Kyivpastrans is a municipal company that operates public transport in
Kyiv
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, the capital of
Ukraine
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. Its operations include electric trams, city buses and trolleybuses. It also operates the
Kyiv Funicular
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and some urban rail lines.
Kyivpastrans was established on October 2, 2001, by the
Kyiv City Council
Kyiv City Council ( uk, Київська міська рада, translit=Kyivska miska rada), also known as Kyivrada ( uk, Київрада), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The me ...
to replace KP "Kyivelektrotrans" and the Kyiv City Territorial-Production Union of Automobile Transport.
Rolling stock and depots
File:Bus in Kyiv.jpg, Air conditioned bus on route #114
Kyivpastrans has four bus depots and operates 650 buses that drive 107 routes.
The company also has three tram depots: one on the left bank of the
Dnieper
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(in
Darnytsia
Darnytskyi District ( uk, Дарницький район, ), is an urban district of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
It is the southeastern district of Kyiv located on the left bank of Dnipro river. It borders the Holosiivskyi District of the city t ...
) and two on the right bank. The system serves 21 tram routes in total.
LRT routes #1 and 3 are operated by new air-conditioned trams from a dedicated right-bank depot. The most popular tram model used in the system is a modified
Tatra T3
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.
There are three trolleybus depots located on the right bank. In total, the system operates 45 regular trolleybus routes and 4 night routes.
The average lifetime of buses and trolleybuses is 7–18 years.
Fares
There are no timed tickets in the system. Each ride can be purchased aboard the vehicle or via Kyivsmartcard (e-ticket) or a QR code purchased online and scanned on board.
In municipal buses, trams and trolleybuses operated by Kyivpastrans one ride cost from ₴6.50 to ₴8.00. These prices are the same in the metro.
1 ride - 8 hrn. (qr-code or Kyivsmartcard)
10 rides - 7.70 hrn (by Kyivsmartcard)
50 rides - 6.50 hrn (by Kyivsmartcard)
The penalty for riding without a valid ticket is ₴160.
One Kyivsmartcard costs ₴50 and must be activated before use.
On each ride, passengers must validate their QR code or cards on orange validator machines inside the vehicle. Passengers can use any door to enter.
Routes
Passengers can get from Zhuliany (Kyiv Airport) by trolleybus #9 to Central Railway Station and Palats Sportu (center of the city).
One of the most popular and useful routes for a tourist is bus #24 (24A at weekends and holidays) from Central Railway Station - Khreshchatyk Street - European Square - to Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. This route operates by air-conditioning buses.
File:Kyiv Transit Map beta.png, Routes operated by Kyivpastrans
Passengers can see online where their transport is on the official Kyivpastrans site.
Kyiv also has night routes. All these routes are operated by Kyivpastrans only.
137N (bus) - Central Railway Station - Kharkivska Metro Street.
91N (trolleybus) - Central Railway Station - Myloslavska Street.
92N (trolleybus) - Zhuliany Airport - Central Railway Station - Svobody Avenue.
93N (trolleybus) - Lva Tolstoho Square Metro Station - Chornobylska Street.
94N (trolleybus) - Lva Tolstoho Square Metro Station - Lesya Kurbasa Avenue.
References
External links
Kyivpastrans (official website)
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Ukrainian companies established in 2001
Transport companies established in 2001
Transport in Kyiv
Transport companies of Ukraine
Organizations based in Kyiv
Companies based in Kyiv
Companies owned by municipalities of Ukraine
Government of Kyiv