What is ESHOT Expansion? When was ESHOT Established?

ESHOT General Directorate or ESHOT for short is the name of the bus company of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.

It was established in 1943 as a business affiliated to Izmir Municipality. It stands for Electric Water Gas Bus and Trolleybus. Later, the Electricity -Gediz Edaş- and the Water -Issu- separated Airgas and Trolleybus sections were closed. Today only the Bus department is working. As of 27 March 2019, it operates as a General Directorate affiliated to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, which provides urban transportation with a fleet of 1525 vehicles within the boundaries of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.

History

ESHOT General Directorate, Izmir Tramway and Electric Turkish Joint Stock Company, with the approval of the agreement regarding the purchase of the installation and the operation of this Organization, with the 27.07.1943th article of the Law No. 4483 dated 5, regarding the acquisition and transfer of the Izmir Waters Turkish Joint Stock Company. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 05.06.1947 of Law No. 4583, dated 6, it was established as a business affiliated to Izmir Municipality to be managed as an Administration with Additional Budget until a general Business Law was issued for such organizations. In 1945, the company merged with the Tramway and Electricity Enterprise joined the Gas Gas Plant in the same year.

The Regulation on the Organization and Duties of İzmir Electricity, Water, Gas Gas, Bus and Trolleybus, prepared on the basis of Articles 4483 and 4583 of the Transfer Laws No 5 and 6, entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 1322 June 11 and numbered 1957. it still functions in accordance with the principles of this Regulation.

Bornova, which is affiliated to the province of Izmir, with the Resolution 11 of the National Security Council published in the Official Gazette No. 1980 dated 17187 December 34, KarşıyakaThe removal of the Public Legal Entities of the villages of Altındağ, Balçova, Buca, Büyükçiğli, Gaziemir, Güzelbahçe, Gültepe, Işıkkent, Narlıdere, Pınarbaşı and Yeşilyurt, as well as Balatçık, Doğançay, Doğanlar, Örnekköy, Uzundere Villages and all municipalities, Electricity, Water and Bus Operations of their villages are also connected to ESHOT.

No. 12 1982 with date September 17809, 2705 and Law No. 1 published in the Official Gazette of Electrical and Electrical unit with the Electricity Authority staff have been transferred to Turkey in November 1982, 23 date. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality was established with the Law No. 1984 and Law No. 18350 dated 195 June 27 and published in the Official Gazette dated 1984 March 3030 and numbered XNUMX, and Metropolitan Municipality, Central District Municipality (Konak), Karşıyaka District Municipality, Bornova District Municipality, has been divided into four municipalities in terms of service and duty, and the ESHOT General Directorate has remained an annexed budget enterprise under the Metropolitan Municipality.

ANNEX-25, added to the Law No. 1987 by Law No. 19411, with the Decision of the Council of Ministers numbered 87/11594 published in the Official Gazette No. 2560 dated March 3305, 4. According to the article, General Directorate of İZSU was established. Pursuant to this Law, water-related units and personnel affiliated with the ESHOT General Directorate were transferred to the IZSU General Directorate on 1 July 1987. Trolleybuses, which carry passenger transportation with buses, were excluded from service in July 1992 due to the fact that their spare parts could not be supplied due to the old technology, negatively affect the traffic flow, increase operating costs and complete their economic life.

The “Air Gas Company”, which was founded by the British under the name of “Ottoman City Gas” in 1876 for the enlightenment of İzmir, was transferred to the Municipality in 1936, the Municipality established a “City Gas Directorate” and commissioned the business. It was affiliated with the "General Directorate of Electric Tramway Operations", which was established in 1945 by Law No. 4483. Illumination of the city After starting to provide electricity, gas lanterns were dismantled and fuel production was started for the houses. Due to its old technology, permanent damage, environmental pollution and the completion of its economic life, it was closed with the decision of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Council dated 1 September 1994 and numbered 05.195.

ESHOT Bus Fleet 

Sequence No.	Species	Tip:	Model	Amount
1	MERCEDES SOLO	345	1998	32
2	MERCEDES BELLOW	O 345	2001	103
3	BMC BELDE SOLO	CB 260	2003	42
4	BMC BELDE SOLO	CB 260	2004	67
5	IVECO EBUS 4 MIDI	EBUS 4	2007	15
6	BMC BELDE SOLO VIP	CB 280	2007	8
7	BMC BELDE SOLO	CB 280	2007	52
8	BMC BELDE SOLO	CB 280	2008	119
9	ISUZU MIDI	CITY BUS	2008	27
10	MERCEDES BELLOW	Conecto	2008	100
11	MERCEDES BELLOW	Conecto	2009	100
12	BMC SOLO	PROCITY	2009	196
13	OTOKAR MIDI	DORUK 190 LE	2009	10
14	ISUZU MIDI	CITY BUS	2012	29
15	BMC SOLO	PROCITY	2012	50
16	TEMSA SOLO	Avenue	2013	297
17	SOLARIS BELLOW	URBINO	2014	100
18	MAN SOLO	LION CITY	2015	33
19	OTOKAR BELLOW	URBAN LF	2016	100
20	TVC ELECTRIC SOLO	E-CARAT	2017	20
21	OTOKAR SULTAN MIDI	MAXI CITY	2018	25
Total				1525

ESHOT Garages 

• Gediz Workshop and Heavy Care Facilities 
• Karşıyaka 
• from Mersin 
• İnciraltı 
• Adatepe 
• Çiğli 
• Small Cig 
• Torbalı 
• Menderes 
• Urla 
• Sarnıç