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Ouigo is a much more confortable product than Flixtrain

“Trains de nuit” is just a communication idea of government serves for them for saying “look we are pro-rail”. It is a niche, a mediatic product.

Bring back the old (2010s) TGV and Intercites offer it is much better idea than reinstating some night trains

In my opinion Istanbul-Ankara and Ankara-Sivas should be built in that way too… The only HSL line which is a good idea is Polatli-Konya section

Also actually Turkey doesn’t have any 250 km/h HSL project. All planned or at construction lines are 200 km/h mixed lines. Maybe it is better that way…

Izmir-Ankara HSL is also recently been “downgraded” from 250 km/h HSL to a 200 km/h conventional mixed line…

What do you thing about that the SNCF Voyageurs announces every year that they are broken a new record on ridership ?

Trustworthy or not ? (Not really for me)

Big brother should know all your travels in Turkey…

You can’t book a train or a coach without your national ID number in Turkey…

And when they are checking your tickets on a train, no need to show your ticket, they only ask for your ID

Privacy… “a la turca” huh…

Im sure that in a few years, you won’t be able travel with train without your ID

SNCF was doing the same at the very beginning of InOui branding. For the 1st class passengers between Paris and Lyon. We were asked if we want to have a taxi booked for us on our arrival.

Turkish railways does not have any jingle lol, the one in the video is the jingle of Istanbul Metro…

Is there some political agenda behind this growing interest for #CrossChannelRail ?

Just asking, don’t even have an idea but i am curious.

According to what I’ve heard, in a few years, Interrail will be restricted to certain trains of the day on a route, just like TGVMax.

For example, if there are 20 trains daily between Paris and Lyon, you’ll only be able to take one or two of them with an Interrail pass.

Good to hear so !

Except BFC and AURA…

Watching trains blast past at 140 km/h right in front of me at this abandoned (and never-used) halt almost makes me feel like I’m back in France—or any western EU country.

The Menemen-Aliağa section (25 km) in the north of the Izmir is the fastest section in all of the non-HSR network in Turkey, used only by commuter trains, where they can run at 140 km/h without any interruption…

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It is mostly to save on costs and less responsiblity for them

And also they don’t even trust their own employees for a such assesment 😃😃

Also it is a tradition at TCDD to increase running time after major renovations…

For TCDD standards the line speed between Kapıkule-Halkalı can be considered good with long sections which permits stable running at 115 km/h…

However, after the Çorlu derailment in 2018, the operating speed of the services was significantly reduced…

As a Turkish it is expensive for what it is.

TCDD changed its pricing policy at the beginning of this year in all lines, they are not seeking an “affordable pricing” policy like before, instead, they started to doing overpricing, trains are more expensive even than travelling by your car…

It all started with “L’avion est mieux que le TGV” speeches around 2017-18

Then continued with “Il faut investir dans le reseau classique” “C’est a cause de tout-TGV” speeches…

The demonisation of TGV… Once a national pride… They created a anti-TGV sentiment

I guess that train travel in France will become like in USA, Canada and Australia

-In long distances (TGV, Intercites) train will become a “niche” product like Amtrak or Via Rail

-And we will have indépendant “urban” rail systems, all financed only by “collectivités locales” like Metra or CalTrain

HSR in France are not only stagnant, but declining… I wonder what it will be like in 30 years

It is doubtful that the ones in France or Germany are a "modern" railway network anyway.

Despite being the two largest economic powers in Europe…

Check this mural in Bakırköy station

Now they are underinvesting on TGV lines too… Most TGV lines are in alarming state

Perrache is a notoriously underused station. I still cannot get how Perrache can be unsuitable for Cross-Channel services

Before 2012, the Adapazari express used to go all the way to Haydarpaşa and there were exactly 10–12 round trips per day…

Last time i took a Velaro YHT (March 2024) i was inside a VIP compartment but the air was stuffy. The staff said to me that they modified the software at COVID time but they cannot managed to revert it back to normal… They’ve disabled to compartment doors auto-closing so i can have some air inside