Kyiv Central Bus Station

Kyiv Central Bus Station Київський Центральний Автовокзал
Kyiv Central Bus Station
General information
Location	3 Demiivska Square Holosiivskyi District Kyiv, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°24′24.138″N 30°31′10.531″E / 50.40670500°N 30.51959194°E / 50.40670500; 30.51959194
Owned by	Kyivpasservis
Bus stands	16
Other information
Website	kyivpasservis.com.ua
History
Opened	1961 (1961)
Location

Kyiv Central Bus Station (

The Central Bus Station is operated by the state-run "Kyivpasservis" commercial company and is independent from the bus-operating companies.

History

The Central Bus Station was built in 1961 as part of the Demiivska Square (then called Moskovska) road intersection, Demiivka neighborhood. The building is known for its interior mosaics designed by Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnychenko.

The busy square experienced significant redevelopment in independent Ukraine. In 2011, the square intersection became

Kyiv Central Bus Station features of a two-story station building with four entrances with adjacent 11 roofed bus platforms, bus apron and car parking lots. Stations' projected capacity is 600 buses/7000 passengers per day.

Kyiv Central Bus Station (the highest category system) has a group of buildings and service points including: a platform for disembarkation and embarkation of passengers, waiting room, baggage room, a room for kids, including office space for bus drivers, parking lot waiting, catering, ticket hall, and a departure board. [1]. In the main hall there are ticket offices for the bus routes, as well as ticket offices for the following providers: Autolux, Gunsel, UkrBus and Vega-Reisen/SkyBus. Kyiv Bus station provides domestic and international routes, including to European countries.

Bus companies and destinations

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Central Bus Station facilitates 24-hour scheduled and ad hoc bus services from all interested bus operators, numbering in dozens.

The following are anchor private operators that maintain daily scheduled bus services in different directions and feature their own passenger offices in the Central Bus Station's building:

• Avtolux
• Gunsel
• Ecolines (international)

Station services

Tickets

The Central Bus Station has over a dozen ticket boxes (both own and third-party) offering tickets for bus,

There's a permanent police presence and independent security guard at the Central Bus Station premises.

Parcel and cargo service

Major bus operators like "Gunsel" and "Avtolux" also act as parcel service through their wide regional network. These and other companies receive and deliver parcels at the Kyiv Central Bus Station's respective offices.

Transport connections

Local public transport connections

There are numerous trolleybus, bus and marshrutka stops on the Demiivska Square.

Taxis are also widely available in and around the station for a negotiated price.

Intermodal long-distance connections

Railway

The

central passenger rail station is easily accessible from the Central Bus Station via the Metro (exit at the Vokzalna station, Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line

The Kyiv-Demiivskyi railway station, a stop for east-bound long-distance and suburban trains, is located within walking distance to the southeast, and is accessible from the Demiivska Square via buses and marshrutkas.

Airports

Most bus routes from or to Kyiv make dedicated stopover at the Boryspil International Airport located to the east of the city. E.g., a Kyiv-Donetsk (southeast-bound) bus would travel from the Central Bus Station through the airport, while a Kyiv-Lviv (southwest-bound) bus would start in the airport and then proceed to Lviv through the Central Bus Station in Kyiv.^[1]

The

• Kyiv Pivdenna Bus Station (southwestern routes)
  • transfer to Ipodrom Metro Station ( Obolonsko–Teremkivska line)
• Kyiv Vydubychi Bus Station (southern routes)
  • transfer to Vydubychi Metro Station ( Syretsko–Pecherska line)
  • transfer to
    suburban railway services and the intracity Urban Electric Train

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kyiv Central Bus Station.

• Kyiv Central Bus Station on-line multi language schedule Central Bus online service in English (in English)
• Kyiv Bus Stations map^{[permanent dead link]} Kyiv Bus Stations map (in English)