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Russian bus NefAZ-5299-40-57 LNG Disabled access of Third Park JSC

Petersburg Bus (Петербу́ргский авто́бус) is one of transport systems of the city of Saint Petersburg and its suburbs. The Committee for Transportation of Saint Petersburg Government (Комитет по транспорту Правительства Санкт-Петербурга) is the main operator of the buses transport in the city. Under the Committee works a various types of transport companies such as Passazhiravtotrans (state unitary enterprise) and West-Service LLC, Third Park РJSC, Domtransauto LLC, Taksi LLC (Taxi).[1]

History

The first buses began to circulate in 1907 and were operated by Saint Petersburg Automobile-Omnibus Company (Санкт-Петербургское товарищество автомобильно-омнибусного сообщения). During World War I, all the municipal transport was stopped, and didn't recover until the end of the October Revolution. The buses system was relaunched in Leningrad on July 8, 1926. The first Russian-made bus was Ya-6 which was manufactured by ARZ. The first bus company was Lenkomtrans (Ленкомтранс) which was later renamed to Passazhiravtotrans (Пассажиравтотранс). During World War II all the transportation was operated by the Red Army. In March 1945 the city council recovered the buses system and started to manufacture their own buses made by AZUL factory. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the buses were operated by Passazhiravtotrans which become the main operator but not the only one. From July 2012 until 2020 there are night lines in the city.[2][3]

2022 Transportation Reform

In 2022, The Committee for Transportation of Saint Petersburg Government launched the Transportation Reform.[citation needed] The reform meant the following:

Route changes

One of the main tasks was to abolish marshrutka services in Saint Petersburg (fixed-route taxicab services of Leningrad Oblast were not affected). Instead, they were completely replaced by "social" transport (buses, trolleybuses, trams, where fares are set by the city of Saint Petersburg). The routes of "social" transport were adjusted to replace former marshrutka routes.[4] To remove duplicate routes, some "social" routes were also abolished.[5] Another change affected way of stopping: the buses were no longer allowed to stop wherever passengers ask the driver to.

Fleet changes

An LNG-powered MAZ-206.947 of Domtransauto LLC.

In 2021-2022, transport companies bought new buses to operate according to the rules of the reform:

Fare changes

To encourage passengers to use public transport more, the model of free interchanges was introduced. This means:

Fees & free interchanges with Podorozhnik transport card[6][7]
Year First trip, RUB Second trip (in 60 minutes after the first trip), RUB Third trip and more (in 60 minutes after the first trip), RUB
2022 40 10 Free
2023 44 10 Free

Free interchanges are available in all buses, trolleybuses and trams of the city of Saint Petersburg with the Podorozhnik transport card only.

Another change affected ways of payment: in buses of private companies (West-Service LLC, Third Park РJSC, Domtransauto LLC, Taksi LLC):

Timeline

From July 15, 2022 till November 15, 2022 West-Service LLC was allowed to operate the older stock — mainly LiAZ-5292, LiAZ-5293 (on the picture), MAZ-103, etc.

The reform began in April 1, 2022, and ended:

References

  1. ^ "Bus carriers". orgp.spb.ru.
  2. ^ "Buses in St Petersburg Russia | How to Get Around the City".
  3. ^ "Ночные автобусы Санкт-Петербурга". СПб ГКУ «Организатор перевозок» (in Russian). 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  4. ^ "Замена коммерческих маршрутов социальными". СПб ГКУ «Организатор перевозок» (in Russian). 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  5. ^ "Изменения автобусных маршрутов". СПб ГКУ «Организатор перевозок» (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  6. ^ "Пересадочные и зонные тарифы-2022". СПб ГКУ «Организатор перевозок» (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  7. ^ "Проездные билеты и их стоимость". СПб ГКУ «Организатор перевозок» (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  8. ^ "Полностью обновлен подвижной состав коммерческих перевозчиков". Официальный сайт Администрации Санкт‑Петербурга (in Russian). 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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