Riding Turkey’s incredibly cheap First Class train!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Here's a train with a fascinating history! This train in Turkey used to run from Istanbul all the way to Iraq. Discover its history, what happened to this international connection, and what's left of the service today in this video.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Konya
Destination: Karaman
Company: TCDD Taşımacılık
Train: Various + TVS2000 Coach
Accommodation: First Class Seat (1st)
Distance: 101 kilometres / 63 miles
Price: ₺16.50 (£2.40 / €2.90 / $3.30)
Time: 1 hour 24 minutes, arrived on-time
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Just came back from school (7 pm German time) to see this beautiful video.
what time do you go to school if you come back at 7pm? 7pm here is sunset lol. i usually go at 7:30am
Well hello from California local time 2:07pm I love Germany I went to Frankfurt and Hamburg on my way to Afghanistan back in 2011
I go to school at 8:00 am,I had an party this is why I came back from school at 7:00 pm
@@blastersus2198War nice oder?
@@daSrilankanCat ja, schon
Great video! The reason a generator car must be used on some trains is because both the DE24000 and the DE33000 are not equipped with HEP (Head-end power) units. This is not the case with more modern Turkish locomotives, but the DE33000 was originally ordered for freight operations.
Same here in my country, where train in my country, especially loco hauled Passengers train have generator car. In some cases there's combination of Restaurants car with Generator Car.
It happen too in vietnam,indonesia,and malaysia(diesel train locomotive)
Loved the video but when did you travel? Because 16.50 TRY is worth nothing close to €2.90 anymore due to Turkeys crazy inflation. It's currently worth about 50c/43p/54¢!
Congratulations on 100k!
Nice you were able to choose seating, since one type was much more comfortable. Happy and safe travels.
Finally another Turkish train thank you for this video👍+stop saying First y'all I was first Actually
Actually we all were first together, those who have the same time written beside their handles.
@@northeastern_steamie we did not I was 2 secs faster lol
@@Boom45335 hectic heck
@@Boom45335 my comment disappeared....😣
May be because it was to lOng....
"anahat" does directly mean "mainline", idk where you found the "outline" translation
(ana=main and hat=line)
Great trip. The white snow around the journey is breathtaking. Talking about Generator Car, yeah in my country also have this. Sometimes it combined with Restaurant Car.
Excellent, how adventurous but how do you deal with all the hassle on the street
Loved this video, the views are epic too
Now this what im talking about !!!
Thank you 🙏🏽🍻🇦🇺🦘👍👍👍👍👍
Great video! Did I spot the James Bond Skyfall train bridge in this video at 4:48 (Varda Viaduct)
Great trip! Great scenery! You could try the train in greece but now it's not worth it because since the crash it goes slower and since the floods even slower
Great video, great channel, subbed
Awesome video as always Super albs fantastic channel and down to earth commentary
Glad you came through the journey safely Albie.
Great video!
When will you upload the DHR video??
Trips I wanna see on the channel in 2024:
Qinghai Tibet Railway
Scary Mountain Railway through the Andes and Devil's Nose
America's fastest Amtrak
India:(between July and October i.e; Monsoon)
The Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Kalka Shimla Railway
Madgaon Hubbali Line
Mumbai Nashik Line
Delhi Srinagar Line
Guwahati Badarpur Line
Jodhpur Jaisalmer Desert Railway
But the Katra Banihal Section hasn't even opened.
@@ahom_red_star work is going at speed, they are opening stations after stations. It will be opened by May💯
6:00 This is something I'll never be able to understand. Why don't they stick to a seat design that is confirmed to be comfortable? Why do the manufacturers insist on their own designs that can be hit or a miss, because they are obviously not testing it enough for comfort. Why do we (people) complicate things unnecessarily?
you should try Doğu ekspresi that would be cool.
The interior looks uncomfortable somehow
I love the picture window view!
When did you do this journey?
Not sure there's much point mentioning the price you paid if it has now quadrupled!
Great video! But a train driving with an open door is giving me anxiety, as a train driver myself we strictly can't leave if a door is left open on a train with passengers, even if that means blocking the line for hours.
Don't travel on busses in Turkey as well. Same issue there, we just don't like safety rules it seems.
Wish you had been to Adana since it’s a food heaven
Boa tarde boa viagem ai parabéns pelo 100mil inscritos no canal
Very sneaky transition at 9:04
Still waiting for you to come to thailand🥰
Turkey had trains to Syria, Iran, Iraq, Greece, Georgia and Azerbaycan. They all ceases their operations due to various reasons.
