Ä°zmir Coach Bus Terminal (Turkish: , often abbreviated as ) is a bus terminal located in
Ä°zmir
Ä°zmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of Ä°zmir Province. In 2024, the city of Ä°zmir had ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. The bus station entered into service in December 1998.
History
Ä°zmir had a coach bus terminal in
Basmane, then moved to
Halkapınar in 1975.
Ä°zmir Metropolitan Municipality
Ä°zmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of Ä°zmir Province. In 2024, the city of Ä°zmir had ...
initiated a project tender to build a new coach bus terminal;
Merih Karaaslan
Merih Karaaslan (1949 - 3 January 2002) was a Turkish architect.
Biography
Graduated from Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an publi ...
and Ä°lker Aksu's project won tender.
Ä°ZOTAÅž signed a BOT contract with municipality in September 1996, and initiated a tender for build.
The bus terminal's base laid at 8 May 1997, then the bus terminal opened at 14 December 1998.
Ä°ZOTAÅž will have operating right for the bus terminal until 2023.
In 2020, a national competition was held for the new terminal campus and the winning projects were determined by the jury and made available to citizens.
[https://anatransfermerkeziyarisma.izmir.bel.tr/ ] The new terminal campus will be completed quickly after the end of the contract and will be opened to the service of citizens.
Architecture
Ä°zmir Coach Bus Terminal built on 150.000 m
2 area.
It is the Turkey's biggest bus terminal with 120.000 m
2 closed area.
The bus station has 146 platform for buses.
Also, it has a three-star hotel, 2 gas stations, parking lot for 1200 vehicles, and a conference hall that includes 300 seats.
Service
172 transportation companies are in operation.
Approximately 75.000 passengers are transported daily.
References
External links
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Bus stations in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Ä°zmir
Transport infrastructure completed in 1998
1998 establishments in Turkey