Flying into one of Kyiv's airports, you can easily travel around the country by bus. Today we'll tell you about Kyiv bus stations: how to buy tickets, how to get to the station, and where the best places to look for bus schedules and ticket prices are.
There are more than 20 bus stations in the capital of Ukraine, but the key ones are:
- Central bus station.
- Avtostation "Kiev" (popularly known as "Yama").
- Dachnaya bus station.
- Southern bus station (Teremki metro station).
- Vydubychi bus station.
- Autostation "Vydubychi".
- The bus station "Darnitsa".
All bus stations are united by the enterprise "Kyivpasservice". The only private new station "Teremki", which opened in 2016 near the subway of the same name and was aimed at international flights, worked only a few months and was closed.
Most bus stations were built in union times, so both the buildings themselves and the carriers often look like aliens from the last century. Fortunately, this is changing, with new carriers entering the market, including Gunsel and Autolux. With the help of auto companies, you can travel around Ukraine and Europe comfortably, quickly, and inexpensively. Autolux and Gunsel buses are equipped with toilets, Wi-Fi, air conditioning, and comfortable seats.
Central Bus Station
The capital's oldest international bus station began operating in 1961: every day thousands of people leave from Demeyevskaya metro station to other cities of Ukraine and abroad.
On the website of the central station in Kyiv, you can see the prices for tickets, as well as book them, and buy them at the ticket office on the spot. For passengers at the station, there is a luggage room, a cafe, and a waiting room. Bus schedules can be viewed online or on the scoreboard in the bus station building.
How to get to the Central Bus Station of Kyiv
- by subway - from the metro station "Demeevskaya," cross the ground passage on the eastern side of Demeevskaya Square or go through the underground passage on the western side to get to the central bus station.
- from railway station - you can get there by metro (from the station "Vokzalnaya" with a change to the blue line at Independence Square), by shuttle bus 539, or by cab.
- from the airport "Kiev" - by bus with a change (#10 from the railway station and #169 or 368 from the airport Zhulyany) or by cab.
- from Boryspil airport - by bus with a change (SkyBus from the Southern exit of the railway station and route #10 to the station) or by cab.
Contacts
Address: Nauki Avenue, 1, landmark - McDonald's on Demeevskaya Square (m. Demeevskaya).
Telephones of the information service and cash desk: (044) 5255774, (044) 5259986, (044) 5250430, (044) 5256171.
The website of the Central Bus Station of Kyiv: http://avtovokzal.ua/.
Operation time: from 5:00 to 23:00 daily.
Kyiv Bus Station (Near the Railway Station)
The bus station "Kyiv-1," which Kiev citizens more often call "Pit," appeared on the place of a spontaneous bus station. From here, people go to suburban destinations, other cities of Ukraine, and abroad. You can buy tickets at the ticket offices of the bus station "Kyiv." You can see bus schedules on this site.
How to get to the Bus Station "Kyiv-1"
- by subway - go from the station "Vokzalna," located two minutes' walk from the station.
- from the railway station - walk to the station building.
- from the airport "Kiev" - by bus 169 or 368, trolleybus 9, or by cab.
- From Boryspil Airport - by SkyBus, Boryspil-Express train, or cab.
Contacts
Address: Simona Petliura, 32 (m. Vokzalna).
Phone number of the information service and ticket office: (044) 2293604.
Operation schedule: from 6:00 to 22:00 daily.
