Kiev Central Bus Station

History

The Central Bus Station was built in 1961 as part of the Moskovska Square road intersection. The busy square experienced significant redevelopment in independent Ukraine. In 2011, the square intersection became grade separated which relieved it from the traffic jams, but dramatically changed the square's landscape and station's architectural appearance. The new Metro station opened in 2011 radically improved its public transport connections, turning the Moskovska Square into an intermodal passenger hub.

Infrastructure

Kiev 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.

Kiev 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. Kiev Bus station provides domestic and international routes, including to European countries.

Bus companies and destinations

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:

Tickets

The Central Bus Station has over a dozen ticket boxes (both own and third-party) offering tickets for bus, railway and air travel throughout Ukraine and abroad. Booking and electronic ticket services are available.

Passenger accommodation

The Station features most kinds of passenger services, including toilets, large waiting hall, several cafes and a barber shop. However, the main station building is open from 05:30 to 24:00 (Kiev time).

A McDonald's 24-hour fast food restaurant with additional open-air cafe and a drive-in service is situated next to the station building.

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 Kiev Central Bus Station's respective offices.

Local public transport connections

Demiivska Metro Station ( Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line) entrance is located next to the Central Bus Station and is accessible through the underpass.

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

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

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 Kiev-Moskovskyi 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 Moskovska Square via buses and marshrutkas.

Airports

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

The Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport is situated 8 km way from the Central Bus Station and is accessible via trolleybus, bus and marshrutkas from the Moskovska Square (transfer on the Sevastopolska Square).

Other bus stations in Kiev

Beside the Central Bus Station, Kiev has additional 5 bus stations, which are dedicated to particular geographic directions and facilitate predominantly suburban bus services. Two of them feature intermodal connections: