Taurus Express
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The Taurus Express ( ) is a passenger train named after the Taurus Mountains in Southern Turkey. It was launched in 1930 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and originally connected Istanbul with Aleppo, Tripoli, Lebanon (for connections to Palestine) and Nusaybin (for connections to Iraq). The Taurus Express provided connection to the Orient Express in Istanbul. Overland travel from Western Europe to Near East became possible with the same level of comfort and quality throughout the trip. As of 2024 a service with this name is operated daily by TCDD Transport running wholly within Turkey between Konya and Adana.
The Taurus Express ( ) is a passenger train named after the Taurus Mountains in Southern Turkey. It was launched in 1930 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and originally connected Istanbul with Aleppo, Tripoli, Lebanon (for connections to Palestine) and Nusaybin (for connections to Iraq). The Taurus Express provided connection to the Orient Express in Istanbul. Overland travel from Western Europe to Near East became possible with the same level of comfort and quality throughout the trip. As of 2024 a service with this name is operated daily by TCDD Transport running wholly within Turkey between Konya and Adana.
History
Orient-Express and Taurus Express.]]
Consist
The consist of the first Taurus Express was this: TCDD Steam Loco 3688 TCDD Baggage Car CIWL Sleeping Car CIWL Sleeping Car TCDD Coach TCDD Coach TCDD Baggage Car After 1972 the diesel locomotives were the main power and the consists from 1972 to 2003 were like this: IRR DEM 2000 Locomotive (Baghdad-Karkamış) TCDD DE 24000 Locomotive (Karkamış-Istanbul) TCDD Postage Car TCDD Sleeping Car TCDD Couchette Car TCDD Coach TCDD Baggage Car
In popular culture
The Taurus Express is featured in Agatha Christie's crime novel Murder on the Orient Express (1934). While the main body of the story takes place on another of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits trains, the Simplon-Orient Express, the opening chapter of the book takes place on the Taurus Express.
References
External links
illustrated description of the route and a journey from Haydarpasa station to Basra Toros Ekspresi
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