Sayran Bus Station

Sayran bus terminal (Kazakh: Сайран автобекеті, Sayran avtobeketı, Russian: автовокзал Сайран, tr. avtovokzal Sayran), also "New Bus Station" or "Central Bus Station", is a major long distance bus station in Almaty on the North West corner of the Sayran Reservoir.[1] It is the opposite side of the lake from Sayran metro station on the South East corner of the lake.

Current status

Currently, the bus station has bus ticket offices, railway ticket offices, mother and child room, luggage department, hotel, cafe, railway ticket offices, sanitary infrastructure (showers, dry cleaning, laundry)[2]

In 2018, the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Almaty presented a reconstruction project for the bus station. On the territory of the bus station, transport logistics will be revised, the station square and the pedestrian zone will be expanded, the demolition of illegal buildings, including a car wash, is envisaged. Fountains, parking lots, green areas and playgrounds will be located on the adjacent territory. The main goal of a reconstruction project is to restore the original appearance of the station.[3]

Transport accessibility

There are numerous public transport routes: bus, trolleybus, streetcar (until October 2015) near the bus station, which can be used to get to the bus station from anywhere in the city.

Monument status

On March 19, 2019, Sayran bus station was granted monument status of architecture with inclusion in the State List of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Local Significance in Almaty.[4]

References
  1. Bradley Mayhew, Richard Plunkett, Simon Richmond Lonely Planet Central Asia 0864426739 2000 p.202 "Bus Long-distance buses use the Sayran bus station (f 26 28 55) on the corner of Tole Bi and Mate Zalki, 3.5km west of the centre. Sayran is also called the novy avtovokzal (new bus station) or tsentralny mezhdugorodny avtovokzal ( central ..
  2. "Международный автовокзал Сайран". almaty.zagranitsa.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  3. INFORM.KZ (2018-07-02). "Автовокзал «Сайран» в Алматы обретет первоначальный вид". Казинформ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  4. "Об утверждении Государственного списка памятников истории и культуры местного значения города Алматы - ИПС "Әділет"". adilet.zan.kz. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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