Current fleet of yellow minibuses in Tbilisi to be replaced in February
New fare system for public transport in Tbilisi will also come into force in February. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Current fleet of yellow minibuses in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi will be fully replaced with new blue minibuses in February, Tbilisi Transport and Urban Development Agency reported earlier today.
Out of 1,000 new minibuses in Tbilisi, 450 are already operating, while the remaining 550 will start operating in February.
New fare system for public transport in Tbilisi will also come into force in February.
Passengers will be able to choose among several travel passes:
- Unlimited one-day travel pass for 3 GEL.
- Unlimited one-week travel pass for 20 GEL
- Unlimited one-month travel pass for 40 GEL
- Unlimited three-month travel pass for 100 GEL
- Unlimited sixth-month travel pass for 150 GEL
- Unlimited one-year travel pass for 250 GEL
Ticket offices at Metro stations and Bank of Georgia Express Bank branches have already started selling travel passes.
A new integrated public transport system will be launched in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi starting April 1, which will enable passengers to travel by metro, buses and minibuses for an hour and a half with a one-time ticket, announces deputy Tbilisi Mayor Irakli Khmaladze in his interview with the local media outlet Interpressnews.
Current fleet of yellow minibuses (marshrutkas) in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi will be fully replaced with new minibuses by the end of 2021, announces Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze. In addition Tbilisi City Hall has reduced the number of minibuses operating in Tbilisi from 3,000 to only 1,000; Kaladze says that the rest of the routes will be served by eight-meter buses.
Tbilisi City Hall announced today that one-time fare for public transport will be 1 GEL instead of 50 tetri starting next year, noting that if individuals buy one-year card for 250 GEL, they will spend about 20 GEL in the public transport monthly.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said Tbilisi City Hall is going to purchase 380 new buses in 2022. Kaladze also noted that old buses and minibuses will be totally replaced, and the municipal transport problem will finally be solved next year.
Ticket offices and metro stations have resumed the sale of travel cards after correcting a typographical error on them, Tbilisi Transport and Urban Development Agency reported earlier today.
A new system of fare payments for public transport has started operating in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi today, introducing cards enabling unlimited transit for select time periods.
Tbilisi transport authorities have assigned new minibuses to 11 routes in the capital city where public transportation had not been available, mayor Kakha Kaladze unveiled on Wednesday.
Five new bus routes and three new minibus routes will be added to public transport in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi starting June 4 due to increased passenger flow, Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced at a meeting of municipal authorities on Wednesday.