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The tram you'll use the most
in Istanbul is
the T1 Bağcılar- Kabataş tram. (Click
here to
download a map of Istanbul's
Metro, tram, Tünel & Funicular
system
[363Kb .pdf].)
Trams
run about every 10 or 15 minutes from
06:00 am until 00:00/24:00 (12 midnight)
daily. Here's how to pay the fare.
This route goes from the district
of Bağcılar via Zeytinburnu on
the shore of the Sea
of Marmara northeast through the Byzantine city
walls at Topkapı (the Cannon Gate,
not the palace),
then eastward via Yusufpaşa/Aksaray, then past the Grand
Bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı) and along Divan
Yolu to Sultanahmet—the
Hippodrome—the
historic center of Old Istanbul.
From Sultanahmet the
tram continues north past Sirkeci
station and Eminönü (ferry
docks), across the Galata
Bridge over the Golden
Horn to Karaköy Square (Galata,
starting-point for the Tünel up
to Beyoğlu's Istiklal
Caddesi), very near the Yolcu
Salonu passenger ship dock.
From Karaköy the
tram continues to Tophane,
near the Istanbul
Modern Art Museum,
then to Kabataş,
with its "Sea
Bus" catamaran ferry dock and Füniküler
(funicular tram)
to Taksim
Square.
The tram line will
eventually be extended
northward
along
the
European shore of the Bosphorus via Dolmabahçe
Palace to Beşiktaş (ferry
dock).
Use this tram and the Metro to
travel between Atatürk
Airport and Sultanahmet
Square (click
here for details) (Map).
Here's what the signboard
on the front of the tram means:
Bağcılar: Westbound/outbound
tram going all the way to the end of
the line, stopping at Zeytinburnu, where
you transfer to the
Metro to
go to Atatürk
Airport or the Otogar (bus
terminal).
CBG.A.Ö.Y: Westbound/outbound
tram going only as far as Cevizlibağ-Atatürk
Ögrenci Yurdu station (just
outside the city
walls), not all
the way to Bağcılar. You can take
it for any destination within the city
walls, but if you're going to Atatürk
Airport, you'll have to get out at
Cevizlibağ (the last stop) and wait
for a Bağcılar tram to take you four
more stops to Zeytinburnu.
Eminönü:
Eastbound/inbound tram going into the
center of the city (Laleli-Üniversite,
Beyazıt-Kapalı
Çarşı, Sultanahmet,
Sirkeci)
but only as far as the Eminönü
ferry docks, not across
the Galata
Bridge to Karaköy.
Kabataş:
Eastbound/inbound tram going to the
end of the line at Kabatas,
past all the stops, beyond
Eminönü and
across the Galata
Bridge to Karaköy (change
for Tünel),
Tophane and Kabataş.
Istanbul's
other prominent tram is the Nostalgic
Istiklal Caddesi tram that
runs along the former Grande
Rue de Péra in Beyoğlu,
from
Tünel
Square via Galatasaray
Square to Taksim
Square. More...
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