Passenger train services between Syria's Aleppo city and Turkey's southern province of Mersin will begin on June 18.

Turkish State Railways (TCDD) stated on Thursday that Aleppo-Mersin passenger train would serve between June 18 and September 18, 2010.

The services will begin from Aleppo on Friday.

The train will serve once a week, and the road between the two cities will take nine hours.

The train has 120 passenger capacity.

AA