Since March, Irkutsk has changed the routes of 27, 67 and 87 to improve service to Topkinsky district and increase capacity on Karl Marx, Kievskaya and Dzerzhinsky streets. New routes 85 and 97 are planned from April, route 50 will resume, and 67 will be extended through Universitetsky district.
In order to improve transport service for the Topkinsky residential district and increase the traffic capacity of Karl Marx, Kievskaya, and Dzerzhinsky streets, the route scheme for routes No. 27, No. 67, and No. 87 has been changed since March.Route No. 27 is currently served by 12 municipal minibuses, 4 of them operating in express service mode from 19:00 to 23:00. Route No. 67 operates from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eight medium and large buses will operate on the line. Route No. 87 operates from 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Also, starting in April of this year, it is planned to launch routes No. 85 “Topkinsky residential district – 6th GES settlement” and No. 97 “Topkinsky residential district – M. Konev” via the Akademichesky Bridge. They will operate from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. In addition, route No. 50 “Topkinsky residential district – Airport” will resume operation. Also, at the initiative of Deputy of the Duma for electoral district No. 28 Evgeny Stekachev, in the University residential district it is planned to launch route No. 67 in April via the University residential district using the public transport stops “State University,” “Law Institute,” and “Humanitarian Center.”