Bus routes for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 have been run

The experts proceeded on the route 10 routes that will take fans to the stadium on Krestovsky island

Today in St. Petersburg ended the test run of bus routes that will take fans to the matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017. During November-December in the tests was attended by the representatives of the "Passazhiravtotrans", Committee of transport, traffic police of St. Petersburg GBU "Center of transport planning in St. Petersburg", SPb gku "Transport Organizer".

The experts proceeded on the route 10 routes that will take fans to the stadium on Krestovsky island from the metro stations "Chkalovskaya", "Petrogradskaya", "Vyborg", "Sports" and Parking areas for passenger vehicles, located in the Primorsky and Petrogradsky districts of the city.

In the running were involved in a bus with capacity for 170 passengers. 125 of these buses, purchased in the current year, will arrive in the city in March 2017. Great attention was paid to the possibility of continuous traffic and no delays on the routes. As expected, this will contribute to traffic light control and the establishment of priority pass Shuttle buses, a movement interval should not exceed 10 minutes. In addition, the experts checked the stopping points for convenient and safe boarding and alighting of passengers. Final tracing of the routes will be approved early next year.

During the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 bus transport needs to ensure the availability of fan zones and places of the matches, and also help fans to get acquainted with the sights of St. Petersburg. For this considered the question of extending the operation time of buses on some city routes.

Passazhiravtotrans, for its part, is already preparing for the sporting event based on the experience gained during the maintenance of the winter Olympics in Sochi. To work on sutlovich routes, the company will form a corps of drivers who have the "Olympic experience".

The press service of the sue "passazhiravtotrans": http://www.avtobus.spb.ru/press-center/news/0712201601/