Riding Turkey’s incredibly cheap First Class train!
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- Опубликовано: 30 янв 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)
Glad you came through the journey safely Albie.
Awesome video as always Super albs fantastic channel and down to earth commentary
Nice you were able to choose seating, since one type was much more comfortable. Happy and safe travels.
Congratulations on 100k!
Loved this video, the views are epic too
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.
Great video, great channel, subbed
Great video!
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¢!
"anahat" does directly mean "mainline", idk where you found the "outline" translation
(ana=main and hat=line)
Thank you 🙏🏽🍻🇦🇺🦘👍👍👍👍👍
Now this what im talking about !!!
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
@@ardaakdag7016 hectic heck
@@ardaakdag7016 my comment disappeared....😣
May be because it was to lOng....
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
Very sneaky transition at 9:04
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! Did I spot the James Bond Skyfall train bridge in this video at 4:48 (Varda Viaduct)
Nice video. Top
Excellent, how adventurous but how do you deal with all the hassle on the street
you should try Doğu ekspresi that would be cool.
The interior looks uncomfortable somehow
Güzel bir seyahat ve başarılı bir video sunumu, tebrikler, teşekkürler 🚝🚆👏👍👍💫
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.
Amazing video just a quick question what's the song called at the beginning of this video called?
Still waiting for you to come to thailand🥰
Wish you had been to Adana since it’s a food heaven
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💯
Boa tarde boa viagem ai parabéns pelo 100mil inscritos no canal
A Turkish delight
Interesting double coupling system, both us/Chinese/Russian as well as European in the loco. Likely they use knuckle couplers further south, or?
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.
We have these in Budapest
Did you enjoy visiting Baghdad or any other places in Iraq
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.
Tried Indonesian train with compartement suit 🎉🎉🎉
Could not believe how quiet the train was. It appeared empty.
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.
Bro if you wonder: how much can I get bored in a train?
Just ride the Halkalı-Edirne Train and you just get it
Konya Gari sounds like "Tonight I hunt" in Japanese.
100 km in 1 hr 24 min, all on high speed lines? That seems fairly... leisurely. They must have plenty of spare capacity
Did you get to see the Dervishes???
No worries price may have quadrupled, but lira down to the fifth 😎
Can you try güller ekspresi that starts in izmir and ends in burdur? I bagging you.
Maybe! I'll have to research it.
@@SuperalbsTravels we’re waiting!!!
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
the collapse of the Lira means that 16 Lira is now less than 50p 😅
I think we will get rid of these old train sets thanks to the newly produced domestic train sets.
New subscriber ❤
Edited: love from Pakistan 😍
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.
It's a bit of a cheek from them to call that Pullman Class!
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
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 cant hide it anymore: You only take these journeys to hang out of an open door!
interesting
How do you have the money for all of this?
RUclips income.
At first glance I thought this is Russian train coz of the loco's livery 😂
A mini referendum was held for the color theme
Can you ride the Amrit Bharat Express after this please?
Next time, take Optima Express
Not very far 😄
Surprise to see that much snow in Asia minor. The train is almost empty!
Baghdad train has not been working since 2011
When pakistan reilway video comming?
When you can spell RAILWAY correctly.
16.5 turkish lira is definitely not 2-3 dollars, euros or poundslol
$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
Iraq is subtropis?
you cannot have paid 16 lira for the ticket since 1 usd is 30 lira.
Hi superalbs travel
Rather short journey..
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' ...