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Urban transportation in Istanbul began with the founding of the Dersaadet Tram Company and the decision to construct the Tünel. [9] In 1871 this company began providing horse powered tram services for various routes including Azapkapı - Galata, Aksaray - Yedikule, Aksaray - Topkapı and Eminönü - Aksaray [10] and amassed 4.5 million people in its first year.
Otoyol 1 (English: Motorway 1), abbreviated as O-1 and locally referred to as The First Beltway [1] (Turkish: 1. Çevreyolu), is a controlled access highway in Istanbul, Turkey. The O-1 serves as the inner beltway and is one of three intercontinental motorways in the city, the others being the O-2, and O-7, as well as connecting the European ...
Operated by İETT, the Tünel (1875) in Istanbul was the first underground railway line in continental Europe, and the second subterranean railway line in the world after London's Underground (1863) Istanbul is served by three underground funicular railways, of very different ages and styles. The older of these lines is the Tünel.
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge The Irmak–Zonguldak railway ( Turkish : Irmak-Zonguldak demiryolu ) is a railway line in the Black Sea Region of Turkey . The railway connects the industrial coal regions and the port of Zonguldak as well as the Kardemir steel mill to central Anatolia and is a major freight railway.
Zonguldak railway station [1] (Turkish: Zonguldak garı) is a regional (formally inter-city) railway station [2] in Zonguldak, Turkey. It is the western terminus of the Zonguldak-Filyos Regional and was the former northern terminus of the Karaelmas Express from Ankara. It was opened in 1937 as the northern terminus of the Irmak-Zonguldak railway.
Zonguldak (Turkish pronunciation: [zoŋˈguɫdak]) is a city of about 100 thousand people in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Zonguldak Province and Zonguldak District . [ 2 ] It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli .
The Istanbul suburban railway, locally referred to as B1 (Turkish: İstanbul Banliyösü), was an important rail line in Istanbul, Turkey. It was operated by the Turkish State Railways and was one of Istanbul's two commuter rail lines (the other being the Haydarpaşa suburban ).
Istanbulkart is a contactless smart card for fare payment on public transport in Istanbul, Turkey.It was introduced on March 23, 2009 in addition to the Akbil, an integrated electronic ticket system which was eventually phased out in 2015.