Istanbul to Ankara Bus: Schedules, Tickets & Prices
The bus journey from Istanbul to Ankara takes approximately 5h to 12h, with fares from 498 TRY to 1,425 TRY.
Bus from Istanbul to Ankara
Taking a bus from Istanbul to Ankara offers multiple departure options from multiple stations, including Alibeykoy Bus Station, Istanbul, Atasehir Dudullu Bus Station, Istanbul, Harem Bus Station, Istanbul and others, with the day’s first bus leaving at 00:00. The ride lasts approximately 5 hours and will drop you off at Ankara Asti Bus Station, Altindag, Ankara or Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara, with tickets available from 498 TRY. Plan ahead and secure your spot reserve your seat.
Prices: 498 TRY to 1,425 TRY
Duration: 5h – 12h ⏱
Bus Routes & Schedules from Istanbul to Ankara
On this bus route between Istanbul and Ankara, several departure and arrival stations are available along the way. Travel time depends on the specific stops used, though most journeys fall around 5h. Buses follow a coordinated schedule running from 00:00 until 23:59, covering most of the day. Fares usually start at 498 TRY and can vary slightly depending on the service and stops selected. Consulting the full bus timetable for Istanbul to Ankara helps you compare station options, estimated travel times and available departures before deciding on the most suitable connection.
Cheapest Bus Istanbul to Ankara
498 TRY, from Alibeykoy Bus Station, Istanbul to Ankara Asti Bus Station, departure some times, duration 8h.Fastest Bus Istanbul to Ankara
1062 TRY, from Atasehir Bus Stop, Istanbul to Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara, departure 01:45, duration 5h.Bus Timetable: Alibeykoy Bus Station, Istanbul → Altindag, Ankara
- 00:45 09:45 9h 1425 TRY
- 09:20 20:20 11h 1425 TRY
- 10:20 20:20 10h 1425 TRY
- 12:20 22:20 10h 1425 TRY
- 21:50 06:50 9h 1425 TRY
- 23:49 08:49 9h 1425 TRY
Bus Timetable: Alibeykoy Bus Station, Istanbul → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 00:15 07:15 7h 561 TRY
- 00:19 08:19 8h 687 TRY
- 00:20 08:20 8h 750 TRY
- 00:29 08:29 8h 625 TRY
- 00:30 07:30 7h 687 TRY
- 00:50 07:50 7h 875 TRY
- 01:20 10:20 9h 750 TRY
- 01:30 08:30 7h 750 TRY
- 02:30 10:30 8h 625 TRY
- 05:15 13:15 8h 498 TRY
- 05:20 15:20 10h 1062 TRY
- 07:20 15:20 8h 625 TRY
- 08:20 16:20 8h 750 TRY
- 08:30 16:30 8h 625 TRY
- 09:00 17:00 8h 598 TRY
- 09:01 17:01 8h 598 TRY
- 09:15 17:15 8h 498 TRY
- 09:20 18:20 9h 625 TRY
- 09:50 18:50 9h 687 TRY
- 11:20 19:20 8h 750 TRY
- 11:49 20:49 9h 750 TRY
- 12:20 21:20 9h 750 TRY
- 12:45 21:45 9h 625 TRY
- 12:50 20:50 8h 1250 TRY
- 13:20 21:20 8h 750 TRY
- 13:23 21:23 8h 687 TRY
- 13:50 22:50 9h 750 TRY
- 14:48 23:48 9h 787 TRY
- 15:20 22:20 7h 812 TRY
- 15:45 23:45 8h 937 TRY
- 15:50 00:50 9h 750 TRY
- 16:15 01:15 9h 625 TRY
- 16:20 01:20 9h 562 TRY
- 16:50 00:50 8h 750 TRY
- 17:00 01:00 8h 750 TRY
- 17:50 02:50 9h 750 TRY
- 19:15 03:15 8h 937 TRY
- 19:20 03:20 8h 750 TRY
- 20:15 04:15 8h 498 TRY
- 20:20 04:20 8h 1250 TRY
- 20:29 04:29 8h 598 TRY
- 20:30 05:30 9h 625 TRY
- 21:20 04:20 7h 875 TRY
- 21:25 04:25 7h 687 TRY
- 21:50 05:50 8h 562 TRY
- 22:00 05:00 7h 625 TRY
