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İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only)orİETT 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 İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only) 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 İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only) is quicker: 1 h 27 against 2 h.

İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only): 00:15–03:30, every night but Friday to Saturday. 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.
TravelersİETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only)İETT bus E-3 to 4. Levent MetroDifference
1TRY 92.40TRY 138.60TRY 46.20
2TRY 184.80TRY 277.20TRY 92.40
3TRY 277.20TRY 415.80TRY 138.60
4TRY 369.60TRY 554.40TRY 184.80
5TRY 462TRY 693TRY 231
6TRY 554.40TRY 831.60TRY 277.20
7TRY 646.80TRY 970.20TRY 323.40
8TRY 739.20TRY 1,108.80TRY 369.60

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
E-10 · İETTİETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only)
From
The İETT stop on the road outside the terminal
To
Kadıköy, via Kurtköy and the D100 through Pendik, Kartal and Maltepe
Luggage
An ordinary İETT bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Runs
00:15–03:30
Journey
87 min

This line only exists at night. Miss the 03:30 and the next public transport is the metro at 06:00 or a Havabüs coach for delayed flights, if one is running.

The cheapest thing that moves after the last metro on Sunday to Thursday nights — TRY 92.40 against TRY 300 on the Havabüs coach — and it takes 87 minutes.

The night fare is an open question: the tariff doubles bus fares between 00:30 and 05:30 unless a decision says otherwise, and none is published for this line. Budget for TRY 184.80 on the 01:05, 02:25 and 03:30 departures.

Pay with an İstanbulkart: a bank card is charged the single-use price, TRY 120.

No departures on the night from Friday to Saturday. The M4 runs through that night, every 30 minutes at double fare.

İETT bus E-10 to Kadıköy (night only): price for every party size

See İETT's E-10 timetable
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

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