Is there a metro at the new Istanbul Airport?

A new high-speed metro line to Istanbul Airport will open by April 2021.

What are the operating hours of the Istanbul Metro?

Istanbul Metro operates from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight, but after 9 p.m., there is a trip every half hour due to the nationwide curfew imposed in Turkey from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

What are the most important metro lines expected to open in 2021?

A new high-speed metro line to Istanbul Airport will open by April 2021. The new line will transport passengers from Gayrettepe, in Sisli on the European side of Istanbul, to the new airport in just 35 minutes. The metro will extend 37.5 kilometers, include nine stations, and will be the fastest metro line in the country with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. The line is expected to serve about 600,000 Istanbul residents daily. It will pass through the districts of Besiktas, Sisli, Kagithane, Eyup, and Arnavutkoy, and is expected to significantly reduce the city's traffic load.

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The Istanbul Municipality provides a special "Kart" for public transportation, which is an electronic card that must be owned to use means of transport such as the metro, tram, buses, and some ferries and ships that carry passengers between the European and Asian sides of Istanbul.

The municipality provides electronic machines to obtain the Istanbul transportation "Kart", which are distributed at all metro stations. It can also be purchased from public "kiosk" outlets. Its value is 6 Turkish liras, paid only the first time, and it can be recharged with money from the electronic machines continuously, or from the kiosks, or from a special mobile application.