- 22:45 06:45 8h 561 TRY
- 22:50 06:50 8h 687 TRY
- 23:00 07:00 8h 750 TRY
- 23:15 07:15 8h 625 TRY
- 23:20 06:20 7h 1062 TRY
- 23:50 07:50 8h 750 TRY
- 23:59 08:59 9h 787 TRY
Bus Timetable: Alibeykoy Bus Station, Istanbul → Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara
- 00:15 08:15 8h 937 TRY
- 00:20 07:20 7h 1062 TRY
- 05:20 14:20 9h 1062 TRY
- 11:20 18:20 7h 1062 TRY
- 13:20 20:20 7h 937 TRY
- 21:20 05:20 8h 937 TRY
- 23:20 06:20 7h 1062 TRY
Bus Timetable: Atasehir Bus Stop, Istanbul → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 00:45 06:45 6h 1062 TRY
- 01:45 07:45 6h 1062 TRY
- 06:45 14:45 8h 1062 TRY
- 11:00 21:00 10h 625 TRY
- 12:45 18:45 6h 1062 TRY
- 14:30 00:30 10h 625 TRY
Bus Timetable: Atasehir Bus Stop, Istanbul → Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara
- 00:45 06:45 6h 1062 TRY
- 01:45 06:45 5h 1062 TRY
- 06:45 14:45 8h 1062 TRY
- 12:45 18:45 6h 1062 TRY
Bus Timetable: Atasehir Dudullu Bus Station, Istanbul → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 00:00 08:00 8h 625 TRY
- 00:30 07:30 7h 875 TRY
- 00:45 06:45 6h 937 TRY
- 01:00 10:00 9h 787 TRY
- 01:14 08:14 7h 625 TRY
- 01:15 08:15 7h 750 TRY
- 01:30 09:30 8h 750 TRY
- 01:45 08:45 7h 622 TRY
- 02:00 09:00 7h 750 TRY
- 02:30 10:30 8h 750 TRY
- 02:40 08:40 6h 812 TRY
- 02:45 09:45 7h 750 TRY
- 09:45 16:45 7h 750 TRY
- 10:30 18:30 8h 625 TRY
- 10:45 18:45 8h 750 TRY
- 11:15 17:15 6h 937 TRY
- 11:16 19:16 8h 875 TRY
- 11:30 19:30 8h 625 TRY
- 11:31 18:31 7h 700 TRY
- 12:45 20:45 8h 750 TRY
- 13:14 21:14 8h 750 TRY
- 13:15 20:15 7h 812 TRY
- 13:40 20:40 7h 625 TRY
- 13:45 20:45 7h 750 TRY
- 14:00 22:00 8h 625 TRY
- 14:31 02:31 12h 625 TRY
- 14:45 22:45 8h 750 TRY
- 14:55 22:55 8h 750 TRY
- 15:15 23:15 8h 750 TRY
- 15:45 22:45 7h 687 TRY
- 16:30 23:30 7h 750 TRY
- 16:40 22:40 6h 812 TRY
- 17:00 00:00 7h 750 TRY
- 17:15 01:15 8h 750 TRY
- 17:30 00:30 7h 625 TRY
- 17:45 00:45 7h 562 TRY
- 18:00 01:00 7h 625 TRY
- 18:15 02:15 8h 750 TRY
- 18:30 01:30 7h 750 TRY
- 19:15 02:15 7h 750 TRY
- 20:45 04:45 8h 750 TRY
- 21:35 04:35 7h 750 TRY
- 21:45 05:45 8h 625 TRY
- 22:30 04:30 6h 875 TRY
- 22:35 05:35 7h 562 TRY
- 22:45 05:45 7h 937 TRY
- 23:00 06:00 7h 625 TRY
- 23:15 06:15 7h 875 TRY
- 23:50 07:50 8h 812 TRY
- 23:55 06:55 7h 598 TRY
- 23:59 07:59 8h 750 TRY
Bus Timetable: Atasehir Dudullu Bus Station, Istanbul → Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara
- 00:45 06:45 6h 937 TRY
- 01:45 07:45 6h 937 TRY
- 14:45 20:45 6h 937 TRY
- 22:45 04:45 6h 937 TRY
Bus Timetable: Dudullu Castle, Istanbul → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 01:00 08:00 7h 687 TRY
- 09:45 17:45 8h 687 TRY
- 14:30 21:30 7h 750 TRY
- 19:30 02:30 7h 750 TRY
- 21:30 04:30 7h 687 TRY
- 22:00 05:00 7h 750 TRY
- 23:30 06:30 7h 750 TRY
Bus Timetable: Harem Bus Station, Istanbul → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 00:30 07:30 7h 875 TRY
- 10:01 19:01 9h 875 TRY
- 10:31 17:31 7h 598 TRY
- 10:32 17:32 7h 598 TRY
- 12:00 19:00 7h 750 TRY
- 12:15 20:15 8h 750 TRY
- 12:25 20:25 8h 625 TRY
- 12:30 21:30 9h 750 TRY
- 13:30 20:30 7h 625 TRY
- 13:45 22:45 9h 875 TRY
- 14:00 23:00 9h 1250 TRY
