Pamukkale Express

{{Short description|Passenger train in Turkey}}

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| name = Pamukkale Express

| image = TCDD DE 24 372 Dinar - Karakuyu.jpg

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| caption = Pamukkale Express in 2022

| type = Inter-city rail

| status = Operating

| locale = Central Turkey

| first = 28 August 1978Milliyet - 25 August 1978, p. 6

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| operator = Turkish State Railways

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| start = Eskişehir

| stops = 31

| end = Denizli

| distance = {{convert|421|km|0|abbr=on}}

| journeytime = 7 hours, 55 minutes

| frequency = Daily

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| catering = At-seat snack service

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The Pamukkale Express ({{langx|tr|Pamukkale Ekspresi}}) is a passenger train operated daily by the Turkish State Railways between Eskişehir and Denizli. The train covers a distance of {{convert|421|km|abbr=on}} in a scheduled time of 7 hours and 55 minutes through mountainous and mostly rural central Anatolia.

The Pamukkale Express formerly operated as a night train between Haydarpaşa Terminal in Istanbul and Denizli, with through cars to Burdur and Isparta.[https://eksisozluk.com/pamukkale-ekspresi--68636?p=3 Pamukkale Ekspresi (Turkish)] - eksisozluk.com In 2008 train service was suspended for seven years until being revived in 2015 as a day train on its current route.

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