Turkey's famed Eastern Express sees 215,000 travelers in 6 months

In just the first six months of this year, approximately 215,000 passengers traveled on the Eastern Express ("Doğu Ekspresi" in Turkish) between Ankara and Kars, one of the longest routes of Turkey's State Railways (TCDD).

A drone shot above Turkey's Eastern Express train as it travels through a magnificent green landscape, the Ankara-Kars railway line, Turkey, July 22, 2022.

A shot of two train wagons of the Eastern Express, July 22, 2022.

Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu shares a photo of a train wagon and a sample of the gorgeous scenery the train takes its passengers through, Erzincan, Turkey, July 12, 2022.

The Eastern Express offers its passengers a unique view of forests, rivers, streams and deep canyons as well as fields with colorful trees and flowers on its route, July 22, 2022.

Passengers wait at a train station for the Eastern Express to arrive, July 22, 2022.

Passengers getting off from the Eastern Express.

The Eastern Express going through rolling fields of yellow flowers.

The Eastern Express hosted 215,000 passengers in the first six months of this year.

The train's information panel can be seen on one of the wagons of the Eastern Express.

There are daily reciprocal services between Kars and Ankara.

The Kars railway station, which is the final stop of the Eastern Express, can be seen in this photo.