Nowadays you can only connect to Bulgaria and Romania. Such a shame.
Did you enjoy visiting Baghdad or any other places in Iraq
Amazing video just a quick question what's the song called at the beginning of this video called?
Those TCDD Taurus Express trains look quite modern, isn't it? That said, I can't imagine why I want to sleep on these seats despite being First Class. It's great on shorter trips, but yes, sleeper carriages might be needed on overnight journeys if they offer one.
The Taurus Mountains look incredibly stunning! Shame the train named after it used to run to Iraq. TCDD can bring back this service, but due to the economic crisis, I don't think it's coming anytime soon.
A Turkish delight
Cheap and cheery and no doubt a good travel deal. But why does cheap and cheery have to come with stinky loos and power points that don't work? Not impressed by the quality - even for such a cheap "1st Class" ticket. Thanks for the insight! Excellent video. Paul in Oz.
Given that the line appears to be electrified the entire length, why were two diesel locomotives used?
The Turkish railways often do this kind of weird things. The most practical explanation is that they need these two locomotives somewhere else and therefore decided to send them this way or that for some reason no electric locomotives were available.
Locomotive shortages?
@@unknownperson3691 diesel is cheaper then electricity in turkey.
Rest of the line from Karaman to Adana is not electrified
Bro if you wonder: how much can I get bored in a train?
Just ride the Halkalı-Edirne Train and you just get it
100 km in 1 hr 24 min, all on high speed lines? That seems fairly... leisurely. They must have plenty of spare capacity
Interesting double coupling system, both us/Chinese/Russian as well as European in the loco. Likely they use knuckle couplers further south, or?
Nice video. Top
If the route is fully on a 200km/h high speed line why do they run diesel trains on it with an average speed of 72km/h? Build the high speed line first and get the high speed rolling stock to run on it later?
Rest of the line is neither high speed nor electrified yet.
Could not believe how quiet the train was. It appeared empty.
I think we will get rid of these old train sets thanks to the newly produced domestic train sets.
We have these in Budapest
Tried Indonesian train with compartement suit 🎉🎉🎉
Konya Gari sounds like "Tonight I hunt" in Japanese.
Did you get to see the Dervishes???
Can you ride the Amrit Bharat Express after this please?
16.5 turkish lira is definitely not 2-3 dollars, euros or poundslol
New subscriber ❤
Edited: love from Pakistan 😍
No worries price may have quadrupled, but lira down to the fifth 😎
Any idea why the service no longer goes through to/from Istanbul...?
ıraq war?
New high speed trains run today from Istanbul to Konya, four departures daily from Istanbul.
@@uunohikivuori8591 Thx for the info!
@@uunohikivuori8591to Karaman as well
You could have asked the white Fiat guys for some pacing shots .
How do you have the money for all of this?
TH-cam income.
It's a bit of a cheek from them to call that Pullman Class!
the collapse of the Lira means that 16 Lira is now less than 50p 😅
You cant hide it anymore: You only take these journeys to hang out of an open door!
At first glance I thought this is Russian train coz of the loco's livery 😂
A mini referendum was held for the color theme
Next time, take Optima Express
Baghdad train has not been working since 2011
When pakistan reilway video comming?
When you can spell RAILWAY correctly.
you cannot have paid 16 lira for the ticket since 1 usd is 30 lira.
Not very far 😄
interesting
Iraq is subtropis?
Hi superalbs travel
$3.30.
Turkey is insane
Yeah, in the Netherlands I pay €2,90 for a one way ten minute S-Bahn like train.
It's actually about €0.50 now due to the insane Turkish inflation
Rather short journey..
Surprise to see that much snow in Asia minor. The train is almost empty!
It can move you 60miles+ away that bargain
That locomotive gives me Communist vibes
According to Wikipedia, they were both designed by Electro Motive Division, one of the two main American engine manifacturers!
@@LucaPasini2 That makes a lot of sense and I did kinda suspect them to be emds. I was literally thinking about the vibe. The colors on the newer one are the same as the russian flag, the star and crescent moon are arranged so they look like a communist star and so on.
Oh gosh, the most boring travel vlog ever. Tip: learn how to get personality into your content from Itchy Boots, Karl Rock or Steve Marsh. Just to mention a few.
what have they in particular to do with trains? yay, nothing. and no, its not for every channel relevant or good to spam it too much with 'personal/local bla bla' ...