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Istanbul's Yenikapı
Feribot Terminalı is an important
transport nexus for fast catamaran ferryboats to
Yalova (for
İznik/Nicaea and Bursa),
Bursa (Güzelyalı), and Bandırma (for
the Marmara and Aegean
coasts, and trains to İzmir).
Fast catamaran "Sea
Bus" ferries
zoom to and from various points
in the
Istanbul metropolitan
area, including Bostancı, Bakırköy and
Kadıköy,
and also across the Sea
of Marmara to Yalova, Bursa and Bandırma,
as well as to Sea
of Marmara ports
such as Armutlu, Mudanya, Avsa, Marmara
island, Çınarcık, Esenköy
and Küçük Kumla. Here's
more on Sea of Marmara car
and passenger ferries.
Suburban
trains (banliyö trenleri) depart
Sirkeci
Station for Halkalı, stopping
at Kumkapı and Yenikapı along
the route. If you are staying in the
Cankurtaran
hotel area south
and east of the Hippodrome (on
Kutlugün, Akbıyık, Mimar
Mehmet Ağa or Amiral
Tafdil sokaks, for example),
it's more convenient to walk downhill
to the Cankurtaran station to
catch the surburban
train to either station. (The walk is easier and more pleasant from Kumkapı station.)
Here's a map of Istanbul's
Metro, suburban train, tram and funicular
system.
It's about a 15- or 20-minute walk
south from the Aksaray Metro terminus or
the Yusufpaşa
stop on the Bağcılar-Eminönü/Kabataş
tram line along Atatürk Caddesi
to the Yenikapı ferry terminal.
Havataş
airport buses await
every ferry arrival at Yenikapı to
shuttle travelers to Atatürk
Airport and to Taksim
Square, whence they can
board an airport bus for Sabiha
Gökçen Airport. More...
Yenikapı has been
designated an important nexus in Istanbul's
public transport
system, the spot where Metro and
suburban
rail lines meet fast ferries.
The Marmaray
Project, putting a rail tunnel
beneath the Bosphorus,
is planned to link with the Metro
and ferry docks in a huge underground
terminal at Yenikapi to be completed in 2013.
In November 2005, excavations for
the terminal revealed the Theodosian
harbor
of Constantinople, with artifacts dating
from the 300s AD. Teams of excavators
converted the terminal construction
into Istanbul's largest archeological
site, revealing foundations of a church,
a city gate, and eight sunken ships.
İstanbul
Deniz Otobüsleri A Ş
Kennedy Caddesi, Yenikapı
Hızlı Feribot İskelesi
34480 Fatih, Istanbul,
Turkey
Call Center:
+90 444 44 36
Tel: +90 (212) 455 6900
Fax: +90 (212) 517 3958
info@ido.com.tr
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Above, Istanbul's
Yenikapı ferry terminal.
Below, the ferry
port from
the air, showing the Yenikapı
suburban
train station.
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