There will be 136 routes for transportation of participants of FINA World Championship 2015

On July 14, at a briefing on issues of transport services to be rendered during FINA World Championship 2015, Deputy Director General of ANO “Executive directorate of sports projects” Azat Galiakhmetov said that there will be 136 routes for transportation of participants of the championship.

Galiakhmetov noted that during development of principles and organization of transport services for client groups, the event managers came to an agreement that both airports and railway stations of Kazan and Moscow will be official arrival places of participants and guests of the championship. Therefore, all hospitality services will be rendered in both cities on July 17 – August 18.

According to Galiakhmetov, first guests, teams from the USA and Canada will arrive at Kazan international airport on July 17. July 21, 22 and 29 will be the busiest days as more than 500 guests will be coming to Kazan. On August 10 1.5 thousand participants of the sports event will be leaving Kazan.

Every day client groups will be transported by 132 tourist buses, 45 minibuses, and 183 cars provided by AvtoVAZ partner company. All vehicles used during the championship will be using a special lane for public transport.

It was noted that 2.5 thousand volunteers will take part in the event.

The organizing committee decided to provide a special free of charge route for people to get to the main venues such as Kazan-arena stadium, Aquatics Palace, and Water Polo Arena from the underground station “Kozya Sloboda”. The route will start operating on July 24 from 10 p.m. till 1 a.m.