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Istanbul's Banliyö Treni (suburban
train, from the French banlieue) is
a useful way to make several trips
in the city.
You can use your Akbil electronic
transit pass to ride the suburban
trains.
There are actually two banliyö lines:
SIRKECI-HALKALI
(European Side)
The line on the European side
of the Bosphorus goes
from Sirkeci
Station around Seraglio Point and
along the Sea
of Marmara shore to the western
suburb of Halkali.
Trains depart about every 15 or 20
minutes from 05:45 am until 24:00 (midnight).
(Download
.pdf timetable)
Stations of interest on this line:
Cankurtaran (4 minutes):
close to many small Sultanahmet hotels
than the Sultanahmet stop on the Kabatas-Zeytinburnu
Tram line.
Kumkapi (7 minutes): a
historic neighborhood filled with seafood restaurants.
Yenikapi (9
minutes): main port for fast
catamaran ferries going from
Old Istanbul to Asian suburbs, as well
as across the Sea
of Marmara to Yalova and Bandirma on
the south shore.
Yesilyurt (29 minutes):
the closest station on this banliyö line
to Atatürk
International Airport. It's only
a 10-minute taxi ride from the Yesilyurt station
to the terminals. More...
Florya (37 minutes): the
next station west after Yesilyurt,
there's
a big swimming beach here,
popular in summer.
HAYDARPASA-GEBZE
(Asian Side)
The line on the Asian shore
of the Bosphorus runs
southeast from Haydarpasa
Station through
the Sea
of Marmara suburbs passing Fenerbahçe
(8 minutes), Suadiye (17 minutes),
Bostanci (20 minutes), Kartal (39 minutes)
and Pendik (46 minutes) to Gebze (75
minutes), not far from Izmit
(Kocaeli).
Trains run about every 15 to 25 minutes
from 05:00 am until 24:00 (midnight).
(Download
.pdf timetable)
At Pendik you can
board a fast (car) ferry for the voyage
across the Gulf of Izmit in 40 minutes
to Yalova,
an alternative to a fast
catamaran passenger ferry from
Old Istanbul's Yenikapi
dock direct
to Yalova.
If you find yourself on the Asian side
of the Bosphorus headed
for Yalova, this may make sense.
Sirkeci
Station (Europe)
Haydarpasa
Station (Asia)
Trams
Ferryboats
Akbil Electronic
Transit Pass
Istanbul
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