6th of September Express

Overview
Service type	Intercity rail
Status	Service temporarily suspended
Locale	Western Turkey
Predecessor	Marmara Express
First service	1 September 2007
Last service	12 March 2020
Current operator(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık
Former operator(s)	Turkish State Railways
Route
Termini	Basmane Terminal, İzmir Bandırma station, Balıkesir
Stops	20
Distance travelled	341 km (212 mi)
Average journey time	8 hours, 15 minutes
Service frequency	Twice daily, each way (One as 6th September and one as 17th September)
On-board services
Class(es)	Coach class
Disabled access	Limited
Seating arrangements	2+1
Technical
Rolling stock	TVS2000
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Yes but not used
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Track owner(s)	Turkish State Railways
Route map 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.