Kiev Transportation

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Going by city buses from one metro station to another and all about the city is not expensive at all: 2 UAH.
You only have to know the direction and the name of the street you are going to.
Of course, the affable drivers and Kievites will help you find the way.

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The city transport is not expensive: about 2 UAH (30C) a ticket in buses, trolley buses, streetcars and in the funicular that functions between the river terminal in Sahaydachnyi Street (Post Square Metro station) and St.Michael's Square.
The city route buses can cost you 1 UAH a ride. They run along all the main avenues and streets and are reliable means of transportation.

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The fastest and the most reliable means of getting around in Kiev is, of course, the underground called the Metro there.
Kiev has an efficient subway (Metro) consisting of about 40 stations.
You only have to be able to read the signs in Ukrainian. No English signs for the present.
There are lots of bus, trolley bus and streetcar routes in the Ukrainian capital.
The metro fare is usually 2 UAH (20C) - you have to buy a plastic token at the booking-office located at the entrance to the metro station.
There are minibuses run by private companies that charge a bit more.
It’s always better to order a taxi by dialing 058 (or several other numbers) in Kiev.
You can travel in all directions by three lines containing more than 40 stations, forever expanding.
Personally I prefer traveling by the metro wherever I need to go in Kiev.
You only have to know the location and have the metro map about you...

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Local transport is pretty good although confusing without Ukrainian! Did manage to work out a few of the simpler routes and tram #18 (saw it close to our hotel the previous evening) was a welcome sight when we were hopelessy lost looking for the Chernobyl museum - a cheap ride home!
Tickets cost UAH 1.50 from the conductor or driver, don't forget to validate them!

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Underground railway, crowded but very cheap, just 2UAH for any ride, buy a token at the booth to enter.
All signs are in Cyrillic but it's really not too difficult to negotiate.
Stations are very deep underground, escalator down takes around five minutes and it's moving quickly!
An experience not too miss.

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Arrived at the smaller of the two airports in Kiev.
May 2011 some renovations to the arrivals area and it's chaos! try to get on the 1st bus from the plane and maybe you've a chance!
Departures is not too bad though, been to far worse!
Zhulyany is just about 5 miles to the city centre, trolley #9 is supposed to run to the railway station and minibus #213 runs to the nearest metro station (not suitable if you've much luggage), taxis aplenty outside all keen to take your cash from you as ever, seems around 100 - 150 UAH if you're lucky!

There are two airports in Kiev: Zhulyany, which handles mostly domestic flights and International airport Kiev-Boryspil. Boryspil is situated 34km east from Kiev, and that means to get to the city you will have to take either taxi (150 UAH/25 euro) or bus (they leave roughly every 30min from in front of the terminal B building and cost around 30 UAH/4,5 euro and drop you off an hour later at the southern train station, near metro station "Vokzal'na").

Keep in mind that taxis usually accept USD and Euros, but in this case your trip may be twice or more expensive then if you pay in UAH, so it will be better to change some money first (there are two currency exchange offices inside terminal B, but exchange rates are not good at all - anyway, it's better then nothing) or to take some in ATM located in the left part of the hall (just follow the signs). Also inside airport you can find credit card-operated public telephones (for example, in the main hall).

There are many buses in Kiev, and it is a substantial transportation means. Don't forget that the city is very vast, and that if you want to move away from Respublikasnky, it will be necessary for you to go enough far!

112 lines of bus exist !
The only inconvenience is that the destination is indicated in Cyrillic, and that you will have interest to know lira Russian if you don't want to be to 40 Km of your destination.

It is necessary to stamp his ticket has one species of thing over to the of the central window of the bus.

Below, a first list of the lines of bus....

1. NEC - 40-richia Zhovtnia ave.- Holosiivs'ka str -Dobrij Shljakh str. - Rodimtseva str. - Blakitnoho str. - 40-richia Zhovtnia ave.- Holosiivs'ka sq.

2. M "Shuliavs'ka" - Post-Volyns'ka str. - NovoPoliova str. - Suzdal's'ka str. - Chubarja ave. - Heroiv Sevastopolja str. - Strazhes'ka str. - I. Lepse Bou. - Kablukova str. - Heroiv Sevastopolja str. - I. Lepse Bou. - Harmatna str. - Peremohy bou.- Industrial'na str. - Viborz'ka str. -Bulhakova str. - Peremohy bou.- Bulhakova str.

3. Leninhrads'ka sq. - Serhienka str. - Leninhrads'ka sq. - Vozzjednannia ave. - Patona br.- Druzhby Narodiv bou.- Moskovs'ka sq.- Holosiivs'ka sq.

4. I-TS-B - Solomjans'ka str..- Solomjans'ka sq.- Povitroflots'kij ave.-Smelians'ka str.- Ushyns'koho str.- Industrial'na str. - M "Shuliavs'ka"

5. Myru ave. - Leninhrads'ka sq.- Kharkovs'ke hiway - Teplovozna str. - Zdolbunivs'ka str.- Klemans'ka str. - Prychal'na str. - zavod "AvtoTransBud"

6. v. Troeschina - Balzaka str. - Drajzera str. - Zakrevs'koho str. - Majakovs'koho ave.- Perova bou..- Serova str. - s/t Aurora

7. M "Vydubychi" - Budindustrii str. - Promyslova str. - v. Komsomol'ske

8.M "Kontraktova Ploshcha" - Verkhnij Val str. - Pochajnyts'ka str. - Ratmans'koho str. - Mezhyhirs'ka str. - Elektrykiv str.- Elektrykiv lane - T-E-Ts - 2