Instead of tourist water trips
Next week the Committee on transport-transit policy will approve two new water routes for the contest, the spokeswoman Kseniya Gorlevaya said. Water minibuses operate from May, 29; the competition for four routes with a total subsidy from the city budget of $ 83 million rubles was held in April. “The pilot project has exceeded our expectations, we will certainly pursue it”, - the Governor Valentina Matvienko said on Wednesday.
CEO of "MBC" Melik Sarkisian said that new routes were interesting for his company. His company has bought three boats for 4 million rubles each and next year he wants to have 40 boats. 8 boats will serve the Central Line, Director on Development of “Inter Yacht Service” Denis Sinochkin said. This company is a dealer of boats. Their investment amounts tens of millions of rubles. The contract with the Committee has concluded for five years, during this time they should be compensated, Sinochkin believes. Sarkisian also expects return on investment over five years. The subsidy has not covered all costs, but eventually it will be a profitable bus, he said.
Vodokhod - St. Petersburg in June has moved on subsidized lines of 12 500 passengers, and at the tourist line to Peterhof (the ticket - 500 rubles) - 100 000 passengers, the director of economics and finance Alex Grushin said.
Now city lines work not as public transport but as tourist routes. Tourist like them because of their low price, Dmitry Sang, director of the company's carrier "Samson" and "Urban water-bus excursion" says. Adopting routes along rivers and canals will ruin the business of excursion companies. According to him, there are 300 boats in St.Petersburg, 19 carriers control about 95% of the market. Excursion by boat costs 300-400 rubles.
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