Passenger Interface Systems in Modern Railway Application: A Dedicated Passenger Information System for Istanbul Tramway

After 1860’s the railway systems has started to be used in urban transportation in the world. However, especially after the 1950’s, automobile usage has been increased quickly. Thus the dense of transportation has started to move from railway systems to the ones with rubber tire vehicles in Istanbul. Traffic density in urban transportation has started to be experienced since 1950 with the increase in the automobile usage and other rubber tire vehicles. The length of railway systems in Istanbul, which reached to 130 kilometers till the year of 1950, became null with a continuous decrease in 1966. However, the priority in the developed countries in the same period of time was given to the mass transportation systems, specifically to the railway ones, that were more comfortable, more secure and more economic (Ocak and Manisali,2006).