Minsk Getting there & around

Getting around

Public transport

Public transport operates from about 5.30am to 1am daily and serves all parts of the city. You will find trolleybuses 1, 2 and 18 plying pr Francyska Skaryny between pl Nezalezhnastsi and pl Peramohi. The frequent bus 100 is among the most convenient, running northeast along pr Francyska Skaryny to Akamedija Navuk. There are also many marshrutky zipping around the city, with their routes displayed in Russian on signs in their windows.

Minsk has two metro lines. Note that some stations still have their Russian names on signs - namely Ploshcha Nezalezhnastsi, in places alternatively marked as Ploshchad Lenina; Ploshcha Peramohi, marked as Ploshchad Pobedy; and Kastrychnitskaja, which is almost always referred to as Oktyabrskaya. The metro closes around 12.30am.

Tickets & passes

Individual tickets (or zhetony, plastic tokens for the metro) for all modes of transport cost BR360. Except for on the metro, they can be bought inside the vehicle from the person on board wearing a bright vest. Get the ticket and validate it by punching it through one of the red punching machines on the poles. Ten-day and monthly passes are also available for one or all modes of transport. A ten-day/monthly pass on all modes of transport costs just BR8840/25, 200. These can be conveniently bought at metro stations.

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