INTEGRATED MULTI-MODAL PUBLIC METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT IN ISTANBUL

Published on: January 20, 2019December 12, 2023 by Chaminda Weerawarna

Public transport in Istanbul is an example of a successful integrated multi-modal urban and suburban public transport scheme in metropolitan area consisting of tram, metro-bus, underground metro, commuter railway, funicular, air-lift gondola and maritime-seaway (ferry-service and sea-bus) services for the more than 13 million inhabitants of the city spread over an area of 5712 km². […]

METRO -Evolution of public Transport in urban and suburban metropolitan Area; a short History of World Metro Systems – in Pictures

Published on: January 1, 2019December 12, 2023 by Chaminda Weerawarna

“METRO” is the synonym for urban and suburban public integral transport. The evolution started 1863 in London with an underground steam railway as a metropolitan transport system. Metro public transport systems we find nowadays in about 180 cities around the globe. METRO has nowadays many faces, from rail guided underground and overground transits, over mono-rail, […]