Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Gunsel
(
www.gunsel.ua
) Operates mainly between Kyiv and the south and east of the
country.
Ukrbus
(
www.ukrbus.com
)
Operates services out of Kyiv, Odesa, Donetsk, Reni, Cherni-
vtsi and Yalta.
Bus Stations
Bus stations are called
avtovokzal
or
avtostantsiya
. Some of Ukraine's larger cities have
several stations - a main one for long-distance routes and smaller stations that serve loc-
al destinations.
Information
Timetables
Reliable timetables are displayed near the ticket windows and on board;
Soviet-era route maps are unreliable.
Service Information
There might be an information window (
dovidkove byuro
), but you
can usually ask at any window.
Platforms
Platforms are numbered and destinations are usually signposted.
Online
Timetables etc are listed at
www.bus.com.ua
, which is hard to navigate without
some Ukrainian.
Tickets
»
Tickets resembling shop receipts are sold at the bus station right up to departure.
»
Your destination, seat number (
meestseh
) and time of travel is clearly marked.
»
Tickets from the bus station are valid only for one service. Having bought a ticket, you
can't suddenly decide to take a later bus without paying again.
»
If a bus is passing through a town or village without a bus station, the fare can only be
paid to the driver. No tickets are issued.
Car & Motorcycle
Unless you're used to developing-world driving conditions, getting behind the wheel in
Ukraine is not recommended. The roads are Europe's worst and there's a tacit, unofficial
highway code that only local drivers understand.
