Train trip from 🇷🇴 Bucharest 🇷🇴 to 🇹🇷 Istanbul 🇹🇷 in a couchette car on a very hot June day.

Trip details: Operator: Romanian State Railways (CFR), Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ), Turkish State Railways TCDD Service: Bosphorus Express 461, 465, 493 Couchette car: TVS2000 Origin: Bucharest North Destination: Istanbul (Halkali) Duration: 19 hrs 47 minutes Ticket price: 281.29 Romanian Lei (RON), 55.70 EUR, 60.70 USD, 47 GBP Travelled in June 2024 Timeline: 00:00:00 București Nord station 00:03:00 Boarding 00:03:33 Bucharest Nord - Giurgiu Nord 00:09:50 Giurgiu Nord - Ruse (border crossing between Romania and Bulgaria) 00:16:20 Ruse - Gorna Oryahovitsa 00:30:35 Gorna Oryahovitsa - Dimitrovgrad 00:57:44 Dimitrovgrad - Kapikule (Turkish border station) 01:00:51 Kapikule - Halkali (Istanbul) #bucharestistanbul #nighttrain #traintravel #internationaltrain