The aquabus traffic on Primorskaya Line in St. Petersburg resumed. This season only one line will work in St. Petersburg: from Staraya Derevnya to the Bronze Horseman. The fare will be from 70 to 170 rubles.
The City Committee on Transportation was reported that aquabus will provide transportation daily till 29 October 2014, on weekdays between 08:00 and 20:00 MSK, with 15 minute intervals during peak hours and 30 minutes between peak hours. Last year, the St. Petersburg government has allocated at least 120 million rubles from the city budget for aquabuses running along four lines. This year, the amount of subsidies for this type of water transportation is reduced to 28 million rubles, and will vary depending on traffic flow.
The next year, Smolny plans to stop subsidizing St. Petersburg water taxi: the operating company will serve aquabuses on its own. St. Petersburg aquabuses will run on the following route: 3rd Yeagin Bridge - Ushakovsky Bridge - Kantemirovsky Bridge - Sampsonievsky Bridge - Arsenalnaya Embankment - Summer Garden - The Bronze Horseman. The cost of the ride from Old Village to the Arsenalnaya Embankment will be 100 rubles; from Arsenalnaya Embankment to the Bronze Horseman 70 rubles, the entire route is 170 rubles.
Author:
Anna Dorozhkina