Elektrik Su Havagazı Otobüs Troleybüs ( en, Electricity, Water, Coal Gas, Bus, Trolleybus) or ESHOT is a

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operating in the

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. ESHOT, along with İZULAŞ are the two main bus transit service in

. Buses serve all districts, however, denser network presence attained in the central area. ESHOT is owned by the

İzmir Municipality İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

(İBB).

History

Before ESHOT was formed, all of İzmir's public services were operated by several companies. ESHOT Genel Müdürlüğü was formed on July 27, 1943 to take over the İzmir Tram and Electric Company. This company operated all

trams A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

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and

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facilities in the city. In 1945, ESHOT took over the İzmir Coal Gas Company and on June 5, 1947 ESHOT took over the İzmir Suları A.Ş. to have control over all the cities main facilities. ESHOT started printing their own paper on June 11, 1957 for new information on all public utilities. By 1959, ESHOT began producing refurbished buses under the direction of Ismail Faruk Paksoy, director of Eshot. In the 1960s the Kordon trolley line was abandoned. ESHOT started operating province wide starting December 11, 1980. On September 12, 1982 the Turkish Electric Company took over all electric operations from ESHOT. The İzmir Municipality became the parent company of ESHOT on June 27, 1984. İZSU Company was formed on March 25, 1987 to operate all water facilities in İzmir and on July 1, 1987 ESHOT turned over all water operations to İZSU. On September 1, 1994, the Coal gas factory in

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closed down leaving ESHOT only in-charge of city bus operations.

Connections

ESHOT has many interchanges with the national

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carrier, the

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, the city metro system, the

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, the city ferry system, and the 2 city airports.

Routes

ESHOT has many routes. Some of the routes are: * 8 Güzelbahçe-Fahrettin Altay Terminus via Mithatpaşa Avenue * 18 Vatan-Yeşilyurt-Konak via Üçyol * 23 Uzundere-Konak via Eski İzmir Street, Eşrefpaşa (goes through Çankaya on return trip: this is a quasi-loop line) * 60 Pınarbaşı-Kemer via former Kemalpaşa road * 70 Tınaztepe-Halkapınar via Buca, Eşrefpaşa, Çankaya, Alsancak * 80 Arapdere-Halkapınar via Bozyaka, Eşrefpaşa, Çankaya, Alsancak * 90 Gaziemir-Halkapınar via Yeşillik Road, Eşrefpaşa, Çankaya, Alsancak * 104 Tınaztepe-Konak via Adatepe, Buca, Menderes Avenue, Eşrefpaşa (looping on return through Çankaya) * 118 ESHOT-Evka 4 via Yeşillik Avenue, Yeşildere, Çamkıran, Osmangazi * 147 Postacılar-Halkapınar via Yeni Girne Boulevard, Bayraklı by the railway * 152 Gaziemir-Konak via Yeşillik Avenue, Üçyol * 193 Yurtoğlu-Konak via Cennetçeşme, Rasime Şeyhoğlu Street, Eski İzmir, Eşrefpaşa * 226 Atatürk OIZ-Bostanlı Express * 240 Elit Sitesi-Halkapınar via Yeni Girne, Altınyol * 249 Evka 4-Kemer Station via Osmangazi, Adalet Neighbourhood, Fatih Avenue * 304 Tınaztepe-Konak Atatürk Arts Center via Hasanağa, Menderes Avenue, Konak Tunnel * 390 Tınaztepe-Bornova via

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, Otoyol 30 (limited service express) * 443 Egekent-Bostanlı Pier via

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, Cahar Dudayev Road * 510 Gaziemir-Balçova via Otoyol 30 * 515 Tınaztepe-Bornova via Buca, Yeşildere, Mersinli, Manavkuyu * 565 Evka 4-Bornova via İnönü Neighbourhood * 599 Cengizhan-Halkapınar via Muhittin Erener, Bayraklı * 681 Fahrettin Altay terminus-Basmane via Hatay, Çankaya * 690 Tınaztepe-Fahrettin Altay terminus via

, Otoyol 30, Mehmetçik Road (limited service express) * 800 Menemen Railway Station-İzmir Bus Station via

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, D300 collectors,

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, Otoyol 30 * 912 Balatçık-Alsancak Station via

, Altınyol * 921 Bostanlı Pier-Alsancak Station via Seaside road * 969 Balçova-Fahrettin Altay via Teleferik, İkiztepe

Color coding

ESHOT has a color coding to distinguish which depot a bus come from. ESHOT stickers bearing colored ESHOT emblem and the acronym "ESHOT" are glued on the upper-right part of the windscreen and upper-middle part of rear-view glass on every ESHOT line bus.

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