The Basmane-Nazilli Regional is a regional rail

Regional rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city center, and the middle to outer suburbs beyond 15km and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis...

 service operated by the Turkish State Railways

Turkish State Railways

The State Railways of the Turkish Republic or TCDD is the government owned, national railway carrier in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Ankara...

. The trains use the former ORC

Oriental Railway Company

The Oriental Railway Company or the İzmir-Aydın Railway was the first railway in Anatolia. The railway operated from 1856 to 1935 when TCDD absorbed it.-History:...

 mainline from İzmir

Izmir

Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

 to Nazilli

Nazilli

Nazilli is the second largest town in Aydın Province in the Aegean region of western Turkey, east of the city of Aydın, on the road to Denizli.- Etymology :...

, a distance of 175 km (108.7 mi). Service from İzmir to Nazilli dates back to 1882, when the Oriental Railway Company opened the line. The Stat Railways took over the line in 1935 and operated the Basmane-Denizli Regional as well as the discontinued Lakes Express to Isparta

Isparta

Isparta is a city in western Turkey and the provincial capital of the Isparta Province. The city's population is 222,556 and elevation from sea level is 1035 m. Another name of the city is "City of Roses"....

, also servicing Nazilli. In 2009, the Basmane-Nazilli regional opened as a new service on the line, this new service runs together with the Basmane-Denizli Regional. The Basmane-Nazilli regional acts as an express to the Basmane-Denizli regional, skipping a few stations the other stops at.