Ankara to Erzurum train
Trains from Ankara to Erzurum start at €96.59 and take 5h 38m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Ankara to Erzurum starts at €96.59 and takes 5h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 718 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 38mDoor to door
- 4h 54mMoving
- €96.59 to €169.74From
- 06:41 to 18:02First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 23.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 30 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€96.59 to €169.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €169.19Mon14
- about €147.74Tue15
- about €147.19Wed16
- about €153.24Thu17
- about €142.79Fri18
- about €169.74Sat19
- about €143.34Sun20
- about €96.59Mon21
- about €100.44Tue22
- about €98.79Wed23
- about €122.44Thu24
- about €132.34Fri25
- about €128.49Sat26
- about €107.59Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 30 September 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TCDD Taşımacılık | €81.19 | 5h 36m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Erzurum. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Erzurum for the night the train gets in
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When to book Ankara to Erzurum
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €40.3390 days
- €32.0860 days
- €30.4345 days
- €26.5830 days
- €34.8321 days
- €45.8314 days
- €57.387 days
- €71.683 days
- €81.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 205 percent. The dearest point is €81.03, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €45.83Sun
- €40.33Mon
- €43.63Tue
- €40.33Wed
- €60.13Thu
- €45.28Fri
- €52.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Ankara
- Ankara Gar
- Ankara railway station
- Ankara high-speed railway station
Erzurum
- Erzurum Gar
- Erzurum railway station
- Ilıca Train Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 718 km against 718 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kırıkkale, Yozgat, Sivas, Erzincan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ankara at 06:41 and the last at 18:02, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 31m | 1h 21m | 3h 10m | €76.25 | 182.0 kg | 6 |
| Train | 5h 38m | 4h 54m | 44m | €96.59 | 23.7 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 10h 32m | 9h 48m | 44m | €40.33 | 19.4 kg | 4 |
Questions about Ankara to Erzurum
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Ankara to Erzurum take?
The Train from Ankara to Erzurum takes 5h 38m door to door, of which 4h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 718 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Ankara to Erzurum cost?
The Train from Ankara to Erzurum starts at €96.59 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €100.17. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Ankara to Erzurum?
1 operators run the Train from Ankara to Erzurum: TCDD Taşımacılık. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Ankara to Erzurum use?
The Train from Ankara to Erzurum leaves from Ankara Gar and arrives at Erzurum Gar. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Ankara to Erzurum?
Travelling from Ankara to Erzurum by Flight costs €76.25 and takes 4h 31m door to door, against 5h 38m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Ankara to Erzurum?
Fares for the Train from Ankara to Erzurum bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 205 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ankara to Erzurum produce?
The Train from Ankara to Erzurum produces about 23.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 718 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Ankara to Erzurum?
Operators on the Train from Ankara to Erzurum publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ankara to Erzurum on 13 September 2026: 718 km of route against 718 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €96.59, and 5h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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