Fastest€38.29
- TCDD Taşımacılık TC509108:452h 26m11:11Istanbul HalkaliAnkara Gar
Door to door 3h 10mCO2 11.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Istanbul to Ankara train
Trains from Istanbul to Ankara start at €40.49 and take 3h 10m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Istanbul to Ankara on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Istanbul to Ankara starts at €40.49 and takes 3h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 352 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 10mDoor to door
- 2h 26mMoving
- €40.49 to €76.79From
- 06:33 to 20:53First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 11.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€40.49 to €76.79 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 €70.19Tue15
- about €75.69Wed16
- about €76.79Thu17
- about €68.54Fri18
- about €71.29Sat19
- about €69.09Sun20
- about €45.99Mon21
- about €45.99Tue22
- about €48.74Wed23
- about €60.29Thu24
- about €58.09Fri25
- about €58.09Sat26
- about €55.89Sun27
- about €40.49Mon28
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 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TCDD Taşımacılık | €37.74 | 3h 10m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Ankara. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ankara for the night the train gets in
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When to book Istanbul to Ankara
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.8890 days
- €17.2360 days
- €18.3345 days
- €15.5830 days
- €16.6821 days
- €18.3314 days
- €21.087 days
- €32.633 days
- €28.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 109 percent. The dearest point is €32.63, 3 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.
- €23.83Sun
- €18.33Mon
- €19.98Tue
- €22.18Wed
- €26.58Thu
- €23.83Fri
- €25.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Istanbul
Rail
- Istanbul Halkali
- Vadistanbul
- Tünel
Ankara
Rail
- Ankara Gar
- Ankara railway station
- Ankara high-speed railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 352 km against 352 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Istanbul at 06:33 and the last at 20:53, across 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 10m | 2h 26m | 44m | €40.49 | 11.6 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 4h 2m | 52m | 3h 10m | €36.72 | 89.3 kg | 24 |
| Coach | 5h 24m | 4h 40m | 44m | €18.33 | 9.5 kg | 12 |
Questions about Istanbul to Ankara
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 Istanbul to Ankara take?
The Train from Istanbul to Ankara takes 3h 10m door to door, of which 2h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 352 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 Istanbul to Ankara cost?
The Train from Istanbul to Ankara starts at €40.49 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €43.24. 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 Istanbul to Ankara?
1 operators run the Train from Istanbul to Ankara: TCDD Taşımacılık. Between them they file around 12 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 Istanbul to Ankara use?
The Train from Istanbul to Ankara leaves from Istanbul Halkali and arrives at Ankara 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 Istanbul to Ankara?
Travelling from Istanbul to Ankara by Flight costs €36.72 and takes 4h 2m door to door, against 3h 10m 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 Istanbul to Ankara?
Fares for the Train from Istanbul to Ankara bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Istanbul to Ankara produce?
The Train from Istanbul to Ankara produces about 11.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 352 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 Istanbul to Ankara?
Operators on the Train from Istanbul to Ankara publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 10m 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 Istanbul to Ankara on 14 September 2026: 352 km of route against 352 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €40.49, and 3h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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