Border Crossings: Syria - Turkey

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(Aleppo -) Meydan Ikbis CFS - [Tahtaköprü border] - Islahiye TCDD (- Fevzipasa)

[D] A CFS diesel unit works through from Aleppo to Gaziantep on Friday mornings, returning in the evening. However, prospective travellers should check as it was reportedly discontinued in December 2010, but may have been reinstated in May 2011. A weekly train to Tatvan (for Tehran) leaves Damascus on Sundays, the return working leaving Islahiye on Tuesday/Wednesday night. This train is still running as at December 2011 despite the situation and consequent travel restrictions in Syria.

(Aleppo -) Ar Ra`i CFS - Çöbanbey TCDD (- Karkamış)

[D] Freight only. This line was formally reopened on 22 December 2009, having been out of use for an unknown period.

Al-Qamishli CFS - Nusaybin TCDD

[D] Freight only. This line once carried a through service between Istanbul and Mosul/Baghdad. A new weekly train was introduced in February 2010 between Gaziantep and Mosul, only to have been discontinued permanently by April 2010! The line is thought to be still in use for freight.

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