Yerevan vice-mayor presents preferential packages for public  transport beneficiaries

ArmInfo. Yerevan Vice Mayor Suren Grigoryan presented preferential packages for public transport beneficiaries at the meeting of the Council of Elders on November 19. 

Thus, according to the presented project, children under 7 years old,  orphans and half-orphans of school age (from 8 to 18 years old),  orphans and half-orphans students, regardless of their place of  registration, but receiving education in Yerevan, persons with  disabilities of I and II categories, persons kept in orphanages,  nursing homes, parents of large families (4 or more children), heroes  of the USSR, socialist labor, national heroes of Armenia, holding the  Order of the Combat Cross of the I and II categories will be able to  use public transport free of charge with the launch of a single  ticket system (from January 1, 2025). A 20% discount will be given to  schoolchildren aged 8 to 18, beneficiaries of the Paros Foundation, a  15% discount will be given to students, and a 30% discount will be  given to pensioners (who have reached the age of 63).

Grigoryan noted that the project is intended for groups in need of  benefits and for those who are users of long-term ticket products.  That is, the above-mentioned benefits do not apply to single tickets  and 7-day ticket packages. This project will affect about 550  thousand residents of the capital.

To the question from members of the Council of Elders <why benefits  are not provided for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents>, without  giving any specific answer, he only referred to the fact that the  central government of Armenia has implemented and continues to  implement various support programs for the residents of Artsakh.

At the same time, speaking about the unified ticket system, the  vice-mayor noted that the latter will start working next year, and  there are no prerequisites related to its unpreparedness. However, he  reminded that in case of deviations from the work, the citizen should  not suffer. <For example, if the validator does not work, then the  citizen is not required to look for an alternative payment method>, -  Grigoryan emphasized.

At the same time, he noted that projects related to the payment  control system in public transport and new public transport stops are  also being discussed separately.

New tariffs for travel in public transport will be applied in the  capital of Armenia from January 1, 2025.  Provided that a single 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, a multi-use ticket - 2100-2200  drams for 10 trips per month. The tariffs will apply to all types of  public transport.