Due to the upcoming Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2026 in Baku, traffic restrictions will be implemented on several roads in the capital. Consequently, regular and express bus services will be diverted to alternative streets. From 9:00 p.m. on September 19 until midnight on September 21, the routes of 13 bus lines will be altered: - Bus routes 1, 2, 4, 10, 20, 32, 46, 88A, 120, 120E, and H1 will run via Dilara Aliyeva and Kovkab Safaraliyeva streets and Neftchilar Avenue, before returning to their regular routes; - Route 125 will run via Neftchilar Avenue, Rashid Behbudov, and Dilara Aliyeva streets; - Express route M9 heading toward the Hazi Aslanov metro station will run via Dilara Aliyeva and Kovkab Safaraliyeva streets and Neftchilar Avenue, before returning to its regular route.

From September 21 to 26, the routes of 26 bus lines will be altered: - Routes 1, 2, 4, 20, 46, 88A, 120, 120E, and H1 will run via Kovkab Safaraliyeva Street and Neftchilar Avenue; - Routes 20, 88A, and 120E heading toward the city center will run via Afiyaddin Jalilov, Yusif Safarov, and 28 May streets; - Route M9 heading toward the Elmler Akademiyasi metro station will run via Yusif Safarov, 28 May, and Rashid Behbudov streets. In the opposite direction, the buses will run via Dilara Aliyeva and Kovkab Safaraliyeva streets and Neftchilar Avenue, before returning to their regular route; - Route 5 will operate in two sections: the first section will cover the Nariman Narimanov metro station to Suleyman Rahimov Street, and the second section will cover Salyan Highway – Bibiheybat Mosque – Baku Funicular (Bahram Gur statue); - Route 6 will operate in two sections: the first section will cover the Azadliq Avenue metro station to Axundov Garden, and the second section will cover 20th Area to the Bahram Gur statue; - Route 61 heading toward the Central Bank will run via Samad Vurgun, Shamsi Badalbeyli, and Rashid Behbudov streets (final stop); - Route 65 heading toward the Icherisheher metro station will run via Murtuza Mukhtarov and Ahmad Javad streets and Azerbaijan Avenue (final stop); - Route 88 heading toward the 28 May metro station will run via Azadliq Avenue and Fuzuli Street (final stop); - Routes 10, 18, 31, 37, 53, 77, and 205 heading toward the Icherisheher metro station will run via Sheikh Shamil, Lermontov, and Bunyad Sardarov streets (final stop); - Route 125 heading toward the 28 May metro station will run via Lokbatan roundabout – Silk Road (Ring Road) – Mikayil Mushfig Street – Badamdar roundabout – Mikayil Mushfig Street – Abdulla Shaig Street – Mirzaaga Aliyev Street – Shamsi Badalbeyli Street – Azadliq Avenue – Dilara Aliyeva Street – Pushkin Street (final stop); - Routes 149 and 149E will operate from Sahil settlement to the Bina shopping center (Lokbatan Transport Exchange Center); - Route 195E will operate from Alat settlement to the Bina shopping center (Lokbatan Transport Exchange Center).

Meanwhile, routes 72 and E1 will be temporarily suspended.