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Havabüs coach to TaksimorİETT 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 Taksim 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 Taksim is quicker: 1 h 30 against 2 h.

Havabüs coach to Taksim: 06:30–00:30. 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 TaksimİETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent MetroDifference
1TRY 485TRY 138.60TRY 346.40
2TRY 970TRY 277.20TRY 692.80
3TRY 1,455TRY 415.80TRY 1,039.20
4TRY 1,940TRY 554.40TRY 1,385.60
5TRY 2,425TRY 693TRY 1,732
6TRY 2,910TRY 831.60TRY 2,078.40
7TRY 3,395TRY 970.20TRY 2,424.80
8TRY 3,880TRY 1,108.80TRY 2,771.20

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
Havabüs · Havabüs, fare set by İBB — line SG-2Havabüs coach to Taksim
From
The Havabüs stop on the road outside the terminal
To
Taksim, on Abdülhak Hamit Caddesi in Talimhane, via Kavacık, the second bridge, 1. Levent, Zincirlikuyu Metrobüs and Dolapdere
Luggage
A coach with a hold; the operator publishes no bag limit for it.
Runs
06:30–00:30
Journey
90–113 min

The only direct public service across the Bosphorus from this airport. Everything cheaper leaves you on the Asian side or at 4. Levent.

Ninety minutes is the operator's estimate and it says traffic decides; İETT puts the same run at 113 minutes. Plan on two hours at rush hour.

It sets down on Abdülhak Hamit Caddesi in Talimhane, the stop İETT lists for the line; the operator's English page names the Gezi Park metro exit on Cumhuriyet Caddesi instead. Both are Taksim.

Nothing scheduled between 00:30 and 06:30. The extra coaches for delayed flights until 04:00 have no timetable, so do not plan on one.

Havabüs coach to Taksim: 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

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