Batumi. Information about the city transport of Batumi, which buses go, how much the fare costs and how to pay for it.

1. Buses and stops
2. The fare. Tariffs and types of payment
3. About the company "Batumi Motor Transport"

Buses and stops

Batumi is a small city, however, the transport system here is well developed. Regular buses of yellow, gray and blue colors run around the city on 17 routes. Unlike minibuses, buses run on schedule and stop only at designated stops. Although, if necessary, you can stop the bus at an unspecified place.

The stops are equipped with electronic displays, where the route numbers and the time before the arrival of the nearest buses are indicated. The text on the scoreboard is written in Georgian and English. On buses, route numbers and text are displayed in Georgian and English.

There are a lot of traffic jams in Batumi at any time of the year, which is why buses are often late. If a scoreboard is installed at the stop, it starts flashing, notifying about the delay.

The fare. Tariffs and types of payment

Payment for travel on all buses is made using a special travel card, which can be purchased and replenished at payment terminals from the Bank of Georgia.

Contactless plastic cards are divided into categories and can be purchased for free:

• standard Batumi Card, fare 30 tetri
• discount card
• student card
• student ID

You can also pay for the trip with the cards Exgess Wpc, Solo, Visa Electron and others. It is very comfortable.

Several passengers can use one card for payment. To do this, it should be applied to the sensor of the composter an appropriate number of times.

It is not recommended to ride for free on buses, controllers come in quite often. Basically, they are not strict and not angry, behave respectfully and friendly, even if the passenger has not paid the fare.

If you are used to riding buses with a travel card or buying a ticket from a conductor or driver, then this is not the case here. The driver and the conductor cannot take money from you and issue tickets. Payment is made only by cards. But even if you got on the bus and didn't know about it, you don't have a card or you got on the wrong bus, you can ask for help directly to the driver and passengers. Most people speak Russian, they will understand you and will definitely prompt and help. Locals can offer to pay for your trip with their card and not even take money for it.