- 14:30 21:30 7h 750 TRY
- 15:00 22:00 7h 999 TRY
- 16:00 01:00 9h 875 TRY
- 16:30 00:30 8h 562 TRY
- 16:31 01:31 9h 625 TRY
- 16:45 00:45 8h 750 TRY
- 17:00 01:00 8h 612 TRY
- 19:45 03:45 8h 625 TRY
- 20:00 04:00 8h 750 TRY
- 20:30 04:30 8h 625 TRY
- 21:30 06:30 9h 1250 TRY
- 21:45 04:45 7h 875 TRY
- 22:00 05:00 7h 598 TRY
- 22:01 05:01 7h 598 TRY
- 22:15 06:15 8h 875 TRY
- 23:45 07:45 8h 875 TRY
Bus Timetable: Istanbul Central Bus Station → Altindag, Ankara
- 00:30 09:30 9h 1425 TRY
- 09:00 21:00 12h 1425 TRY
- 10:00 21:00 11h 1425 TRY
- 12:00 23:00 11h 1425 TRY
- 21:30 06:30 9h 1425 TRY
- 23:29 08:29 9h 1425 TRY
Bus Timetable: Istanbul Central Bus Station → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 00:30 07:30 7h 875 TRY
- 01:00 10:00 9h 687 TRY
- 01:59 09:59 8h 750 TRY
- 02:30 11:30 9h 975 TRY
- 05:00 16:00 11h 1062 TRY
- 06:00 14:00 8h 1137 TRY
- 07:00 15:00 8h 625 TRY
- 07:59 15:59 8h 625 TRY
- 08:00 17:00 9h 750 TRY
- 08:15 16:15 8h 622 TRY
- 09:00 18:00 9h 625 TRY
- 09:30 18:30 9h 687 TRY
- 10:00 18:00 8h 1137 TRY
- 10:20 19:20 9h 750 TRY
- 10:30 18:30 8h 625 TRY
- 11:00 19:00 8h 750 TRY
- 11:30 20:30 9h 687 TRY
- 12:00 21:00 9h 750 TRY
- 12:30 21:30 9h 750 TRY
- 12:55 20:55 8h 750 TRY
- 13:00 21:00 8h 750 TRY
- 13:01 21:01 8h 625 TRY
- 13:25 21:25 8h 750 TRY
- 13:29 22:29 9h 750 TRY
- 13:30 23:30 10h 687 TRY
- 14:00 23:00 9h 687 TRY
- 14:28 23:28 9h 787 TRY
- 15:00 23:00 8h 812 TRY
- 15:01 23:01 8h 687 TRY
- 15:30 00:30 9h 687 TRY
- 16:00 01:00 9h 562 TRY
- 16:30 00:30 8h 750 TRY
- 17:00 02:00 9h 750 TRY
- 17:30 02:30 9h 687 TRY
- 18:00 02:00 8h 625 TRY
- 18:30 02:30 8h 750 TRY
- 19:00 03:00 8h 937 TRY
- 20:00 05:00 9h 562 TRY
- 20:30 05:30 9h 750 TRY
- 21:00 05:00 8h 687 TRY
- 21:30 04:30 7h 562 TRY
- 22:00 07:00 9h 750 TRY
- 22:30 06:30 8h 687 TRY
- 23:00 07:00 8h 625 TRY
- 23:15 08:15 9h 975 TRY
- 23:30 08:30 9h 687 TRY
- 23:55 07:55 8h 937 TRY
- 23:59 07:59 8h 687 TRY
Bus Timetable: Istanbul Central Bus Station → Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara
- 05:00 14:00 9h 1062 TRY
- 11:00 19:00 8h 1062 TRY
- 13:00 21:00 8h 937 TRY
- 21:00 05:00 8h 937 TRY
- 23:00 07:00 8h 1062 TRY
- 23:55 07:55 8h 937 TRY
- 23:59 06:59 7h 1062 TRY
Bus Timetable: Nilufer Turizm Dudullu Terminal, Istanbul → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 01:29 07:29 6h 623 TRY
- 11:15 18:15 7h 623 TRY
Bus Timetable: Sultanbeyli Bus Station, Istanbul → Ankara Asti Bus Station
- 00:20 07:20 7h 625 TRY
- 00:28 07:28 7h 748 TRY
- 00:30 08:30 8h 812 TRY
- 08:30 15:30 7h 625 TRY
- 10:00 17:00 7h 750 TRY
- 12:00 20:00 8h 625 TRY
- 12:15 19:15 7h 750 TRY
- 12:30 19:30 7h 750 TRY
- 13:00 21:00 8h 750 TRY
- 13:15 19:15 6h 625 TRY
- 13:30 21:30 8h 700 TRY
- 13:35 20:35 7h 625 TRY
- 14:00 21:00 7h 750 TRY
- 14:20 22:20 8h 875 TRY
- 14:30 21:30 7h 612 TRY
- 14:31 23:31 9h 625 TRY
- 14:48 21:48 7h 687 TRY
- 15:15 23:15 8h 750 TRY
- 15:30 23:30 8h 999 TRY
- 15:58 23:58 8h 625 TRY
- 16:00 23:00 7h 687 TRY
- 17:00 01:00 8h 687 TRY
- 17:15 01:15 8h 937 TRY
- 17:30 00:30 7h 625 TRY
- 18:00 01:00 7h 625 TRY
- 19:00 03:00 8h 812 TRY
- 20:45 04:45 8h 937 TRY
- 21:30 05:30 8h 625 TRY
- 21:50 04:50 7h 750 TRY
