Izmir Metropolitan Municipality made special arrangements for public transportation due to the 3th Izmir International Fair to be opened on Friday, September 90rd. Additional night services have been added to some bus lines, metro and tram. In İZBAN, which is operated by TCDD-Metropolitan partnership, precautions were taken against possible night intensity.
Izmir International Fair (IEF), which will be held for the 90th time this year, will remain open for 10 days. The fair, which will be opened on Friday, September 3, with the intense measures taken against the epidemic, will close on Sunday, September 12. The fair, which will be held with the theme of “We Celebrate Together for 90 Years” and “We Are Building the Future Together in İzmir”, will host many organizations from culture to art, from economy to social events.
94 additional trips on 370 lines on ESHOT
Precautions have been taken so that the visitors of the fair can benefit from public transportation vehicles after their departure at night. ESHOT General Directorate strengthened the 94 busy lines departing from Konak Bahribaba Transfer Center and Metro, Tramway and İZBAN connected transfer centers with a total of 370 additional flights. The last flight hours of the vehicles have been extended to hours varying between 01.00 and 02.00. In addition, Owl lines (24.00 Gaziemir-Konak, 06.00 Çiğli-Konak, 910 Bornova-Konak, 920 Buca-Konak, 930 Balçova-Konak) operating between 940 – 950 will continue to serve. Motorized teams were assigned for coordination at important points around the fair such as Çankaya, Montreux, Lausanne and Basmane. Detailed information on the designated routes and flight times can be found on the ESHOT website and social media accounts.
Metro and Tram every 7.5 minutes
Izmir Metro and Konak Karşıyaka trams also extend their services by one hour during the IEF. The last flights on these lines will be made at 01.20. As a result of the arrangement made in addition to the current tariff, every 20.00 minutes between 01.20 – 7,5 on the İzmir Metro and Konak Tram during the fair period, Karşıyaka On the tram, there will be a trip every 10 minutes. Timetables can be seen on the internet sites and social media accounts of the metro and tram.
There will also be Owl expeditions in the Gulf
Measures were taken in maritime transportation to facilitate transportation during the fair. Between 3 and 12 September, gulf ferries will apply the Owl timetable every night. Cruise ships every 21.25 hour from 1:XNUMX Karşıyaka-Red flag; Alsancak-Karşıyaka will make the trip. Karşıyakalast time from 02.25; The last flight from Alsancak will depart at 02.45.
İZBAN will also make additional flights
İZBAN, operated in partnership with TCDD and İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, is also commissioning four additional flights for IEF. During the fair, two additional train services will be organized in both directions. Trains going to Aliağa; Hilal will be at 01.12 and 01.31, Alsancak will be at 01.19 and 01.38, and Halkapınar at 01.25 and 01.45. Additional trains going to Tepeköy will be ready at 01.17 and 01.45 at Halkapınar, at 01.26 and 01.54 at Alsancak, and at 01.30 and 01.58 at Hilal.