Yerevan mayor calls on passengers to use e-ticket system on public  transport

ArmInfo.This year, the Yerevan Municipality will subsidize travel on transport operated by Yerevan Bus CJSC in the amount of 7.5 billion drams. This was announced by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan at a working meeting in the capital's municipality. 

He noted that calls to reduce shadow turnover in the transport sector  are often heard at meetings of the City Council of Elders. Meanwhile,  Avinyan continued, work in this direction has never stopped, as  evidenced by the growth in the income of Yerevan Bus CJSC. The task  of the capital's authorities is to improve the quality of services  provided, and 171 buses and 15 trolleybuses have already been  purchased to solve this problem. 

The mayor called on Yerevan residents to pay for public transport in  two ways starting November 1: with 100-dram coins, which must be  inserted into the appropriate device, or by using the preliminary  unified ticket system, that is, by purchasing an electronic ticket  using terminals with the appropriate QR code. This, Avinyan  emphasized, will ensure consistent growth in the transport company's  income, avoid shadow turnover of financial resources and simplify the  full transition to a unified ticket system.

The mayor emphasized that starting next year, various tariff rates  for the public transport project will be applied in the capital -  daily, weekly and monthly. Thus, the new system will allow to some  extent to ease the financial burden of the city hall.

At the meeting, it was noted that over the past four months, only  63.5 thousand people out of 3.769 million passengers used the unified  ticket system. The income of Yerevan Bus CJSC for this period  amounted to 2.8 billion drams, which exceeds the same indicator last  year by 3.9%. In September alone, 801.7 million drams were collected.  If we compare this indicator with the highest level of collections,  the income exceeded the April indicator by 9%.

From January 1, 2025, new tariffs for travel on public transport will  be applied in the capital of Armenia.  Provided that one-time use in  each vehicle, the cost of three trips will be 280-300 drams. From 880  to 900 drams for 1 day - 8 trips, 4800-5000 drams for 7 days - 30  trips. With an unlimited number of trips, the tariff will be  8800-9000 drams for 30 days, 23,600-24,000 drams for 90 days,  88,000-90,000 drams for 365 days, multiple-use ticket - 2100-2200  drams for 10 trips per month. Tariffs will apply to all types of  public transport.