6th of September Express

Legend

Distance Station 0 km Izmir Basmane 1 km (0.6 mi) Halkapınar bypassed 2016 17 km (10.6 mi) Çiğli 24 km (14.9 mi) Ulukent bypassed 2015 31 km (19.3 mi) Menemen 38 km (23.6 mi) Emiralem bypassed 2018 45 km (28.0 mi) Ayvacık bypassed 2018 İzmir Manisa 55 km (34.2 mi) Muradiye 63 km (39.1 mi) Horozköy 66 km (41.0 mi) Manisa 77 km (47.8 mi) Karaağaçlı 84 km (52.2 mi) Saruhanlı 87 km (54.1 mi) Hacırahmanlı 89 km (55.3 mi) İshakçelebi 103 km (64.0 mi) Kayışlar 107 km (66.5 mi) Kapaklı 117 km (72.7 mi) Akhisar 128 km (79.5 mi) Sünnetçiler 132 km (82.0 mi) Çobanhasan 136 km (84.5 mi) Bakır 146 km (90.7 mi) Kırkağaç 158 km (98 mi) Soma 185 km (115.0 mi) Savaştepe 240 km (149.1 mi) Balıkesir 262 km (162.8 mi) Yeniköy 286 km (177.7 mi) Susurluk 328 km (203.8 mi) Sığırcı 338 km (210.0 mi) Kuşcenneti 341 km (211.9 mi) Bandırma

The 6th of September Express (Turkish: 6 Eylül Ekspresi) is a 368 km (229 mi) long daily passenger train operated by TCDD Taşımacılık. The train runs from Basmane Terminal^[1] in İzmir to Soma, Manisa^[2] in western Turkey. The train provides local service on between the two destinations and the total scheduled time of a trip is 3 hours and 33 minutes.^{[citation needed]}

The 6th of September Express was inaugurated on 1 September 2007, as a second train service from İzmir to Bandırma.^[3] Following a tunnel collapse on 5 March 2016, the train was temporarily cut back to Soma. Once the tunnel was rebuilt and train service returned, the 6th of September Express continued to operate only to Soma for a year. It is now extended to its former terminus.^{[citation needed]}

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 6th of September Express was suspended on 12 March 2021.

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