Route
The busway is approximately 50 km (31 mi) in length and has 45 stations, with one lane each direction following Istanbul's main highway D.100.
The system mainly follows the city's ringroad, with a fully separated right-of-way between Avcılar and Zincirlikuyu and between the eastern end of the Bosphorus Bridge and Söğütlüçeşme. There are no intersections with a dedicated bus lane in each direction with few passing lanes. Buses drive on the left-hand side of the bus lane, so that their doors, designed for conventional operation with door to the right-hand side of the vehicle, open onto the bidirectional central platforms. Most services operate only with the ‘closed’ BRT system however.
The following table shows the interval between buses (headway) for each of three sections of the line for vehicles traveling in a easterly direction; intervals for buses in the other direction are similar.
| Section of Route | Avcılar - Topkapı | Edirnekapı - Zincirlikuyu | Bosphorus Bridge - Söğütlüçeşme | ||||||
| Days of week | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average headway (during busiest hour) | 0:14 | 0:24 | 0:36 | 0:17 | 0:24 | 0:40 | 0:42 | 1:05 | 1:15 |
| Average headway (between 1am to 6am) | 2:00 | 2:51 | 6:00 | 4:17 | 2:51 | 6:00 | 8:34 | 6:40 | 6:40 |
| Average headway (over 24 hours) | 0:28 | 0:45 | 1:19 | 0:40 | 0:46 | 1:24 | 1:33 | 1:59 | 2:15 |
| Number of Trips / Day | 3,138 | 1,919 | 1,093 | 2,180 | 1,895 | 1,023 | 926 | 726 | 642 |
Times above shown as 'minutes:seconds'
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