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Ankara has two subway
train lines so far:
Metro runs
northwest-southeast between the central
Kizilay Square and
the northeastern suburb
of Batikent.
Ankaray runs
east-west between ASTI, the main bus
terminal in the west and Dikimevi in
the east.
Payment is by paper tickets with magnetic
stripes; one ticket is valid for one
trip on either or both of the Metro and Ankaray lines.
(Transfer between the
lines is fairly fast and
easy at Kizilay.) Tickets are sold
at all stations for
YTL1.25
each,
with
discounts
if you buy five or more tickets.
Insert the ticket in the machine at
the turnstile, wait until it pops out
again, take your ticket and pass through
the turnstile. Your ticket is not checked
at the end of your trip.
It's a bit confusing to have only
one line named Metro,
when in fact both lines are part of
the same "metro" system, but so it
is.
More lines are planned for Ankara's
underground rapid transit system (see
the map on the right).
It's possible, but not particularly
fast or easy, to travel between the Ankara
Gari (railway station)
and ASTI bus
terminal by Ankaray/Metro.
The Ankara
Gari page has details.
The Ulus Metro station is
the closest one to the Citadel, Musesum
of Anatolian Civilisations, and Roman
artifacts. It's actually one l-o-n-g
block southwest of Ulus
Square,
about
a five-minute walk. If your goal is
the Citadel,
you'll probably want to take a taxi
rather than climb the steep
hill from Ulus.
ASTI (Main
Bus Terminal)
Ankara
Gari (Railway Station)
Esenboga
Airport (ESB)
Distances & Travel
Times to/from Ankara
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