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Distant townships of Primorskiy District have been connected with the city center

13 March 2018, 17:19
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Five new public buses № 10 and №2 have come on a bus route today in Mariupol. These are modern low-floor buses that are equipped with air conditioning and an audio and video alarm system.

Five municipal buses of increased capacity now connect ‘Cheryomushki’ microdistrict with Praviy Bereg district. The interval of its movement during the rush hour is 18 minutes. The route passes through two central avenues – Mira Ave. and Mettalurgov Ave., through the AS-2 bus station and the main coach terminal.

Another medium-size bus runs along the route № 2 from Moryakov township to the Central Market. It passes by the 9th City Hospital and the AS-2. The interval of its movement is 72 minutes.

The bus will run on a clear schedule including Saturday and Sunday. An old PAZ had run along that route for more than 10 years. It could take at about 40 people and it ran only in rush hours - in the morning and in the afternoon. In the evening it was impossible to leave. Today we are launching the first bus with a capacity of 72 places. When purchasing new transport, it is planned to add cars to this route
the city mayor Vadim Boichenko admitted while launching new buses

He also said that negotiations with the International Financial Corporation IFC and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development are under way regarding the purchase of new transport units for the city. The analysis of passenger traffic is being conducted, according to which the route network of Mariupol will be developed.