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Yerevan Public Transportation
Public transportation in Yerevan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The public transportation system in Yerevan, Armenia consists of buses, minibuses, trolleybuses, and a metro.
Stops and Stations
There are currently no stop announcements in buses, minibuses, or trolleybuses. The metro, however, has announcements in Armenian and English.[1] As of 2025, there are 1200 public transport stops in Yerevan. Around 408 of them have shelters, the others have only signs[2] and occasionally benches. Some stops have electronic schedules,[3] there are also mobile apps with route information for each stop. At metro stations, however, signage is available in Armenian, English, and Russian.
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Fares
As of 2025, the new unified payment system is operating. It includes the buses, minibuses, trolleybuses, and metro. The fares can be found on the official ticket website. The payments can be made by a transport card, a bank card, the Telcell mobile app, or a one-time QR-code ticket. A one-time ticket costs 150AMD.[4]
Schedules
The buses and minibuses operate from 07:00 to 23:00. Trolleybuses operate from 07:00 to 21:00.[5] The metro operates from 07:00 to 00:00, with extended night hours on some holidays.[6] The airport bus (route 100) operates 24 hours a day. All routes with ZhongTong or MAN buses have live schedules on the Yandex Maps app. The individual vehicles can be seen live on the map, and their estimated arrival time is also displayed for each stop.[7]
Buses
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Yerevan is served by 64 bus routes, which accounted for 71.4% of public transport traffic in 2024. The bus fleet is made up of three types of vehicles:[2]
- MAN Lion's City 12G (12-metre, low-floor, 87 units)
- Zhongtong LCK6860HGN (8.5-metre, low-floor, 562 units)
- Higer KLQ6770G (7.7-metre, high-floor, 103 units)
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Minibuses
As of August 2023, all old GAZelle minibuses were replaced by buses or new low-floor GAZelle City minibuses.[8] The new minibuses are operated by "Yerevan Bus" CJSC. The network consists of 11 routes, and accounted for 4% of the total passenger volume in 2024.[2]
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Trolleybuses
Yerevan has 5 trolleybus lines, which transport 6.2% of public transport passengers in 2024.[2] The vehicles used are mostly older, high-floor LiAZ trolleybuses and new battery-extended, low-floor Yutong and Zhongtong trolleybuses. The new trolleybuses allowed the network to expand using the capability of travelling without contact wires.[9]
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Metro
The Yerevan metro consists of 10 stations on 1 line and a branch. The trains used are modernized Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714 models. Three of the ten stations are on-ground, while the rest are underground.[10] Stations are old (the newest one built in 1996) and do not have accessibility features. 4G mobile connection is available in the underground stations and in the trains. The metro carried 26.3 million passengers in 2024, or about 18.4% of the total passenger volume.[2]
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Gallery
MAN bus on route 35
Marshal Baghramyan Bus Stop
Higer bus on route 45
Trolleybus and two buses on the Opera bus stop in Yerevan
LiAZ trolleybus on route 9 on Khanjyan Street
Hyundai bus on route 57
References
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