Tram Routes
There were many tram routes; the European side had more routes than the Asian side. The main routes were as follows -
- 1 - Kadiköy - Kısıklı
- 4 - Kadiköy - Bostanci
- 6 - Kadiköy - Fenerbahçe
- 8 - Kadiköy - Hasanpasa
- 10 - Şişli - Tünel
- 11 - Şişli - Beyazıt
- 11 - Üsküdar - Kısıklı
- 12 - Harbiye - Fatih
- 12 - Kadiköy - Üsküdar
- 14 - Maçka - Tünel
- 15 - Maçka - Sirkeci
- 16 - Maçka - Beyazıt
- 17 - Mecidiyeköy - Şişli - Sirkeci
- 19 - Kurtuluş- Aksaray
- 20 - Kadıköy - Moda (This route has been partly replicated by the Asian side heritage tram from 2003)
- 22 - Bebek - Eminönü
- 23 - Ortaköy - Aksaray
- 32 - Topkapı - Bahçekapı
- 33 - Yedikule - Bahçekapı
- 34 - Beşiktaş - Fatih
- 37 - Edirnekapı - Bahçekapı
Beside these, there were some short routes, which were truncated versions of full routes.
Route numbers were also displayed by color combinations, mainly for the illiterate. The colors reflected the termini as follows:
- Red : Aksaray, Mecidiyeköy, Şişli, Topkapı, Tünel
- Blue : Beyazıt, Maçka
- Green : Edirnekapı, Fatih, Harbiye
- Yellow : Arnavutköy, Bebek, Beşiktaş, Kurtuluş, Ortaköy
- White : Bahçekapı, Eminönü, Sirkeci, Taksim, Yedikule
The colors of both termini were used in left and right of destination board. (Note: service 22 had all-yellow as color despite serving Eminönü)
On the Asian side, services had solid colors:
- Red : 4, 11
- Blue : 1
- Green : 6
- Yellow : 20
- White : 12
- Brown : 8
Read more about this topic: Trams In Istanbul
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