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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009 I finally caught up on a photo queue going back about 3 months to late July/early August. All the photos are on my website, but I'll post some teasers here over the next few days as time permits.Turkey is the second most popular tourist destination for Israelis (the US is the most popular), and a flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul takes just over 2 hours. Since it is just a hop, skip, and a jump from here to there, I went to Istanbul for about 4 days in early August. It is definitely one of the most interesting places I've traveled to. In terms of its transit, I just stuck to the European side of the city, where there are some very well utilized tram lines, a "light Metro" line, and a more traditional Metro line. There is also a historic tram in one part of town. Finally, there are many buses (I posted those photos in a caption help seeking thread, that can be found here, though I never rode any of them. I'll put some Tram Line T1 photos in this post. T1 is the busiest tram line, running from Zeytinburnu to Kabataş via the center of the city (on the European side of the Bosporus). According to nycsubway.org, ridership on this line is estimated to be almost 200,000 each weekday, and I can attest the line is SRO at nearly all hours (I think I got a seat twice during my entire stay there). The line has a fleet of 55 low floor Bombardier Flexity Swift trams. Interestingly, the tram system is not on the honor system. Each station has turnstiles where one has to instert a token or use their akbil, which is Istanbul's equivalent to a smart card system. And with that, here we go...           This was the best of many attempts to get a photo of a tram in front of the Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's best known landmarks:  Coming up in Part 2: Other Istanbul tram lines, the light metro, metro, and Turkish State Railways |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Oct 30 04:26:59 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Great stuff, Oren. Your patience paid off in the last shot.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by R PansePCC on Fri Oct 30 05:53:41 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Beautiful shots. |
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Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Oct 30 06:27:24 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. great photos!! |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Oct 30 17:23:18 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Awesome photos! I really wish I had more time to explore Istanbuls transportation network when I was there. I only caught a glimpse of one of the commuter/intercity trains |
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Posted by eyedoctor on Fri Oct 30 19:59:21 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Wonderful! I was in Istanbul (for 8 hours) 3 years ago, and rode the Tunel (built in 1875) which has the distinction of being the second oldest underground railway in the world! |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sat Oct 31 12:11:12 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by eyedoctor on Fri Oct 30 19:59:21 2009. I rode that too, all of 2 photos to come (maybe later tonight)... |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sat Oct 31 12:11:31 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Oct 30 17:23:18 2009. Thanks! |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sat Oct 31 12:12:50 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by Fred G on Fri Oct 30 04:26:59 2009. Yeah. Unfortunately, standing at that spot for too long results in scam artists coming up to you, asking you where you are from, and then trying to persuade you to go to their brother's/friend's carpet shop. My guidebook said don't go, you'll spend more time and money on carpets than you ever thought possible. |
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Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1) |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sat Oct 31 12:13:15 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by R PansePCC on Fri Oct 30 05:53:41 2009. Thanks! |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sat Oct 31 12:13:25 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Oct 30 06:27:24 2009. Thank you! |
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Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 2) |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Nov 1 01:55:51 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Here is the next and final installment of teasers from my trip to Istanbul in August. This post starts off with photos of one of the other tram lines in the city (T2). T2 is not nearly as busy as T1, has a shorter route (only 9 stops) and operates with high floor trams. After that are photos of the Light Metro (M1) and Metro (M2). In the case of both lines, since photography of transit facilities is technically illegal there, I just took a few shots as subtly as I possibly could, and just hoped for the best. I didn't have problems, but I also didn't want to take too many chances. The rolling stock on M1 was built by AAB and uses overhead catenary on its mostly above ground route towards Ataturk Airport. M2 has a mix of rolling stock and had a two extensions open in early 2009 with more in the works. After that, photos of the Tunel, an undergroudn funicular that has the destinction of being the world's second oldest underground railway, having opened in 1875. And last, but not least, photos of some Turkish National Railways trains and of Sirkeci Station, the mainline railway station in European Istanbul, the eastern terminus of the European railway network, and the former terminus for the Orient Express.Tram Line T2:   Light Metro:   Metro:   Tünel (as noted elsewhere in this thread, this is the world's second oldest underground railway, having opened in 1875):   Suburban Railway Line:    Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (State Railways of the Republic of Turkey):   These are photos of Sirkeci Station, which is the eastern terminus of the European railway network and was at one time the eastern terminus for the Orient Express:       |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 1 02:26:54 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Very nice. And turnstiles for street-level LRT, very eenteresting . . . take that, POP-coppers 
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sun Nov 1 02:45:45 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Some great pictures there! |
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 1 03:59:29 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Nice pics. A interesting mix of the past and the modern. |
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Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 2) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 1 07:54:47 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 2), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Nov 1 01:55:51 2009. awesome photos! |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Nov 1 15:49:38 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by Mr Mabstoa on Sun Nov 1 03:59:29 2009. Glad you enjoyed! |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Nov 1 15:53:24 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 1 02:26:54 2009. I personally found it annoying... |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Nov 1 15:53:36 2009, in response to Re: Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by Wallyhorse on Sun Nov 1 02:45:45 2009. Thanks! |
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Posted by #7 Flushing on Tue Nov 3 14:01:31 2009, in response to Recent PHOTOS: Istanbul (Part 1), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Oct 30 03:56:28 2009. Really great pictures! Thanks for sharing! |
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