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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.
Buses running diversion routes do not display route numbers, spelling out the route on the headsign in detail instead. In 2010, the municipality decided to found a new company called Otobüs A.Ş. (Bus Inc.) in order to more quickly replace old vehicles. [23] Otobüs A.Ş. had a fleet of 544 vehicles as of December 2012. [18]
The T6 line uses approximately 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) of track previously used by the Istanbul Sirkeci-Pythio Railway and Istanbul suburban closed since August 12, 2013 [5] as part of construction of the Marmaray, running on refurbished tracks through Sirkeci and Kazlıçeşme.
The Istanbul Tram (Turkish: İstanbul Tramvayı) is a modern tram system on the European side of Istanbul. The first section, the T1 opened in 1992, followed by the T2, which opened in 2006. In 2011, the T1 and T2 merged, with the line retaining the T1 name. The T4, T5 and the T6 lines followed, opening in 2007, 2021 and 2024 respectively. [2 ...
The former capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, was once served on both its Asian and European sides by a large network of trams in Istanbul. Its first-generation tram network first operated as a horse tram system starting in 1871, and was eventually converted to electric trams in the early twentieth century.
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.
A pregnant woman is recovering in the hospital after she was stabbed multiple times by a pizza delivery driver over the size of her tip, according to reports. The incident happened on Sunday, Dec ...
Istanbul Inner Beltway including the Bosphorus Bridge: O-2: 36.9 22.9 O-3 in Mahmutbey, Istanbul: in Kozyatağı, Istanbul: 1986 -1988 Istanbul Outer Beltway including the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge: O-3: 246.9 153.4 near Edirne: in Eyüp, Istanbul: 1987 İstanbul-Edirne (Bulgaria-Greece-Turkey border) Motorway O-4: 372 231.2 O-2/O1-O2 ...