Filenews 1 March 2021 - by Dora Christodooulou
At the disposal of the Passenger Public of Paphos are the "QR Code" Information Signs placed at the stops of the two "Green Routes" of the electric bus as well as the Mobile Application integrated into the existing digital platform of Tourism/Culture and Entrepreneurship "Explore Pafos".
Stop signs have a QR code which passengers can scan on their mobile phone and emerge in the internet application of the electric bus in order to be informed in real time about the bus route, stops and times of arrival or departure, as well as the points of historical and tourist interest of the wider area. A prerequisite is that they have downloaded the Explore Pafos platform, which is available from Apple Store and Google Play, to their mobile phone, as well as the two QR codes that are also on the stop signs.
The Explore Paphos platform, which works with the innovative augmented reality technology, is a digital tourist guide of Paphos that has multi-media Information (Text, Photos, Videos, 360) for the most important points of interest of the province sorted by category: Culture, Environment, Tourism, Services. It also features an interactive Map with points of interest, an event calendar and multilingual Content in Greek, English, Russian, Hebrew and German. The platform has been developed as part of the Smart Cities project (Interreg V-A Greece – Cyprus 2014-2020).
The cycle of routes in the Historical Centre of the city starts at 9.00 and ends at 13.00, daily from Monday to Friday. Each trip takes about 30 minutes with a waiting time of 3 minutes at each stop. The public may board and disembark from the bus at the following stops:
Multispace Atticon
Archaeological Museum of Paphos
Mark Dragon Square
Administrative Square
The cycle of routes in Kato Paphos starts at 16.15 and ends at 19.45, daily from Monday to Friday. Each trip takes about 25 minutes with a waiting time of 3 minutes at each stop. The stops where passengers board and disembark are:
Panagia Chrysopolitissa
Agios Antonios Church
Municipal Bathrooms (Poseidon Avenue – in front of "Annabelle Hotel")
Apostolos Pavlos Avenue (in front of tavern "Fat")
The vehicle has a total capacity of 20 people with provisions for People with Disabilities. It is the first electric bus in Cyprus and its operation by the Municipality of Paphos sends the strong message of environmental protection with the use of electrification.
The supply of the bus and the development/construction of the supporting infrastructure took place after relevant tenders in the context of the implementation of the ECORouTs project of the Interreg V-A Cooperation Programme "Greece - Cyprus 2014-2020".
