Elektrik Su Havagazı Otobüs Troleybüs (English: Electricity, Water, Coal Gas, Bus, Trolleybus) or ESHOT is a bus service operating in the İzmir. ESHOT, along with İZULAŞ are the two main bus transit service in İzmir. Buses serve all districts, however, denser network presence attained in the central area. ESHOT is owned by the İzmir Municipality (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, trolleybuses and electric 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.[1] 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 Alsancak closed down leaving ESHOT only in-charge of city bus operations.[1]
Connections
ESHOT has many interchanges with the national railway carrier, the Turkish State Railways, the city metro system, the İzmir Metro, the city ferry system, and the 2 city airports.
Routes
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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
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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