How to put a minibus on a route

Carriage of passengers in the city and its environs can be a profitable business for an entrepreneur who has invested in the creation of his fleet of vehicles. The path to success in this field of activity lies through a lot of problems and serious responsibility, but the reward for overcoming it is not only a steady income, but also an awareness of the usefulness of your undertaking for society.

You will need

• 1. A fleet of vehicles of the corresponding class (minibuses), consisting of at least 5 units of transport;

• 2. Base for your fleet with the capabilities of stationary technical maintenance of machines;

• 3. Drivers for work on minibuses, dispatchers, arrangement with an incoming accountant;

• 4. The routes developed for your transport, agreed with the city or district administration;

• 5. License for the right to carry out passenger transportation issued by the Ministry of Transport.

Instruction manual

1

Register as an individual entrepreneur or create a legal entity - both the company and the individual entrepreneur can carry out passenger transportation. Write a business plan for the minibus fleet, especially carefully calculate all upcoming expenses (one-time and permanent) that are associated with the full functioning of your car depot (cost of the cars themselves, car insurance, gasoline, maintenance, washing, salaries for drivers and other personnel, lease payments, base rental fee). If after this you are still ready to continue, then you can move on from planning to business.

2

Decide which minibuses you will use for your minibus (domestic Gazelles or their imported analogues). Buy at least five cars under a leasing scheme, otherwise you will generally be far beyond the threshold of profitability. Find a suitable place for the base equipment (preferably in the country), prepare everything necessary for its effective functioning.

3

Start looking for drivers of minibuses, form a personnel reserve and immediately work out a scheme for searching for driver frames for the future. One or two dispatchers usually work in the park, preparing cars for departure, they will also need to be hired. Assign the accounting of your company to professionals - you can contact the company that provides the relevant services.

4

Carefully analyze the pattern of public transport in the area where you intend to work. Try to find in it the "weaknesses" that leave the opportunity to enter the passenger transportation market. Either put your transport on existing routes, or develop new ones that, in your opinion, may become in demand.

5

Gather together all the documents about your company, its taxation, qualifications of its employees, vehicles, and submit them to the Ministry of Transport for a state license. Having received it, you can safely put your minibuses on routes and start transporting people.

Useful advice

Conclude agreements with reliable companies from your point of view on the provision of maintenance services for your cars, their washing, as well as the wholesale supply of gasoline.

To cover part of your monthly expenses, place an advertisement on minibuses - this source of profit is used by almost all transport enterprises in large settlements.

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