Getting around · Train
How to get from Ankara to Kars
Every way we could verify, sorted by door-to-door time. Airport and terminal transfers are inside the figures — the number you see is the number you live.
Timetables checked · Fares are ranges, not live prices
Ankara to Kars
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24 hr 30 min door to door · $12–20 · checked Aug 2026
The Dogu Ekspresi sleeper - ~24 h across Anatolia and a destination in itself; book weeks ahead in winter.
Kars to Ankara
Same modes, door-to-door times and fares in this direction — every leg was researched and verified separately, and the figures came out identical.
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