A typical rustic house in Yazılıkaya village, Han - Eskişehir, Turkey.

Istanbul to Eskişehir

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Istanbul to Eskişehir. From €11.18, fastest 2h 17m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Istanbul to Eskişehir runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.18 and €22.34, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 17m over 220 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€11.18 to €22.34

  • 157%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Istanbul

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:22First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

TCDD Taşımacılık runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Istanbul to Eskişehir on your date, and you pay on their side.

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FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Istanbul to Eskişehir on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €31.53Fri18
  2. about €24.38Sat19
  3. about €21.63Sun20
  4. about €19.43Mon21
  5. about €18.88Tue22
  6. about €21.08Wed23
  7. about €17.23Thu24
  8. about €19.98Fri25
  9. about €21.63Sat26
  10. about €19.43Sun27
  11. about €15.03Mon28
  12. about €15.03Tue29
  13. about €14.48Wed30
  14. about €15.03Thu1
  15. about €16.68Fri2
  16. about €15.03Sat3
  17. about €14.48Sun4
  18. about €11.73Mon5
  19. about €11.18Tue6
  20. about €12.83Wed7
  21. about €17.78Thu8

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 bus gets you into Eskişehir. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Eskişehir for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Eskisehir Gar and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Istanbul to Eskişehir

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €14.4890 days
  2. €12.8360 days
  3. €12.2845 days
  4. €16.1330 days
  5. €17.7821 days
  6. €15.0314 days
  7. €17.237 days
  8. €21.633 days
  9. €31.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €31.53, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€31.53€12.28137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Istanbul to Eskişehir and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

220 km

191 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

15,701,602921,630

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/4

4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

IstanbulIstanbulEskişehirEskişehir
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 220 km against 191 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Nilüfer, Bursa, Maltepe, Gebze. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from AOE into Eskişehir is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Eskişehir

Settled in advance, so the ride into Eskişehir costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Eskisehir Gar

Most of the points near Eskisehir Gar open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Istanbul to Eskişehir

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Istanbul to Eskişehir?

The fastest journey from Istanbul to Eskişehir takes 2h 17m door to door, of which 1h 44m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 9m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Istanbul to Eskişehir?

The cheapest fare from Istanbul to Eskişehir is €11.18, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €26.94. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Eskişehir?

The cheapest way from Istanbul to Eskişehir is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 2m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Istanbul to Eskişehir?

The fastest way from Istanbul to Eskişehir is by train, at 2h 28m door to door. Only 1h 44m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €22.34.

When should I book Istanbul to Eskişehir?

Fares from Istanbul to Eskişehir bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €12.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 157 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Istanbul to Eskişehir?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Istanbul to Eskişehir, at €14.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Istanbul to Eskişehir?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Istanbul to Eskişehir, at €10.63 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Istanbul to Eskişehir?

No operator record names Istanbul to Eskişehir directly. FlixBus, TCDD Taşımacılık publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Istanbul to Eskişehir?

33 percent of the services we sell from Istanbul to Eskişehir are direct. The rest connect at Nilüfer, Bursa, Maltepe, Gebze, with about 61 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Istanbul to Eskişehir produce?

Traveling from Istanbul to Eskişehir by coach produces about 5.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.3 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Istanbul to Eskişehir use?

Services from Istanbul to Eskişehir by train leave from Istanbul Halkali and arrive at Eskisehir Gar. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Istanbul to Eskişehir?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Istanbul to Eskişehir allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Istanbul to Eskişehir on September 17, 2026: 220 km of route against 191 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 2h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Eskişehir is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Eskişehir and across Türkiye

Day trips that leave Eskişehir in the morning and cover a good part of Türkiye by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Istanbul reaches 343 places in 119 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 11,424 km. Eskişehir reaches 64 places in 3 countries, from 60 to 2,477 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Istanbul

  • 343Places you can leave for
  • 119Countries
  • 105Operators

Arriving in Eskişehir

Leaving Eskişehir

  • 64Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 7Operators

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