Esenler Coach Terminal Esenler Otogarı | |||||
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 Esenler Bus Station in Istanbul | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Bayrampaşa, Istanbul | ||||
| Coordinates | 41°02′24″N 28°53′39″E / 41.03987°N 28.89413°E | ||||
| Platforms | 324 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Platform levels | 4 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1994 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| daily | 600,000+[1] | ||||
| Services | |||||
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Intercity coaches, İETT city buses
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Esenler Coach Terminal (Turkish: Esenler Otogarı) is the central and largest bus terminus for intercity bus service in Istanbul, Turkey. Although the terminus is located in Bayrampaşa district, it is named after Esenler district, which is closer.
The multi-story terminal houses 450-500 permanent parking lots for buses and over 1,000 temporary ones. Average total traffic per day is about 15,000 buses. It also has a capacity of 600,000 passengers a day, with around 3,000 to 5,000 people employed in the terminal.
Around one million passengers pass through it every day.[2]