down since I was there about ten years ago!
It would be difficult to sit in a coach seat for 12 hours. I think a bus would save several hours on the trip. Since you slept well you got an excellent deal.
12 hours drive is nothing for Turkish people, whether by bus or train. I travelled for 22 hours by bus once from İstanbul to eastern parts of Turkey. There are longer distances than that. Turkey is not a small country😂
Turkey is partly in Europe and partly in Asia actually.
This trip was solely in Asia, as is 90% of Turkey
@@NonstopEurotrip I mean I really just don't understand "europeans" some times. Like do you guys realize that it's all arbitrary and made up ? And that "Europe" doesn't have real borders ? as it's all just human made it changes in every few decades or centuries, while the geographically it's literally just part of the "Asia".
You can walk from Izmir, Konya or Ankara to Berlin even without the human made structures. Just as you can from Beijing to Paris, Delhi to Madrid. Or Moscow to Amsterdam.
Long story short Turkey is not "europe" or "asia" it's Turkey. the end.
@@goktugkzlok3082 Yeah it’s human made but for cultural reasons as culturally Europe and Asia have been very different. But geographically speaking it’s Eurasia yes
Turkey really needs mega structures...what wave functions we have...and how all objects will go to energy
OK! I gave you a LIKE. I am subscribed and I commented. How long in advance did you book?
Thank you! 1 month in advance 👍🏻
Although there was no shower access…. the final report card gives them an A+. At that price you were lucky to have a seat inside the train instead of on the roof ….never mind a room with a bed, a wash basin, HVAC and so on.😂😂
I kept thinking that rail transport must be heavily subsidized… cuz there’s no way they made any money based on your ticket price.
Nice trip. Love a sleeper train. Does the dining car ever offer a full dinner service? That's the only way you could improve that service..
Honestly I'm not sure Mark!
Only snacks
The only real flaw is that the sleeping cabin cannot be locked from the outside. I wouldn't be comfortable leaving my stuff unattended. Otherwise an excellent product. You should have visited the restaurant though
Nothing much else was sold in the restaurant over what was in my minibar 😊
Actually the only sleeping compartments in Europe that lock from the outside are - as far as I remember - those of Nightjet "Comfortline" sleeping cars and of course the Caledonian Sleeper ones.
the price is absolutely priceless 😊
😂😂😂
Thank you, nonstop eurotrip! A night train !!! I love night trains!!! The fact that the train is not expensive trumps any other criteria. The price is the major criterion. Price matters more than anything else. On the other hand, the fact that the train is not electrified is a penalty, I love electrified trains. moreover, It makes me weird that you leave Europe to go to Asia, you have plenty of trains in Europe to visit.
Electrification is coming! But yes a great value train and a nice county ☺️
I always want to go to Turkey and enjoy the train there which is similar to Indonesia ( diesel Loco )
I was travelling with TCDD sleeper trains in winter 2009 at the routes Istanbul Haydarpasa - Kayseri, Ankara - Izmir and Izmir - Eskisehir. At least at the Ankara - Izmir train, the shower was available. I also appreciated the refridgerators in the sleeping car compartments. The meals in the restaurant cars were also good value for money. The only minus were the huge delays of the trains, the bus substitute in the suburban area of Izmir due to construction works and Turkish kids in a suburb of Kayseri throwing stones into the window of our sleeper.
Later on, in autumn 2009, I was travelling again with TCDD sleeper trains, once more on the route Istanbul Haydarpasa - Kayseri and Afyon - Istanbul Haydarpasa. This time, the shower was locked.
Overall, I can recommend the TCDD services.
Contrary, I cannot recommend the service Istanbul Sirkeci - Sofia. In 2009, these trains consisted of only one Bulgarian sleeping car built in former East Germany. The toilets in these cars were dirty with no running water nor toilet paper. The heating wasn't working (I travelled during winter) and the ride on both sides of the border was very bumpy due to bad tracks. The worst thing of this trip is the customs check at the Turkish/Bulgarian border after midnight where you'll need to get off the train and wait for more than one hour to get your passport stamped.