- 22:35 04:35 6h 687 TRY
- 22:50 05:50 7h 562 TRY
Frequently Asked Questions Bus Istanbul to Ankara
Below you will find answers to the most common questions about traveling from Istanbul to Ankara by bus.
How long does the bus trip from Istanbul to Ankara usually take?
The Istanbul to Ankara bus trip usually takes about 5 to 12 hours, depending on the departure point and arrival station. Some bus journeys are faster, such as the Atasehir Bus Stop, Istanbul to Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara route, which can take about 5 to 8 hours, while others can be longer. It is a good idea to check the exact bus service before booking.
What is the price range for bus tickets on the Istanbul to Ankara route?
Bus tickets for Istanbul to Ankara generally cost between 498 TRY and 1425 TRY. The final fare can vary by departure point, arrival station, and the specific bus service you choose. If you are comparing bus tickets, it helps to look at a few options before deciding.
Which bus departure points are available for Istanbul to Ankara?
There are several bus departure points for Istanbul to Ankara, including Alibeykoy Bus Station, Atasehir Dudullu Bus Station, Harem Bus Station, Dudullu Castle, Sultanbeyli Bus Station, Nilufer Turizm Dudullu Terminal, Istanbul Central Bus Station, and Atasehir Bus Stop. This gives travelers a range of bus options depending on where they are starting in Istanbul.
Where can I arrive in Ankara on a bus from Istanbul?
A bus from Istanbul to Ankara can arrive at Ankara Asti Bus Station, Altindag, Ankara, or Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara. The arrival point depends on the bus service and the ticket you choose, so it is worth checking the destination carefully before you book.
How frequent is the bus service between Istanbul and Ankara?
The Istanbul to Ankara bus service runs throughout the day, with departures available from 00:00 to 23:59. That means you can usually find a bus journey that fits your schedule, whether you want to travel early, late, or sometime in between.
Can I book bus tickets for Istanbul to Ankara in advance?
Yes, it is a good idea to book bus tickets for Istanbul to Ankara in advance, especially if you want a specific departure point or arrival station. With many bus options available, booking ahead can make it easier to choose the bus journey that suits your plans best.
Which Istanbul to Ankara bus route is the fastest?
One of the fastest Istanbul to Ankara bus options is the Atasehir Dudullu Bus Station to Sogutozu Cep Terminal, Ankara route, which can take about 6 hours. Other bus journeys on this route may take longer, so the exact travel time depends on where your bus departs and where it arrives.
What should I know before taking a bus from Istanbul to Ankara?
Before taking a bus from Istanbul to Ankara, it helps to check both the departure station and the arrival station, since there are several bus options on this route. Travel time can vary quite a bit, and bus tickets also differ in price, so reviewing the bus service details in advance can make the trip smoother.
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