For the first time in Ukraine, interregional bus routes were opened through the electronic operator’s cabinet

For the first time in Ukraine, interregional bus routes were opened under a new digital procedure through the carrier’s electronic cabinet. The routes are Odesa – Zaporizhzhia and Kovel – Uzhhorod. Services on these routes have not yet started: the next stage will be an electronic tender to select carriers.

This was reported by Dilo with reference to a statement from the Ministry for Restoration, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine.

The new procedure allows documents to be submitted online. In

digital format the entire process takes place – from signing the application

with a qualified electronic signature to route approval by the National

Police and the decision by the transport organizer.

The ministry emphasizes that opening the Odesa –

Zaporizhzhia and Kovel – Uzhhorod routes does not mean the appearance of a new connection between these

cities. This concerns formalizing routes within the existing transport network

under the new procedure.

The next step will be an open electronic tender for the

right to serve these routes. It must be held within 45 days. To take

part, any carriers who meet the established requirements will be able to participate.

First Deputy Minister Serhii Derkach noted that the new

mechanism gives carriers the opportunity to propose routes themselves where they

see passenger demand and economic feasibility.

Digitalization of procedures is the first stage of the bus

transport reform. Over the next year the ministry plans to digitize all

bus routes.

Recall that at the beginning of 2026 the year, Ukraine introduced a

new digital procedure for opening bus routes, which allowed

carriers to independently initiate the creation of an interregional route through the

electronic cabinet.