ekRota: Istanbul Transit

Find out where to go in Istanbul, and how, in seconds. Bus, metro, Marmaray, ferry, metrobus and minibus, all in one app. Free, no ads, no sign-up.

FROM A TO B
Enter where you start and where you're going; ekRota weighs every mode of transport together and lists alternative routes. Pick the fastest route, the one with the fewest transfers or the least walking. Walking legs follow real sidewalks and footpaths.

STEP-BY-STEP LIVE NAVIGATION
Tap "Start Directions" and follow your trip step by step. See how many minutes until your vehicle arrives, how many stops until you get off and where to transfer, in real time.

LIVE BUS AND METROBUS LOCATIONS
Follow the real GPS positions of İETT buses and metrobuses on the map. See the bus approaching your stop with your own eyes instead of waiting in vain.

STOP ALARM
Get a notification when the bus you're waiting for nears your stop. Choose the line and how many stops ahead you want to be told; set it for a specific time or repeat it every week on the days you choose.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CANCELLED TRIPS
Metro Istanbul, Şehir Hatları and İETT service announcements inside the app. Cancelled ferry and bus trips are shown on the line's page, and directions don't suggest them.

METRO, TRAM AND MARMARAY
Every metro and tram line, funiculars, cable cars and Marmaray. Train positions along the line, station lists, first and last departures and active service announcements.

FERRY
Şehir Hatları ferry trips, piers, daily timetables and current fares.

MINIBUS
Minibus lines by district, routes drawn from real GPS traces, and departure times.

STOPS NEAR ME
Instantly see the stops closest to you and every line that serves them.

FAVORITES
Save the lines, stops and minibus routes you use most and open them with a single tap.

15 LANGUAGES
English, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Uzbek and Ukrainian. The app follows your phone's language, or pick one in Settings.

TRANSPARENT ABOUT DATA
For buses and metrobuses we show the vehicles' real GPS positions. For metro, Marmaray and ferries, vehicle-level live location data isn't publicly available, so movement is calculated from the official timetable, and the screen clearly says it's timetable-based. We never pretend to a precision we don't have.

DATA SOURCES
Public data from İETT, Metro Istanbul, Şehir Hatları and the IBB Open Data Portal. Maps by Google; route geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors.

ekRota is an independent app; it is not an official app of IBB, İETT, Metro Istanbul or Şehir Hatları and is not affiliated with these organizations. Operator logos shown in the app are used only to indicate which operator runs the line.

Recent changes:
In this version:

• Metro, ferry and İETT announcements in the app; all of them in Settings > Announcements.
• Cancelled ferry and bus trips are shown on the line's page.
• Directions no longer suggest cancelled trips.
• Bus line page: cancellations and announcements in a single-line card.
• Metro list shows each line's first and last stop.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.