Ground transport

Minsk has a developed public network system including buses, trolley buses, trams, and subway (metro). The daily service runs from 5-30 am till 1-00 am. Tickets for ground transport are available in newsstands on the streets, in the shops as well as from drivers. Tickets for ground transports should be punched immediately upon entering a vehicle. Ticket is valid for a single ride in the vehicle where punched only. When using ground transport, please, take into account that vehicles are often overcrowded. The present fares are as follows:

Regular fare (buses, trolley buses, trams or metro)

200 rubles (€0.1)

Tickets sold from driver (buses, trolley buses or trams)

250 rubles (€0.13)

Ten day pass for any single ground transport or metro

3200 rubles (€1.6)

Month pass for any single ground transport or metro

9000 rubles (€4.5)

Ten day pass for all transports (buses, trolley buses, trams, and metro)

4200 rubles (€2.1)

Month pass for all ground transports (buses, trolley buses, trams)

14000 rubles (€7)

Fine for trip without valid ticket

7000 rubles (€3.5)

Metro

Being not so famous as Moscow metro, Minsk underground is far cleaner and more comfortable. Now it has got two lines with 19 stations connecting downtown to the eastern, the western, and the south-eastern (industrial districts) areas of the city. Trains run every three minutes during rush hours, every five minutes off-peaks, and every 7-12 minutes late in the evening. The last train leaves the center at 1-00 a.m. In order to get to Metro you should buy a token or a magnetic pass which are sold from ticket booths inside the underground stations.

Taxi

Taxis can be found waiting in front of hotels, at the airports, railway station and bus stations as well as cruising on the streets. There are taxis of three taxi companies as well as a lot of private taxis in the city. According to the decision adopted by the city authorities each taxi should be equipped with a meter. The government fixes the sole tariff that is currently equal to 500 rubles (€0.25) per kilometer. However taxi companies surcharge for call, for boarding and sometimes for bringing up the car. In total any ride from downtown to a remote district does not usually exceed 20000 rubles, i.e. approximately €8 while a ride across the city from a far district to the other edge does not exceed 30000 rubles (about €13). More often than not credit cards are not accepted in taxis. Below some taxi companies' telephone numbers are presented:

Also, please, remember that some taxi companies refuse to send a taxi to a specific point on the street (you should state your residence address, office address, or a room at hotel as well as your phone number).

Ciftrans (Peugeot taxi):   057

VIP TAXI:   8-029-699-90-07

Premiya dlya Vas:   084

SPAS-001:   001

InterCredit:   052

SIA-auto-007:   007

AutoTaxiService:   081

LegAutoTrans:   061

Autoservice

SPAS: Tel. 001

ADAS: Tel. 259-99-17

Car Rental

AVIS

15 Starazhevskaya St. (Belarus Hotel) Tel. 234-79-90

CIFTRANS (Peugeot)

23 Sverdlova St. Tel. 213-18-18

LIMOUSINE SERVICE

9-34 Kulibina St. Tel. 272-26-78

VW Rent-a-Car

Tel./fax 226-73-83

24 hours Gas Stations

Here we present some gas stations with developed services including cafe and/or shop

2 Leshchynskaga St. (at exit to Hrodna, Vilnius high way)

Tel. 258-20-59

74 Logoysky Trakt St. (at exit to Lahoysk highway)

tel. 266-16-84

7 Radiyalnaya St.

Tel. 217-48-38

7 Vaupshasava St.

Tel. 230-19-42

28 Bryleuskaya St.

Tel. 224-43-81

27 Trastyanetskaya St.

Tel. 249-70-58

165 Dzyarzhynskaga Ave. (at exit to Brest, Warsaw high way)

Tel. 278-38-07

65 Dzyarzhynskaga Ave.

Tel. 271-86-12

132 Dzyarzhynskaga Ave.

Tel. 277-70-66