Editing Ashgabat (section)

=== City buses and trolleybus ===
[[File:Ashgabat bus stop IMG 5627 (26085205046).jpg|thumb|Bus stop with air conditioning in Ashgabat]]
[[File:10-Ýyl Abadanchylyk Avenue.jpg|thumb|10-Ýyl Abadanchylyk Avenue]]
Public transport in the city consists mainly of buses. More than 100 bus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ayauk.gov.tm/ru/route/a/index?type=0 |title=Route &#124; |publisher=Ayauk.gov.tm |date= |access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ayauk.gov.tm/ru/item/947|title = В Ашхабаде будет запущен новый автобусный маршрут}}</ref> lines cover a total range of more than {{convert|2230|km|0|abbr=off}} with 700 buses running on urban routes. The city primarily uses [[Iran Khodro]] 0457 (Mercedes-Benz) and [[Hyundai Aero City|Hyundai New Super Aero City]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awtoulag.gov.tm/ru/gallery/13|title=Türkmenawtoulaglar Agentligi|website=awtoulag.gov.tm}}</ref> buses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=3215 |title=Туркменистан: золотой век |publisher=Turkmenistan.gov.tm |language=ru |date=2013-01-28 |access-date=2013-11-24 |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235050/http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=3215 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bus timetables and detailed schematic map of the route are at every stop. Distances between stops are about 300–500 meters.

Travel in the Ashgabat city public transport for the majority of the country's population incurs a fee. Money is thrown into a box next to the driver. Large bills are given to the driver, he gives change. The fare for travel in city public transport is 50 Turkmen tenge (since 2017).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD.aspx |title=ТУРКМЕНИСТАН |language=ru |trans-title=Turkmenistan |publisher=Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia |date= |access-date=2022-03-16 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331102442/https://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Route taxi ([[marshrutka]]) is 1 manat.

Information about bus routes and stops in Ashgabat is available in the mobile application [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.takykcheshme.gps&hl=ru&gl=US Duralga].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/43888/novoe-mobilnoe-prilozhenie-duralga-predostavit-informaciyu-ob-avtobusnyh-marshrutah-i-ostanovkah-ashhabada|title=Новое мобильное приложение Duralga предоставит информацию об автобусных маршрутах и остановках Ашхабада &#124; Авто}}</ref>

From November 1, 2017, the electronic system of payment for public transport came into full force in Ashgabat. Payment can be made using an electronic transport card. There are three types of electronic cards: school, for pensioners and general. When entering through the front door of the bus, the passenger must present the electronic card to the validator. The term of use of the transport electronic card is 4 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/12377/v-stolice-turkmenistane-perehodyat-na-elektronnuyu-sistemu-oplaty-proezda-v-avtobusah|title=В столице Туркменистане переходят на электронную систему оплаты проезда в автобусах &#124; Культура}}</ref>

The new [[International Passenger Bus Terminal of Ashgabat]] was inaugurated on September 5, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2014/09/09/newsbrief-14|title=Turkmenistan to launch international bus service|access-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/articles/38045.html |title=В Ашхабаде будет построен пассажирский автовокзал международного класса &#124; Интернет-газета |publisher=Turkmenistan.ru|language=ru |access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> It offers intercity service to [[Bäherden]], [[Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan|Türkmenbaşy]], [[Dashoguz]], [[Turkmenabat]], [[Archman]], [[Konye-Urgench]], and Mollagara, as well as points in between.<ref name=busmenzil>{{cite web|url=http://www.awtomenzil.gov.tm/index.php?page=routes|title=International Bus Terminal of Ashgabat|language=tk, ru, en}}</ref> The main intracity bus terminals serving Ashgabat are near the Teke Bazaar and at the domestic airport terminal. Intercity lines are operated by [[Hyundai Universe]] Luxury, [[Iran Khodro]] SC 0457, [[Sahab Renault]] and [[Yutong]] ZK6129H.

Also, suburban communication has been established with [[Ýaşlyk]], [[Geok Tepe]], [[Gorjaw]], [[Yzgant]], [[Babarap]], [[Bugdaýly]], [[Anau, Turkmenistan|Annau]], [[Gämi]], [[Owadandepe]], Watan, Khurmant, Onaldy, Gami Dacha, Kasamly Julge, [[Gäwers, Turkmenistan|Gäwers]], Yashyldepe, Akdashayak, Niyazow, Suitchilik, [[Parahat]]. [[Pavlovo Bus Factory|PAZ]] 32054 buses and [[Volkswagen]] minibuses operate on suburban routes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://awtomenzil.gov.tm/index.php?page=routes&spid=1 |title=Aşgabat şäherindäki halkara ýolagçy awtomenzili |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913013130/http://awtomenzil.gov.tm/index.php?page=routes&spid=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some intercity buses also stop at various other points in Ashgabat, including the airport and railway station.
 
From 19 October 1964 to 31 December 2011 the city also had the [[Trolleybuses in Ashgabat|Ashgabat trolleybus system]]. At the beginning of the twentieth century a narrow-gauge steam railway connected the city with the suburb of [[Archabil District|Firyuza]]. As of 2011, there were 7 routes in the city. As of 2011, the Ashgabat trolleybus fleet had 47 trolleybuses ([[Škoda 14Tr]]M) on its balance sheet. In 2000, the last obsolete trolleybuses of the JuMZ-T2 model were written off.