Istanbul Municipality to offer limited services in weekend-long COVID-19 curfew
Istanbul Municipality will be operating public transportation in the morning and evenings of the weekend-long curfew to slow the spread of COVID-19. Municipality-run bread kiosks and water delivery stores will also remain open.
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Some 17,000 Istanbul Municipality (IBB) employees will be working during the weekend-long curfew of April 18 and 19 to sustain operations for the city's public transportation, water and bread services.
Some 4,636 bus trips will take place during the 48-hour curfew, with some 445 routes operation between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Istanbul's subway lines will be operating between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The M6 subway line that connects to Istanbul's Boğaziçi University will not operate during the curfew.
The ferries will run on seven routes between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
All 535 Istanbul kiosks for municipality-made bread will continue operations and so will the 200 IBB-sold Hamidiye water branches.