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Local bus near book bazaar

Privoz bus station

Local bus travel

• Odessa shuttle bus (Marshutka) schedule in English

Trams and Trolley Bus

Public city transport operates from 6 am to 1 am. Trams and trolley buses tend to be crammed tight with people but are a cheap way of traveling around Odessa (Only 50 kopeck in the city). Often you have to stand.

You purchase tickets from the conductor. Insist on a ticket, because sometimes the conductor does not issue a ticket and pockets the money. If you are caught without a ticket, you will be fined around 10-20 Hryvnia.

Trams and trolley buses have fixed stops only.

• On the streets below Grecheskaya Ploshat (Square) (Греческая Площадь) along Aleksandrovsky Ave is the main transport hub in the center.

• Trolley bus 5 from the train station goes to Arcadia Beach (last stop).

• Trolley bus 9 from Grecheskaya Ploshat travels to one street east of the Train station.

Marshutka

Marshutkas (маршрутные такси) are route taxis /minivans / microbuses that cost one Hryvnia to go to all of the city destinations. (Slightly more for far north and south destinations) Look for these two signs inside the marshutka:

• Marshutka number 195, which travels along Preobrazhenskaya (Преображенская) travels to Arcadia Beach.

• Marshutka number 175, 185, 148, and 150 travel to the train station. Marshutka number 9, the busiest marshutka in Odessa, travels to one street east of the Train station. These five marshutkas are usually available with no wait time.

• Marshutka number 133,149 travels to Privoz bazaar.

Cross-Country Bus Transport

Inter-city buses tend to be old, overcrowded and more uncomfortable than train travel. If you do decide to travel by bus we strongly recommend Avto Luks/Princess (below).

If travelling to a city near Odessa it is Recommended you take a marshutka (route taxi) or buses because local trains stop often and take considerable amounts of time to arrive at the destination.

Central Bus Station No 1
Kolontaevskaya 58 (Коллонтаевская)
Tel: 732-56-90
732-57-85

Bus schedule from Kiev to Odessa

Bus schedule for state owned (non-Avtoluks) buses:

www.ukraine-today.com/travel/bus/bus-uman.shtml

There are four other minor bus stations in Odessa:

AvtoLuks

Russian: Автолюкс

AvtoLuks / Avto Luks / Auto Luks began in 1998, it is a high-end bus company, serving many of the major cities in Ukraine. A nicely attired stewardess serves drinks and refreshments to passengers and two televisions show video movies throughout the trip. A bathroom and air conditioner is available onboard. Travelers may also take advantage of mobile phone service.

Telephone:

Kiev (central office)
(центр. офис) (044) 443-84-39
Kiev (office at central bus station)
(офис на центр. автобусный вокзал) (044) 265-05-23

Odessa (central office)
(центр. офис) 37-73-92

Odessa (office at central bus station)
(офис на центр. автобусный вокзал) 732-57-91

Email: info@autolux.ua
www.autolux.ua

2002 Kiev-Odessa on Avtolux

KIEV-ODESSA on AvtoLux (Киев - Одесса) 57 Hryvnia (2002 prices)

Borispol Airport (Kiev)-Odessa Airport(Аэропорт (А/П) Борисполь -Одесса) 85 Hryvnia (2002 prices)

2002 Odessa-Kiev on Avtolux

ODESSA-KIEV on Avtolux(Одесса- Киев) 57 Hryvnia Odessa- Borispol Airport (Одесса- Аэропорт (А/П) Борисполь) 85 Hryvnia

Children 5 to 10 years old get a 25% price discount.

Transport from the airport to Kiev (18 times a day) and Kiev to the airport (10 times a day) is available for 20 Hryvnia. Check the web site for times available.

There is a small stand for Autolux and the bus stops in front of the Train station in Kiev (in front of McDonalds) before going to the central bus station. Tickets can be purchased here.

A transport baggage service between cities (baggage is stored and picked up at the bus station) is also available for a nominal fee, check the web page for more information.

Odessa Central Bus Station

The Central Bus Station is for national travel, not local travel.

Buses leave from the central bus station (центр. автобусный вокзал), at Kolontaevskaya 58 (Коллонтаевская) (Telephone: 32-56-93)

Avtolux and national buses leave from this station.

Getting to the Central Bus Station

The Central Bus Station is for national travel, not local travel.

A passenger can get to the Central Bus Station from:

• Tram called Tramvay (Трамвайные)) 5 from Arcadia Beach to the Train station (in front of McDonalds) to the bus station.
• Marshutka (minivan) 235 Train station to the bus station.
• Marshutka (minivan) 8 from Seventh-Kilometer Bazaar (рынок 7) to the bus station.
• Bus [called Avtoboos (Автобус)] 235

Corners of:

Staroportofrankovskaya (Старопортофранковская) and Panteleimonovskaya (Пантелеймоновская)

Panteleimonovskaya and Rishelevskaya (Пантелеймоновская& Ришельевская)

Italyansky Blvd. (Итальянский Бульвар) and Srednefontanskaya (Среднефонтанская) (east side of train station)

There is another bus service from the Kiev airport called Polit, telephone number 296-7367.

photos

Avtolux long ticket, this photo and the next one.	Bottom of Avtolux ticket.	Marshutkas for several different cities sit outside of the bus station	Main bus station
Main bus station	Tram stop in Kotovsky District near Chernomorskovo Kazachestva 95	Bus stop sign	Bus stop sign
Defunct Grecheskaya bus stop sign

Historic photos of trams

From odessatrolley.com, Also see www.dgmaestro.com/tram

Horse drawn	Steam*
			*
1910 photo
1912 photo
1910 photo	2002 photo	1959 photo
1961 photo

* Photo from the Museum of city transport

See also

• The history of Odessa Trams

Notes

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External links

Bus Schedule for Odessa

• select.odessa.net/menuen/cityen.swf Moving Macromedia flash bus routes in center
• odessatrolley.com Trolley and bus schedule for Odessa
  (In Russian--Use this Google translate, or alternatively, babelfish)
• Bus schedule in English
• ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Одесский_Трамвай Russian Wikipedia entry on Odessa Trams
  (In Russian--Use this Google translate, or alternatively, babelfish)

Bus Schedule for Ukraine

• bus.com.ua (Often down)
  (In Russian--Use this Google translate, or alternatively, babelfish)

Bus and trolley photos

• Odessa trolley
  • Large photos