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INSET: CENTRAL ISTANBUL
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ROUTES
Operator: Istanbul Electrik, Tramway ve Tünel Isletmeleri (IETT)
TRAM ROUTES
Note: Some route numbers were duplicated. In such cases, the second occurrence of a route number has an asterisk (*) after it. These symbols were not used by the operator, however.
| 1 | Kadıköy - Karaca Ahmet - Bağlarbaşı - Kısıklı |
| 4 | Kadıköy - Altıyol - İhlamor - Bostancı |
| 6 | Kadıköy - Altıyol - İhlamor - Fenerbahçe |
| 8 | Kadıköy - Altıyol - Hasanpaşa |
| 10 | Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye - Şişli |
| 11 | Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye - Şişli |
| 11* | Üsküdar - Bağlarbaşı - Kısıklı |
| 12 | Fatih - Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye |
| 12* | Kadıköy - Karaca Ahmet - Üsküdar |
| 14 | Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye - Maçka |
| 15 | Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye - Maçka |
| 16 | Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye - Maçka |
| 17 | Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye - Şişli - Mecidiyeköy |
| 19 | Aksaray - Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Tünel - Taksim - Harbiye - Tatavla (Kurtuluş) |
| 20 | Kadıköy - Altıyol - Moda |
| 22 | Eminönü - Karaköy - Beşiktaş - Ortaköy - Bebek |
| 23 | Aksaray - Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Beşiktaş - Ortaköy |
| 32 | Topkapı - Aksaray - Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Bahçekapı |
| 33 | Yedikule - Aksaray - Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Bahçekapı |
| 34 | Fatih - Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Eminönü - Karaköy - Beşiktaş |
| 37 | Edirnekapı - Fatih - Beyazıt - Sirkeci - Bahçekapı |
FUNICULAR ROUTE
| Tünel | Karaköy - Beyoğlu |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramways: ? km.
- Tünel Funicular: 573 m.
HISTORY
- City trams (first-generation): (horse-drawn:) 1871 - 1912; (electric): 1912 - 3 Oct. 1966
- City trams (second-generation, full-service): 13 June 1992 - today.
- City trams (heritage tramways): (T2) 29 Dec. 1990 - today; (T3) 1 Nov. 2003 - today.
- Light rail (M1): 3 Sept. 1989 - today.
- Metro: 16 Sept. 2000 - today.
- Underground funicular (Tünel): (steam-operated): 17 Jan. 1875 - 1971; (electric): 3 Nov. 1971 - today.
- Kabataş-Taksim Funicular (electric): 29 June 2006 - today.
GAUGE
- Trams (first-generation): ? mm.
- Trams (second-generation and heritage): 1435 mm.
- Light rail (M1): 1435 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
- Underground funicular (Tünel): 1435 mm.
- Kabataş-Taksim Funicular: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Rahmi M. Koç Museum has a preserved tram from the 1st generation system as well as other objects of interest.
SOURCES
WIKIS
- F1 Taksim–Kabataş funicular line
- Istanbul Metro
- Istanbul nostalgic tramways
- Istanbul Tram
- Public transport in Istanbul
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum
- Trams in Istanbul
- Tünel
WEB SITES
- Ankara Rahmi M. Koç Museum
- İETT
- İstanbul (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Rail Turkey
Also, thanks to Michiel J.L. Rademakers, from Tilburg (The Netherlands), for further information provided through personal communication.
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