1 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁Capital ▁Express ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁re h abil itation ▁of ▁the ▁railway ▁between ▁Ist an bul ▁and ▁Ar ify e . ▁When ▁track work ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Y HT ▁high - speed ▁service ▁replaced ▁the ▁Capital ▁Express ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁from ▁An k ara ▁to ▁Ist an bul . ▁ ▁History ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁the ▁Turkish ▁State ▁Rail ways ' ▁already ▁bad ▁reputation ▁was ▁w ors ening . ▁Even ▁T CD D ' s ▁flags hip ▁train , ▁the ▁F ati h ▁Express , ▁running ▁from ▁Ist an bul ▁to ▁An k ara , ▁was ▁losing ▁market ▁share ▁to ▁bus es ▁and ▁air lines . ▁New ▁modern ▁bus es ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Ist an bul - An k ara ▁highway ▁near ing ▁completion , ▁made ▁passengers ▁choose ▁bus ▁over ▁train ▁for ▁the ▁route . ▁Even ▁though ▁the ▁F ati h ▁Express ▁made ▁limited ▁stops ; ▁the ▁blue - red ▁P ull man ▁fleet , ▁which ▁the ▁train ▁used , ▁was ▁greatly ▁un pop ular ▁with ▁the ▁public . ▁The ▁cars ▁lack ed ▁proper ▁susp ension ▁and ▁air - condition ing , ▁which ▁made ▁jour ne ys ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁very ▁un com fort able , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁generally ▁ar id ▁and ▁hot ▁climate ▁of ▁central ▁An atol ia . ▁In ▁the ▁winter , ▁radi ators ▁on ▁the ▁train ▁would ▁burn ▁un