The Metrobus (Turkish: Metrobüs) is a 50 km (31.1 mi) bus rapid transit route in Istanbul, Turkey. The system has 45 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 the route.

The busway, the first section of which opened in 2007 after two years of construction, is used by a number of Metrobus lines which operate within a ‘closed’ system carrying 1 million people daily. Turkish authorities have since assisted with the development of a similar system in Lahore, Pakistan, which opened in 2013.Its name was coined by the İETT to suggest that the system is a hybrid between a metro train (Turkish: metro) and a bus (Turkish: otobüs).


Contents

1History

1.1Planning and construction

11External links

History[edit]

Planning and construction[edit]

Construction of the first section of the busway, between Avcılar (serving Istanbul University's Avcılar campus) and Topkapı started in 2005.[7]

Operation[edit]

The busway opened on September 17, 2007.] It was then extended in an easterly direction from Topkapı to Zincirlikuyu, and then from Zincirlikuyu to Söğütlüçeşme, the latter of which is on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. In 2012, it was extended from Avcılar to a western residential suburb, Beylikdüzü.[8]

Route[edit]

The busway is approximately 50 km (31 mi) in length and has 45 stations,[with one lane each direction following Istanbul's main highway  D.100.

The system mainly follows the city's ringroad, with a fully separated right-of-way between Avcılar and Zincirlikuyu and between the eastern end of the Bosphorus Bridge and Söğütlüçeşme. There are no intersections with a dedicated bus lane in each direction with few passing lanes.[4] Buses drive on the left-hand side of the bus lane, so that their doors, designed for conventional operation with door to the right-hand side of the vehicle, open onto the bidirectional central platforms. Most services operate only with the ‘closed’ BRT system.

The following table shows the interval between buses (headway) for each of three sections of the line for vehicles traveling in an easterly direction; intervals for buses in the other direction are similar.[10]




Stations and route stopping patterns

Shaded boxes indicate route operates from the station.

Routes

34 (Avcılar - Zincirlikuyu)

34A (Söğütlüçeşme - Cevizlibağ AÖY)

34AS (Avcılar - Söğütlüçeşme)

34BZ (Beylikdüzü - Zincirlikuyu)

34C (Beylikdüzü - Cevizlibağ)

34G (Beylikdüzü - Söğütlüçeşme) (Only Night)(G = Gece = Night)(22.00/06.00)

34U (Uzunçayır - Zincirlikuyu)

34Z (Zincirlikuyu - Söğütlüçeşme)

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