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İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only)orHavaist coach to Kadıköy?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only) reaches Taksim Square and the Gayrettepe–Şişli stretch of the M2, where the airport metro ends; the Havaist coach to Kadıköy does not. The Asian side. The only direct public service across the Bosphorus from this airport; every other option on this page leaves you in Europe.

The İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only) is quicker: 1 h 45 against 2 h.

İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only): 01:10–05:45. Havaist coach to Kadıköy: Runs all night.

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 H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only)Havaist coach to KadıköyDifference
1TRY 92.40TRY 515TRY 422.60
2TRY 184.80TRY 1,030TRY 845.20
3TRY 277.20TRY 1,545TRY 1,267.80
4TRY 369.60TRY 2,060TRY 1,690.40
5TRY 462TRY 2,575TRY 2,113
6TRY 554.40TRY 3,090TRY 2,535.60
7TRY 646.80TRY 3,605TRY 2,958.20
8TRY 739.20TRY 4,120TRY 3,380.80

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
bus · İETTİETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only)
From
Transportation floor -2 — the İETT stop the timetable calls İstanbul Havalimanı Garaj
To
Mecidiyeköy Metrobüs, beside Şişli-Mecidiyeköy on the M2, two stops from Taksim
Luggage
An İETT express bus; İETT publishes no luggage rule for it.
Runs
01:10–05:45
Journey
105 min

This line only exists at night. 01:10, 03:30 and 05:45 from the airport, every day. Miss the 03:30 and the next bus is over two hours away; after 05:45 take the metro, which starts at 06:03.

It is the cheapest thing that moves between 00:17 and 06:03 — TRY 92.40 against TRY 470 on the Havaist coach — and it takes 105 minutes to Mecidiyeköy.

The night fare is an open question. İbb's tariff doubles bus fares between 00:30 and 05:30 unless a decision says otherwise, and no document read here says whether one exists for the H-2. Budget for the rule as written on the 01:10 and 03:30 departures.

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

Mecidiyeköy is a Metrobüs and M2 interchange, not a square with hotels on it; the M2 will not be running when the 01:10 or 03:30 arrives except on Friday and Saturday nights.

İETT bus H-2 to Mecidiyeköy (night only): price for every party size →

See İETT's H-2 timetable
shuttle · Havaist (İBB), fare set by İBB — line HVL-6Havaist coach to Kadıköy
From
Transportation floor -2, Peron 14
To
Kadıköy, on the Asian side, via Tepeüstü, Yenisahra and Acıbadem Metro
Luggage
Two bags of no more than medium size free per passenger; TRY 120 for each bag beyond that.
Runs
All night
Journey
120 min

Every 75 minutes around the clock from the airport — 00:00, 01:15, 02:30, 03:45, 05:15, 06:30 and so on to 22:45 — which makes it the most regular night service the airport has.

Two hours on the operator's own timetable, and 75 km; traffic on the bridge decides the rest.

A taxi to the Asian side pays the bridge or tunnel toll on top of the meter, and through the Eurasia Tunnel the passenger pays the taxi's return toll too.

Havaist coach to Kadıköy: price for every party size →

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