AKBIL:
AKBIL is a magnetic pass that is accepted in all means of public transport . In addition to offering discount , AKBIL allows you to get in buses , tramway , subway , train , ferry boat , and pay your fare for transportation easily . Akbil is used by pressing in the chip at the round but hollow metal casing that is the size of the chip located on the Akbil machine at the front near the driver on buses and on the turnstiles on tramway , subway and ferry boats . If you use Akbil , after the first use , for 5 uses in two hours , the machine will apply a discount of 50% on these uses , however Double-deckers , Tunnel and IDO Sea Buses do not apply such discount . You can buy Akbil from Akbil Kiosks , where you will also have to pay a little deposit for it that you can get back when you give back the Akbil . You can recharge credit to Akbil as you wish and you can see how many credits are available in your Akbil on the screen of the Akbil machine when you use the Akbil . Akbil can be recharged at an Akbil Sales Point or Akbil recharge machines . The credit gets down by 1 . 25 liras in
each use , so an average recharge amount is about 20 liras .
Electronic Tickets:
These are credit-card-sized cards used only for five uses and cost you the price of five tickets . These electronic tickets are accepted only on buses and used by passing the card through a reader located on the top of an Akbil machine . These cards does not offer discounts and can not be recharged , as you will have to buy another card after you have completed your five uses .
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