Metrobus (Istanbul)

Metrobüs
Metrobüs
Overview
Locale	Istanbul
Transit type	Bus rapid transit (BRT)
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	44
Daily ridership	1,000,000;
Website	Metrobus
Operation
Began operation	17 September 2007
Operator(s)	IETT
Number of vehicles	334
Technical
System length	52 km (32.3 mi)
System map
System map
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The Metrobus (Turkish: Metrobüs) is a 52 km (32.3 mi) bus rapid transit route in Istanbul, Turkey. The system has 44 stations that follow the city's ring road via Avcılar, Zincirlikuyu and the Bosphorus Bridge to Söğütlüçeşme using dedicated bus lanes for almost the entire length of the route.^[a]^[4]

The busway, the first section of which opened in 2007 after two years of construction, is used by a number of Metrobus lines which operate within a ‘closed’ system carrying 1 million people daily. Turkish authorities have since assisted with the development of a similar system in Lahore, Pakistan, which opened in 2013.^[5] Its name was coined by the İETT to suggest that the system is a hybrid between a metro train (Turkish: metro) and a bus (Turkish: otobüs).

The BRT corridor Avcılar - Söğütlüçeşme is certified to meet the BRT STANDARD with excellence: silver (2022)^[6]

^ "Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Istanbul, Turkey: Metrobüs" (PDF). Mercedes-Benz. 2018-07-23.
^ "IETT Distribution of daily passenger according to the transportation types". Retrieved 2014-04-24.
^ Cite error: The named reference CaseStudy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "BRT in Istanbul: Mercedes-Benz CapaCity highly effective and popular as a comfortable rapid transit bus with a high capacity". omnibusarchiv.de. 2009-08-22.
^ "Lahor metrobüs hattına Türk şirketleri damgası" [Turkish corporations' mark on Lahore's metrobus line]. Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). February 9, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
^ "BRT Rankings". www.itdp.org. Retrieved 2022-09-07.^{[title missing]}

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[mercedes-benz-bus.com-1] "Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Istanbul, Turkey: Metrobüs" (PDF). Mercedes-Benz. 2018-07-23.

[2] "IETT Distribution of daily passenger according to the transportation types". Retrieved 2014-04-24.

[CaseStudy-3] Cite error: The named reference CaseStudy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Mercedes-5] "BRT in Istanbul: Mercedes-Benz CapaCity highly effective and popular as a comfortable rapid transit bus with a high capacity". omnibusarchiv.de. 2009-08-22.

[6] "Lahor metrobüs hattına Türk şirketleri damgası" [Turkish corporations' mark on Lahore's metrobus line]. Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). February 9, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2020.

[7] "BRT Rankings". www.itdp.org. Retrieved 2022-09-07.^{[title missing]}

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