Istanbul's metro, tram and rail stations are often your first view of a district, and some are worth knowing before you travel. This page collects the stations that matter to visitors, whether for an interchange, a link to an airport or a stop close to a sight. Use it to plan connections, understand where lines meet and decide which station suits your hotel or route.
ŞişhaneMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Şişhane is one of Istanbul's deepest underground metro stations on the M2 line, located beneath Meşrutiyet Street in Beyoğlu with direct access…Open daily 06:09–00:09
KabataşMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground transport hub where the F1 funicular meets ferries, trams and buses on the Bosphorus waterfront. Essential transfer point connecting Taksim to…Open daily 06:15–00:00
Kayaşehir MerkezMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro interchange on lines M3 and M11 in Başakşehir, currently serving the expanding outer-city district of Kayaşehir. The M3 section is…Open daily 06:00–00:00
GayrettepeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Gayrettepe is an underground rapid transit station on the M2 and M11 lines of the Istanbul Metro, located in east-central Şişli under…
Sabiha Gökçen HavalimanıMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground terminal station connecting Istanbul's secondary airport to the city via the M4 metro line. The station opened in October 2022 as…Open daily 06:00–00:00
Şişli-MecidiyeköyMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground interchange hub serving lines M2 and M7, opened in 2000 with M7 expansion in 2020. Major transport junction connecting to Metrobus…
OtogarMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Otogar metro station is located in southwestern Bayrampaşa at the center of the Esenler Bus Terminal. Opened in 1994 as part of…Open daily 06:00–00:00
EtilerMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Etiler is an underground station on the M6 line of the Istanbul Metro in Beşiktaş, located beneath Nispetiye Avenue in the upscale…
Boğaziçi ÜniversitesiMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
An underground rapid transit station on the M6 line of the Istanbul Metro, terminal point of a short shuttle line serving Boğaziçi…Open daily 06:00–00:00
AşiyanMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Aşiyan is the lower terminus of the F4 funicular line, an underground station on the Bosphorus waterfront next to Aşiyan Park. Opened…Open daily 06:00–00:00
TünelMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
A historic underground funicular railway connecting Karaköy at the base of Galata Hill to Beyoğlu near İstiklal Avenue. Opened in 1875, it…
KazlıçeşmeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Kazlıçeşme is a commuter railway and tramway station in Zeytinburnu, serving the Marmaray line connecting the European and Asian sides of Istanbul,…Open daily 06:00–23:59
NispetiyeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Nispetiye is an underground station on the M6 line of the Istanbul Metro in Beşiktaş. It is located beneath Nispetiye Avenue, just…
TophaneMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Tophane is a T1 tram stop on the Bosphorus shore in Beyoğlu, between Karaköy and Fındıklı, beside the Tophane Fountain, Nusretiye Mosque…
KozyatağıMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground transfer hub on the M4 and M8 lines serving the residential and commercial district of Kozyatağı on Istanbul's Asian side. A…Open daily 06:00–00:00
BahçelievlerMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro station on the M1 line serving the Bahçelievler district southwest of central Istanbul. A major transport hub with connections to…Open daily 06:00–00:30
GebzeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Gebze is the eastern end of the Marmaray line and a high-speed rail stop in Kocaeli, just beyond Istanbul. It dates back…
4. LeventMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
An underground M2 metro station on Büyükdere Avenue serving the northern financial district, with connections to multiple buses and Istanbul Sapphire tower…
SeyrantepeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Seyrantepe is a metro station in northern Istanbul's Sarıyer district, serving as the western terminus of the M2 line's Seyrantepe branch, with…
Sanayi MahallesiMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro station on the M2 line serving Istanbul's financial districts between Levent and Maslak, with shuttle connections to Seyrantepe.Open daily 06:00–00:00
HacıosmanMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
The northern terminus of Istanbul's M2 metro line in the Sarıyer neighbourhood. An underground station serving the northern suburbs with direct access…Open daily 06:42–00:42
İstanbul HavalimanıMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
The rapid transit station serving Istanbul's international airport, opened in January 2023 on the high-speed M11 metro line. Located in the Arnavutköy…Open daily 06:00–00:40
KağıthaneMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Kağıthane is an interchange metro station on lines M7 and M11 in Istanbul's Kağıthane district, with the M7 platform elevated above ground…
AltunizadeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Altunizade is an underground station on the M5 line of the Istanbul Metro in Üsküdar. It is located beneath the Altunizade interchange…
DudulluMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
An underground interchange station connecting the M5 and M8 metro lines in Ümraniye's Yukarı Dudullu neighbourhood. The M5 platform opened in 2018…
ÜmraniyeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Ümraniye is an underground station on Istanbul's M5 rapid transit line, located beneath Alemdağ Avenue and Bosna Boulevard in the Tantavi neighborhood.…Open daily 06:00–00:00
ÇekmeköyMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Çekmeköy station opened on 21 October 2018 as an underground station on the M5 line of Istanbul Metro. The station is located…
PendikMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Pendik metro station on the Asian side of Istanbul serves as a transport hub connecting the city's metro system to the residential…
KartalMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Kartal is an underground station on the M4 line of the Istanbul Metro in Kartal. It is located beneath the Kartal interchange,…Open daily 06:00–23:30
Kirazlı-BağcılarMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Kirazlı in Bağcılar is the underground station where Metro line M1B meets M3. A practical guide to the interchange, connections, accessibility and…
MahmutbeyMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro interchange station on the M3 and M7 lines in Bağcılar district. Key junction for connections across western Istanbul.Open daily 06:00–00:00
ÇağlayanMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Çağlayan is an underground station on the M7 line of the Istanbul Metro in Kağıthane, located on Abide-i Hürriyet Street. The station…Open daily 06:00–00:00
YıldızMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
The second deepest metro station in Istanbul, Yıldız serves the northwestern Beşiktaş neighbourhood on the automatic M7 line. Opened in January 2023,…Open daily 06:00–00:00
Fındıklı-Mimar Sinan ÜniversitesiMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
A surface-level tram station on Istanbul's T1 line that opened on 30 January 2005, serving the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and…Open daily 06:00–00:00
T1 TopkapıMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
T1 Topkapı is a major transfer hub on Istanbul's T1 tram line serving as a connection point between tram, light rail, bus…Open daily 05:30–00:30
Cevizlibağ-AÖYMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Cevizlibağ-AÖY is a street-level stop on the T1 tram in Zeytinburnu, next to the Cevizlibağ Metrobus station. A practical guide to the…
MerterMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Merter is an elevated metro station on the M1 line serving the Güngören district. It opened in 1994 as part of the…Open daily 06:00–00:00
EsenlerMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Esenler is a major interchange station on the M1B metro line, serving the Esenler district near the city's main intercity bus terminal.…
HalkalıMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Halkalı is an underground station on the M11 line of the Istanbul Metro and its western terminus. It is located under Station…Open daily 06:00–00:40
KısıklıMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Kısıklı is an underground metro station on the M5 line in east Üsküdar, opened in December 2017. It sits beneath Kısıklı Avenue…Open daily 06:00–00:00
BulgurluMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
An underground station on the M5 line serving the Bulgurlu neighbourhood in east Üsküdar. Opened in December 2017 as part of the…Open daily 06:00–00:00
ÇarşıMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground interchange station on the M5 line serving Ümraniye's commercial district, with a planned M12 connection coming in late 2026.Open daily 06:00–00:00
ÇakmakMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro station on the M5 line in Ümraniye, opened in 2018. Transfer point between the metro and city buses serving the…Open daily 06:00–00:40
Samandıra MerkezMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground station on Line M5, opened March 2024 as the eastern terminus of the metro system in Sancaktepe district.Open daily 06:00–00:00
SultanbeyliMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Sultanbeyli is the eastern terminus of Istanbul Metro Line M5, an underground station in the outer Asian reaches that opened in May…
NurtepeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Nurtepe is an underground station on the M7 line of the Istanbul Metro in Kağıthane. The station opened in 2020 and serves…Open daily 06:00–00:00
AlibeyköyMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Alibeyköy is a metro station on the M7 line of the Istanbul Metro in Eyüpsultan. The station is located on Atatürk Street…Open daily 06:00–00:00
FeshaneMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Feshane is a surface-level tram station in Eyüpsultan opened in 2021 on the T5 line, serving the Golden Horn waterfront and ArtIstanbul…Open daily 06:00–23:00
BahariyeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro station on line M9 in Küçükçekmece, opened in 2021. Part of the extended western M9 line serving the outer suburbs.Open daily 06:00–00:00
Piyer LotiMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
The upper terminal of the Eyüp–Piyer Loti aerial cable car (TF2), a two-station gondola system that climbs 420 meters from the Golden…Open daily 08:00–23:00
Necip FazılMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro station on the M5 line in Ümraniye. Serves the Necip Fazıl neighborhood and provides connections to the eastern suburbs via…
SancaktepeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
A new metro station on Line M5 opened in March 2024, serving the Sancaktepe district on Istanbul's Asian side with connections to…Open daily 06:00–00:00
Başakşehir-MetrokentMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro station on the M3 line in the Başakşehir district, serving the MetroKent residential complex. Opened in 2013 as part of…Open daily 06:00–00:00
OlimpiyatMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Olimpiyat is an underground metro interchange station serving the M9 and M11 lines, located just north of the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in…
İkitelli SanayiMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
An underground interchange station where the M3 and M9 metro lines meet in southern Başakşehir, serving industrial zones and the city's northwest…Open daily 06:00–00:00
Veysel KaraniMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Veysel Karani is an underground metro station on Istanbul's newly opened M5 line serving the Sancaktepe district on the Asian side of…
Bayrampaşa-MaltepeMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
One of Istanbul's six original metro stations, opened in 1989 at the launch of the city's first rapid transit line. An at-grade…Open 24 hours
Davutpaşa-YTÜMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
An elevated metro station on the M1A line in southern Esenler, located near Yıldız Technical University campus entrance.Open daily 06:00–00:00
Yakacık-Adnan KahveciMain image: AI-generated illustration. It may not show the place exactly as it looks.
Underground metro station on the M4 line in Kartal, opened in 2016. Serves as the easternmost station in Kartal with connections to…Open daily 06:00–23:59
Final thoughts
A little planning makes the network much easier to use. Choose the station nearest to where you are staying or where you plan to start your day, and look at how it connects to your next stop. Before you travel, check the official transport operator for current lines, routes and timetables, since services can change.
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