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İzmir Coach Bus Terminal built on 150.000 m 2 area. [1] It is the Turkey's biggest bus terminal with 120.000 m 2 closed area. [3] [4] The bus station has 146 platform for buses. [1] Also, it has a three-star hotel, 2 gas stations, parking lot for 1200 vehicles, and a conference hall that includes 300 seats. [4]
Most motorways in Turkey have six lanes (3+3 lanes), however there are sections of some motorways with only four (2+2) lanes. The motorways extended to 28 of the country's 81 provincial-level administrative divisions. [2] As of October 2024, there are 3,796 km of toll motorways network (otoyollar) in service. [2]
The history of rapid transit in Turkey dates back to the late 20th century when the first metro systems were introduced in Istanbul and Ankara. The Istanbul Metro, which opened its first line in 1989, marked the beginning of rapid transit development in Turkey. Over the years, various cities across the country have initiated their own rapid ...
İzmir is a transportation hub for western Anatolia. [1] [2] İzmir has an extensive bus system, a developing metro, commuter rail system and a large urban ferry network. The city has highways connecting it to Çeşme, Menemen, Istanbul, Bursa, Aydın and Denizli as well as a beltway. Mass transportation is operated by four separate public ...
O-30 in Bornova, İzmir: 2016 - 2019 İstanbul-Bursa-İzmir Motorway, including the Osmangazi Bridge and the Orhangazi Tunnel: O-6: 101 62.8 near Malkara, Tekirdağ: near Lapseki, Çanakkale: 2022 The section containing the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge was opened in March 2022 O-7: 275.2 171.1 O-3 near Kınalı, Istanbul: O-4 near Akyazı, Sakarya ...
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.
The Metrobus (Turkish: Metrobüs) is a 52 km (32.3 mi) bus rapid transit route in Istanbul, Turkey.The system has 44 stations that follow the city's ring road via Avcılar, Zincirlikuyu and the Bosphorus Bridge to Söğütlüçeşme using dedicated bus lanes for almost the entire length of the route.
The route between Istanbul and Ankara by rail has been a single-track line, and trains usually were delayed 30 minutes to 2 hours plus the average 7 hours, 30 minutes travel time. Rail transport in Turkey was already at its lowest point, so in 2003 the State Railways and the Turkish Ministry of Transport made an agreement to build a 533 km (331 ...