As it used to be in the old days

In the old days, that is in the previous century, in Soviet era, buses of the transport association used to run in the Kotelnich region regularly and their timetables didn't change for years. Those who always used the buses knew the timetables by heart and if a driver had been a little late there were a lot of complaints. Then perestroika and  the «death agony» of PATO* took place, private carriers poped up and so there were no timetables for buses for several years.

However market has taken its course. The route to Leninskaya Iskra is profitable, and to the pleasure of local passengers boards with timetables of two buses again appeared at the bus stops as it used to be in the old days. They containt separate timetables for  weekdays and Sundays.  We can do everything if we want, especially if it is profitable.

Kotelnichskiy vestnik. Saturday 7 July, 2012

*PATO - in Russian ПАТО (производственное автотранспортное объединение) means "transport association"