Public Transportation Istanbul

Public transport in Istanbul comprises a bus network, various rail systems, funiculars, and maritime services to serve the more than 13 million inhabitants of the city spread over an area of 5712 km².

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Public Transportation in Istanbul, Turkey

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öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel in Istanbul, Türkei

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Public road transport in Istanbul dates back to 30 August 1869, when a contract to build a tram system in the capital of the Ottoman Empire was signed. With this agreement, Konstantin Krepano Efendi’s “Société des Tramways de Constantinople” obtained the concession to operate public transportation for forty years. The inauguration of four lines of horse-driven trams was in 1871. In the first year, the horsecars transported 4.5 million people on the lines Azapkapı-Galata, Aksaray-Yedikule, Aksaray-Topkapı and Eminönü-Aksaray.

Transporte Público en Estambul, Turquía

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土耳其伊斯坦布尔的公共交通

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Transport Public à Istanbul, Turquie

المواصلات العامة في اسطنبول ، تركيا

Trasporto Pubblico a Istanbul, Turchia

Several British and French companies operated all public transport in İstanbul until 16 June 1939, the date of nationalization. The newly established company İETT (İstanbul Electric Tram and Tünel Company) took over from then on the task of public transport in İstanbul. On 27 May 1961 trolleybuses were put in service first between Topkapı and Eminönü following the elimination of trams. However, they were taken out of service some time later because they also hindered the growing traffic in the narrow streets of the old city. In 1988, a company called Ulaşım A.Ş. (Transport Inc.) was established to run the services of LRT (since 1989), Metro (since 2000) and Modern Trams (since 1992) by the Municipality of Istanbul.

İstanbul, Türkiye’de Toplu Taşıma

Общественный транспорт в Стамбуле, Турция

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