Mykolaiv will receive 7 more buses from Prague for passenger transportation

Prague transfers buses for Mykolaiv. Photo: Mykolaiv City Council

Mykolaiv will receive seven more buses from Prague. They should be driven into the city, after which they will be launched on the routes

This was announced by the mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych.

He noted that this is not the first aid from the Prague municipality. Earlier, Mykolaiv received two car towers, 226 heaters and 8 generators, and «Mykolaivpastrans» — five buses.

«To transport buses to us, we used our drivers from Mykolaiv Electrotrans and Mykolaivpastrans.» After the buses are in Mykolaiv and all the technical details have been completed, they will enter the city's routes,» said the mayor.

Prague transfers buses for Mykolaiv. Photo: Mykolaiv City Council

Prague transfers buses for Mykolaiv. Photo: Mykolaiv City Council

Lack of drivers in Mykolaiv

We will remind that in November 2023, Norway handed over passenger buses to Mykolaiv, each of which can accommodate almost 100 people. It was planned that buses would run to the Korabelnyi district, but the city had difficulties putting new buses into operation due to an insufficient number of drivers.

The problem with the lack of drivers also arose in neighboring Odessa. There are not enough people there to work on the buses donated by the sister city of Regensburg. Of the required 18 drivers, there are only seven.

Later, Oleh Kuksa, Deputy Head of the Department of Transport Complex, Communications and Telecommunications of the Mykolaiv City Council, stated that for 2022-2024, the number of public transport in Mykolaiv has decreased from 700 to 387. And the lack of drivers is the main problem for the efficient operation of public transport in Mykolaiv.

Residents of remote areas of Mykolaiv also complained about the problem with public transport in remote areas of the city. Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych replied that men do not want to work as drivers because of mobilization.

In May, the mayor also announced that two fewer buses will run on the routes due to the mobilization.

At the same time, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, said that women began to master new professions to meet the existing demand for critical infrastructure facilities and utility companies.

Earlier, the director of «Mykolaivpastrans» Ihor Kushnir reported that the company has a shortage of bus drivers. However, recruitment for this position has not yet been announced.