Home / Istanbul /Sabiha Gökçen / Havabüs coach to Kadıköy vs İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro

SAW → Istanbul · head to head

Havabüs coach to KadıköyorİETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Havabüs coach to Kadıköy reaches Kadıköy, on the Asian shore, and Taksim across the Bosphorus; the İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro does not. The European side, but 4. Levent is a business district on the M2, not the centre: Taksim is five metro stops on, on a TRY 34.40 transfer. For Levent, Maslak or the Bosphorus villages it is the direct way; for Taksim the Havabüs coach is.

The Havabüs coach to Kadıköy is quicker: 1 h against 2 h.

Havabüs coach to Kadıköy: 05:45–01:30. İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro: 05:30–01:00.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in TRY. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersHavabüs coach to KadıköyİETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent MetroDifference
1TRY 300TRY 138.60TRY 161.40
2TRY 600TRY 277.20TRY 322.80
3TRY 900TRY 415.80TRY 484.20
4TRY 1,200TRY 554.40TRY 645.60
5TRY 1,500TRY 693TRY 807
6TRY 1,800TRY 831.60TRY 968.40
7TRY 2,100TRY 970.20TRY 1,129.80
8TRY 2,400TRY 1,108.80TRY 1,291.20

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
Havabüs · Havabüs, fare set by İBB — line SG-1Havabüs coach to Kadıköy
From
The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal
To
Kadıköy Rıhtım, the İETT bus stops by the ferry piers, via Yenisahra on the way
Luggage
A coach with a hold; the operator publishes no bag limit for it.
Runs
05:45–01:30
Journey
60–87 min

The M4 metro goes to the same square for TRY 46.20 in 52 minutes. The coach costs six and a half times as much and, by İETT's figure of 87 minutes, is slower; by the operator's 60 minutes it is about the same.

It buys a seat, a hold and a service that runs to 01:30 every night, two hours after the last metro on Sunday to Thursday nights.

The 60 minutes is the operator's own estimate and it says traffic decides the rest; İETT puts the run at 87.

Yenisahra, on the way, is an M4 station: get off there for the eastern districts rather than riding into Kadıköy.

Havabüs coach to Kadıköy: price for every party size

Check Havabüs times and fares
E-3 · İETTİETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro
From
The İETT stop on the road outside the terminal
To
4. Levent Metro, on the M2 across the Bosphorus, five stops north of Taksim
Luggage
An İETT express bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Runs
05:30–01:00
Journey
120 min

Two hours on İETT's own figure, over the second bridge. The Havabüs coach reaches Taksim itself in 90 to 113 minutes for TRY 485.

TRY 138.60 for one person against TRY 46.20 on the metro to Kadıköy; the difference buys the crossing to Europe.

The M2 from 4. Levent runs 06:00 to midnight, and through the night on Fridays and Saturdays, so the 00:20 and 01:00 buses land you without an onward train on other nights.

İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent Metro: price for every party size

See İETT's E-3 timetable

This compares two of 8 options. See all of them ranked for your party size

The other comparisons at Sabiha Gökçen