Lowest CO2€92.74
- TCDD Taşımacılık TC177506:466h 1m12:47Kars railway stationAnkara Gar
Door to door 6h 45mCO2 28.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kars to Ankara train
Trains from Kars to Ankara start at €116.39 and take 6h 45m at their fastest.
The Trains from Kars to Ankara starts at €116.39 and takes 6h 45m door to door, run by 1 operator over 871 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 45mDoor to door
- 6h 1mMoving
- €116.39From
- 28.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TCDD Taşımacılık | €92.74 | 6h 36m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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Rooms within reach of Ankara Gar
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When to book Kars to Ankara
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.8490 days
- €69.1760 days
- €81.5645 days
- €77.4330 days
- €98.0821 days
- €100.4414 days
- €122.277 days
- €173.603 days
- €217.851 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.17.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €217.85, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €108.11Sun
- €98.67Mon
- €90.41Tue
- €100.44Wed
- €119.32Thu
- €114.01Fri
- €123.45Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kars
Rail
- Kars railway station
- Mezra Railway Station
- Benliahmet Railway Station
Ankara
Rail
- Ankara Gar
- Ankara railway station
- Ankara high-speed railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 871 km against 871 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Turhal, Çorum, Tokat, Kırıkkale. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Kars at 06:46 and the last at 19:37, across 9 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 43m | 1h 33m | 3h 10m | €90.41 | 220.7 kg | 8 |
| Train | 6h 45m | 6h 1m | 44m | €116.39 | 28.7 kg | 9 |
Questions about Kars to Ankara
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 the Train from Kars to Ankara take?
The Train from Kars to Ankara takes 6h 45m door to door, of which 6h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 871 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 Kars to Ankara cost?
The Train from Kars to Ankara starts at €116.39 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €131.24. 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 Kars to Ankara?
1 operators run the Train from Kars to Ankara: TCDD Taşımacılık. Between them they file around 9 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 Kars to Ankara use?
The Train from Kars to Ankara leaves from Kars railway station 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 Kars to Ankara?
Traveling from Kars to Ankara by Flight costs €90.41 and takes 4h 43m door to door, against 6h 45m 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 Kars to Ankara?
Fares for the Train from Kars to Ankara bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.17. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kars to Ankara produce?
The Train from Kars to Ankara produces about 28.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 871 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Kars to Ankara?
Operators on the Train from Kars to Ankara publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 45m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kars to Ankara on September 9, 2026: 871 km of route against 871 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €116.39, and 6h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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