AŞTİ
Largest bus terminal in Ankara, Turkey
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AŞTİ (Ankara Intercity Coach Terminal, Turkish: Ankara Şehirlerarası Otobüs Terminali) is the intercity bus terminal of Ankara, Turkey.
Ankaray, city busesAŞTİ Ankara Şehirlerarası Otobüs Terminali | |||||
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AŞTİ Bus Station in Ankara | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Yenimahalle, Ankara | ||||
| Coordinates | 39.918278°N 32.810694°E | ||||
| Line | Intercity coaches | ||||
| Connections | Ankaray, city buses | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Operational | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1995 | ||||
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Geography
AŞTİ is situated to the west of Mevlana Boulevard, the former Ankara ring road at 39°55′05″N 32°48′44″E .[1] Its address is Beştepeler Mahallesı, Mevlana Bulvarı, No:82 Söğütözü, Çankaya.[2]
The terminal
The terminal was put into service in 1997. Its closed area is 128,520 square metres (1,383,400 sq ft) . It is a two-storey terminal where the lower floor is reserved for incoming traffic and the upper floor is reserved for outgoing traffic. Daily traffic is about 2500 busses.[3]
Main roads from Ankara
Ankara is situated more or less at the center of Turkey. There are five main roads from Ankara.
| Boulevards and highways | Direction | Examples of target cities |
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Ondokuz Mayıs Boulevard- D.200 (east side) | East and Northeast Turkey | Samsun, Sivas, Erzurum, Trabzon |
İrfan Baştuğ Boulevard- D.140 | North Turkey | Çankırı, Kastamonu, Sinop |
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Boulevard – D.750 (north side ) | Northwest Turkey | Istanbul, Zonguldak, Bolu |
| İsmet İnönü Boulevard- D.200 (west side) | West Turkey | Eskişehir, İzmir, Bursa, Antalya |
| Mevlana Boulevard - D.750- (south side) | South Turkey | Konya, Kayseri, Mersin, Adana, Gaziantep |