Until recently, passengers gave more preference to more convenient and faster transport than a bus. Most often used rail transport or air travel. But time and technological progress do not stand still.
Modern bus
An ordinary bus, thanks to modern technological development and innovative technologies, has become a convenient, comfortable means of transportation. Now people are not so tiring moving. Thanks to the built-in equipment, almost home comfort is achieved in the cabin. The climate control system allows you to automatically maintain an acceptable temperature, and a TV or video equipment will help to pass the time of a long trip and even entertain. The fleet keeps up to date, and therefore even international traffic has become less burdensome. And whatever you say, but now passengers increasingly prefer bus transportation.
General information
For more than 50 years, the central bus station of Kiev, the main bus center of the capital, has been located on Moscow Square in the Goloseevsky district of the city. Every day, a large number of people receive and send to different parts of the country. After all, Ukrainian bus transportation is a great alternative to other types of transport. It replaces rail travel or air travel.
The capacity of the bus station is 600 buses daily, which is about 50 bus routes, or 7 thousand passengers.
Infrastructure
Kiev Central Bus Station is the largest structured division of the state-owned enterprise Kyivpasservice. One of the largest buildings of the bus station with an area of 3.5 thousand square meters. m accommodated many different facilities for passenger service. Among them are administrative premises, ticket offices for the current sale of tickets, ticket offices for pre-sale tickets, lounges, mother and child rooms, waiting rooms, a control room, luggage space, underground left-luggage offices and toilets, mail desks, retail outlets selling newspapers, magazines, useful things and souvenirs, platforms, parking for pending flights.
An existing medical center equipped with modern equipment is able to provide high-quality first aid if necessary. There is also a place for lunch at the bus station.
Cafes, canteens and cafeterias located in the area of the bus station are always ready to offer something to eat or have a hearty lunch.
Places for rest and waiting are located in the rooms, the interior of which is decorated with art, ceramic and mosaic panels, the work of which was made by famous artists (V.V. Melnichenko, A.F. Rybachuk).
Waiting times are always pleasantly while away memorable photos. Do not miss the moment: the central bus station, Kiev - the photo will be magnificent. Press kiosks will also help diversify your vacation time, where everyone can buy a newspaper or magazine with the latest news, find other interesting and useful information.
Informational content
For the convenience of passengers, the central bus station of Kiev has 11 platforms in different directions. All are equipped with modern electronic displays. Thanks to the most innovative systems, passengers can easily familiarize themselves with the bus schedule, as well as find out about the availability of seats for a particular flight. On the active electronic board you can find out the name of the station of arrival of transport and other information.
A large information board is located in the central hall. So passengers can get the necessary information even without visiting the information desk. Such improvement of the warning system allows avoiding the accumulation of queues near the cash desks and at the same time satisfying all the questioning customers.
In the premises of the bus station you can also find the schedule of trains and planes departing from Kiev.
Bus connection
Every day, the central bus station of Kiev sends more than 200 comfortable buses to different cities of the country, near and far abroad. It serves as their starting point or arrival point. For many passengers, this station is a transfer point, as often bus transport passes through the central bus station.
Kiev-Odessa, Kiev-Lviv, Kiev-Donetsk, Kiev-Lutsk, Kiev-Rivne ... Bus transport connects the capital with all regional centers of Ukraine. International flights connect the capital with Poland, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Russia ... And also help passengers travel to many European cities. For transportation services, luxury cars are used. All vehicles undergo a technical inspection in a timely manner, therefore they are always serviceable.
How to get there
You need a central bus station in Kiev, how to get there, don’t know? Of course, it is most convenient to use the services of the subway. It is fast, reliable, timely. The central bus station is located a 5-minute walk from the Demeevskaya metro station, a little further there is the Lybidskaya metro station, with a large, convenient road junction of the city. You can get to the metro station both with your own car or using the services of public transport (trams, trolleybuses).
Order tickets
It is possible to purchase tickets for the trip at the box office of the current sale of tickets, and if you do this well in advance, then at the box office of pre-sale tickets.
Online shopping
The modern system of selling tickets online for travel from the Kiev-1 bus terminal has been improved. The central bus station installed on its website online ticketing system. Therefore, now it has become even more convenient to purchase tickets and economically on time. It became possible to do this even while sitting at home on a cozy sofa. Well, who will refuse such an opportunity? In this case, there is payment by credit card or with deferred payment.
It is possible to view the schedule of transport at the bus station, purchase a ticket immediately or book it. Pre-reservation is carried out only on routes departing no earlier than 48 hours, and only with timely payment. Ordering bus tickets online on the bus station website, and paying them to the bus driver is prohibited. Such services are not even provided by the central bus station.
If necessary, it is possible to reissue tickets on the website of the central bus station, find out the latest news on the route, or inquire about the weather conditions of the country of arrival.
In order to avoid queues, after ordering bus tickets, you can pay them through payment terminals or at the Privat cash desk in any city of Ukraine, even by electronic money. Pre-buy tickets for buses from the central bus station in Kiev, an opportunity appears 2 months before the departure of the flight, and their sale ends 20 minutes before the bus leaves the territory of the bus station.
An innovative system allows you to purchase tickets for interregional and international flights. You can buy bus tickets both in Ukraine and throughout Europe, with all kinds of transfers, as well as promotional rates and preferential terms.
The central bus station of Kiev takes care of its customers, knows how to listen, and therefore it tries to translate all the requirements of passengers into reality, thus ensuring high-quality bus transportation at the highest level.
Contacts
For those who don’t know well or maybe don’t know at all the location of such a city as Kiev, the central bus station notifies you of the contacts:
- Kiev city;
- Goloseevsky district;
- Prospect of Science, 1/2.
Opening hours of the Kiev central bus station: 05: 00-23: 00.
To communicate with the administration, the central bus station in Kiev offers the following telephone number - (044) 527-99-86, as well as (044) 525-57-74.
For inquiries, just dial (044) 525-04-92 and the polite staff will answer all your questions.