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The Bosphorus Express (
Stara Zagora, and Bucharest
.
Stock
The train is pulled by a variety of locomotives in each country. Today the train consists of three or four cars usually supplied by the three railways. There are two
class-07 diesel locomotive becomes the motive power. At Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria, the BDŽ class-07 de-couples and either a BDŽ class-43 or a BDZ class-45 electric locomotive couples onto the train. At Russe
, the BDŽ electric locomotive is exchanged with a Romanian class-65 diesel locomotive, which pulls the train to Bucharest.
Typical configurations
İstanbul–Kapıkule
- TCDD E68000 Locomotive
- TCDD Couchette
- TCDD Couchette
Kapıkule–Dimitrovgrad
- BDŽ Class-07 Locomotive
- TCDD Couchette
- TCDD Couchette
Dimitrovgrad–Gorna Oryahovitsa
- BDŽ Class-43 or BDŽ Class-45 Locomotive
- TCDD Couchette
- BDŽ Coach
Gorna Oryahovitsa–Russe
- BDŽ Class-43 or BDŽ Class-45 Locomotive
- CFR Couchette
- TCDD Couchette
- BDŽ Coach
Russe–Bucharest
- CFR Class-65 Locomotive
- CFR Couchette
- TCDD Couchette
Between Dimitrovgrad and Russe, one or two BDŽ Coaches are added to the train for domestic travel.
Route
The journey starts at
Gara de Nord
(Bucharest North) station.
Gallery
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The Bosphorus Express at Sirkeci Terminal.
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The Bosphorus Express waiting to depart Bucharest.
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The old destination board on a TCDD couchette car.
References
- ^ "Bosphorus Express". www.interrail.eu. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
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