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Offline bulla

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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2009, 16:43:44 PM »
Where would the nearest train station be from Fethye/Calis to Istanbul>  How much would tickets be. Is it a very long journey.


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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2009, 16:57:40 PM »
We flew to Istanbul from Dalaman in June took 1 hour, however, really like the idea of a sleeper train and one day when we have more time we would definitely think about doing that.
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« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2009, 21:25:34 PM »
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Originally posted by bulla

Where would the nearest train station be from Fethye/Calis to Istanbul>  How much would tickets be. Is it a very long journey.


Thank you

Noreen,



Noreen,

I think the nearest station that runs a train to Istanbul is at Denizli, about 2 hours from Calis but it seems thay have the Worlds longest running track repairs going on there. We wanted to go last September and were dissapointed that the train was not running but our plans for this September/October are also on hold as the same track repairs seem to be underway.

Could always get the plane but somehow, that seems a bit too easy and why rush when we have a month to waste?

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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2009, 21:35:46 PM »
I was told the toilets on the trains are the traditional Turkish ones. :-\

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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2009, 21:50:42 PM »
The Turkish State Railway timetable was revised in July 2009 apparently and the train to Denizli is no longer on it.

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« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2009, 22:00:38 PM »
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Originally posted by Daffodil

I was told the toilets on the trains are the traditional Turkish ones. :-\



What ones did you think they would be?

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« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2009, 23:44:29 PM »
People who I know who travelled on it were expecting European style as a option. They said that by the end of the journey from Istanbul is was not a pleasant experience using the loos.  :)Maybe it was just bad luck on that particular journey.

The train is no longer on the timetable at the moment anyway. I do not know why or if it will come back at some later date.





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