Thanks for sharing! Yes, I agree that the border checks aren't great, but obviously a necessity
21:01 Video's score: 56/10
Wow thank you Pedro 😎
Firat Express Malatya-Elazig, Malatya-Pazarcik ( Kahramanmaraş ), Vangölü Express Malatya-Tatvan-Malatya, Güney Express Malatya-Diyarbakir-Malatya. I have a plan for Malatya-Ankara with the 4 Eylül Mavi Treni very soon. Because I Love My Country's Trains.
Thank you! I love your country's trains too ☺️
You were lucky to have taken this train when you did, because just a couple of years ago the fare would have been in the region of £50.00, but because the Lira has dropped so drastically, the fare has reduced in price for those using foreign currency.
Yes, very lucky! Good for us i guess 🙂
I would argue that £50 is actually still worth it.
@@paulthiel5145 There';s no argument about it! I agree with you. However, the cost of living in Turkey, eve when the Lira was buoyant, was far lower than here in the UK, so it was always relatively more expensive for the locals.
Izmir çok güzel şehir ya
😍😍😍
Will you come to India?
I will!
to see your dirty north Indian cities and ppl
In the uk that stuff in the fridge would be worth almost the £16!
Lol yeah 😂
Not even £1 in turkey. what a shame
Just shows how much we pay middle men and their commissions
The flat or cracked wheel under your carriage didn't bother you?
Nope 🤣
hi this looks incredible, how did you book this? I am trying to get from UK - Istanbul - Cappadocia. I cannot find any sleeper train online please help!
Check out seat61.com
Skiing in Turkey a possibility it seems, if only a remote one? Well who knew eh!
Agree that for what you got ( quality of sleeper car, sans shower or not, the pretty well specked bed and lets not forget the minibar fridge!!!) I think you'd be hard pressed to beat it on quality V cost. Yes of course there's way superior sleeper services but they also cost X factor more and 'pound-for-pound' likely don't match what was on offer here.
You can see -30 C in eastern parts of Turkey. So, we have skiing resorts a lot actually. This year was especially cold. There was snow even in İzmir, which is rare as it is a coastal city.
Pardon my ignorance but what is a squat toilet please?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet
tahnk you for trip benim ülkemin bütün şehirleri çok güzel çünkü biz vatanımızı çok seviyoruz sevdamız bizim burası dünyanın neresine gidersek gideliim ülkemizi özleriz herkes gelsin trenlerimizle seyahat etsin çok seviceksiniz
Love Türkiye 🥰
good
Thanks
Is there a train between Istanbul and Izmir?
Not direct, crazy I know!
Take 6 eylul express to bandirma there is a ferry service to yenikapi and kadikoy but be aware that tcdd famous with delays
how on earth is it that cheap, I reckon most services would have charged that for the snacks you got lol
Yeah I think you're right! Don't forget the Lira has crashed in value over the last couple of years, so you get a lot more for your money nowadays 👌🏻🇹🇷
In this video I don’t see people,no food,people not enjoying.
People enjoying ,talking,eating is very important in a journey (vacation)
Where do you book tickets from?
All the information is in the video
Brrrrrrrr very cold
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Isn't -3C equal to -6F >
Nope...
İm from İzmir 😃
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Excellent video. But personally, if I took a long distance train journey in a new & foreign country, I'd want to be awake and looking at the scenery 80-90% of the time. Can't see the point of paying for something and then sleeping through it. You can get your zeds in bricks and mortar hotel.
I did plenty more trips in the daytime ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip I know that you do daytime trips too. I'm just saying that to sleep through such wonderful countryside (and therefore deprive us all of the video of it) is sort defeating the purpose.
Sounds like that sleeping car has a flat too…
😂
Maybe if u go by bus will take 7 and half hours instead 12 hour train
You're missing the point 😂
If you had a choice to choose between train and buses.... which suits you better. If sleeper for 2 is OK. Train had toilets but not on buses.
Definitely trains