Public transport Bishkek. Low prices, but killed minibuses

MANAS airport

Bishkek International Airport, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Located 23 km from the center of Bishkek. This is a two-story, small and convenient building in its destination. Cooperates with 16 airlines, it serves about 40 flights per day. We ordered your holiday tickets. Only one terminal at the airport, but it copes with the needs of passengers. As soon as we arrived, they were able to exchange Russian rubles to the local currency at the airport, there are already four checkpoints there!

Luggage we received in a comfortable environment, in a well-equipped block, almost without queues, the only thing is not clear why he was checked after arrival. It is difficult to get lost at the airport, there are pointers everywhere, it is better to trust them, rather than contact your reference service, they didn't answer our questions.

Everyone who flies by an international flight should rise to the second floor, and who moves inside the country remain on the first. The inspection service at the entrance to the airport checks very carefully, inspect even children! The pre-flight control is still stricter than at the entrance, each see a threat to society. Employees work with stone faces, smiles, we did not wait.) Required belongs to the weight of baggage, it should not be more than 20 kg, manual sting up to 5 kg. We outweigh the 200 grams, I had to put a pair of bed. The lounge is large and comfortable. In the center there is a duty-free, though with a small choice, but prices are a bit cheaper than we. Also in a couple of pair of shops with gifts, but there are already prices are clearly overestimated than in Bishkek itself. Also in the waiting room we liked huge windows, from which you can see the landing and departing aircraft. These are stunning spectacle! With more detailed information you can find on the official website.

How to get from the airport to Bishkek by bus

The bus stop is in a hundred meters from the arrival zone. Buses go small, without luggage compartment. If you have a lot of things with you, you will be inconvenient to go in it.

On the eve of the deputy of the Bishkek City Kenesh, Sidakhmat Ismailov proposed annually to increase the tariffs for travel in public transport. Otherwise, we risks, in his opinion, to be without it at all - the price of fuel, spare parts are growing, and the tariffs remain unchanged.

IA "24.kG.» i figured out if we really have the lowest prices for travel and how much money is spent on the update of municipal transport.

How raised tariffs

Talking that in Bishkek urgently need to increase fares in public transport arise every year. Every year, officials propose to increase the price for travel in municipal transport by 50 percent - from 8 to 12 soms. And always the causes are called the same - expensive fuel and big expenses.

In 2014, the drivers of beads arranged a strike. They demanded increasing fares and cancellation of a fine of three thousand soms for standing passengers. On the eve of the Orozo Aita minibus throughout the city simply did not come out on the line.

Drivers were confident that the prices for travel would rise from August 1, 2014. However, the deputies of the Bishkek Gorkenesh at this time were on vacations and was not going to consider the issue. So everything is left. Well, besides the fact that traffic cops stopped paying attention to crowded beads.

In 2012, for the same reason, private cabins demanded a passage for travel. And methods were identical. Then the townspeople promised that for 10 soms they will be waiting for comfortable transport. The situation has not changed so far.

The last time the tariffs for public transport in Bishkek were raised in May 2012. Then the price for travel in a minibus grew from 8 to 10 soms during the day and from 10 to 12 soms after 21.00. Travel in trolley buses rose from 5 to 8 soms, and in buses - from 6 to 8 soms.

Where the bus and trolleybus are more expensive

The authorities of the capital have repeatedly stated that the cost of traveling in public transport of Bishkek is at times lower than in neighboring countries. Hence, they say, and all the problems. Municipal transport simply cannot live on earmarked money. The City Hall of Bishkek will reach the municipal transport every year by about 230 million soms.

Now, compare transportation costs with an average nominal salary in these cities. To make it easier to navigate, we transferred all prices in the Kyrgyz Soma. The average salary in Bishkek is 18.5 thousand soms, in Almaty - 38.4 thousand soms, Tashkent - 22.8 thousand soms, Moscow - 75.3 thousand soms and Dushanbe - 12.3 thousand soms.

Every month, Bishkekchan spend, on average, for travel in public transport 2.5 percent of their salary.

A little more - 0.48 percent of salary - costs in buses and minibuses of Dushanbe. In other cities, expenses are much higher. In Tashkent for travel will have to give 2.1 percent, in Almaty - 4 percent and Moscow - 4.2 percent.

How to updated the transport of Bishkek

This year the government expects 356 new buses for Bishkek. Funds will be credit - 3.5 billion soms. It is expected that the cost of one bus will be $ 143 thousand. For this, the country's authorities planned to release government securities.

Last year, a new route was launched in the capital - No. 35. His difference is that it employs private buses. Investor from China purchased 12 cars. The mayor's office provided the carrier of benefits, just if the route did not close.

In 2016, Urumchi presented ten new buses in Bishkek as part of a program of cooperation and development of friendly connections. Buses operate on gas and run on route number 42.

In 2013, the first tranche of the EBRD loan was purchased about 80 new trolley buses. In 2015, deputies received the second tranche of a preferential loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) of 7.9 million. According to the mayor's office, it will allow to purchase up to 50 new trolley buses.

The largest scandal turned into a purchase of 200 buses in 2008. Then the Grador was Nariman Tyuleev. As a result of him and the former director of the Bishkek passenger motor transport enterprise, Kheeborygenova, the former Vice Mayor Valery Kornienko, the head of the management of the municipal ownership of Ruslan Bayshenbayeva and I.O. The director of MP Tasalyk Buckot Richikov was accused of corruption. The Prosecutor General's Office considered that Nariman Tyuleev bought buses at an inflated price.