Liepājas tramvajs

Liepājas tramvajs
	Two KT4 trams in July 2013
Type	state owned
Industry	transportation
Founded	1899
Headquarters	Liepāja, Latvia
Key people	Aigars Puks,[1] CEO
Revenue	776000 LVL (2009)[2]
Number of employees	70[2]
Website	http://www.liepajas-tramvajs.lv

Liepājas tramvajs is a municipal company that operates a single tram line in Liepāja, Latvia. The current double-tracked tram line has a length of 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi).[3]

History

1899

Tram No. 1 at Liela St.

The first electric tram line in the Baltic states was founded in Liepāja, September 26, 1899. The first nine trams used by the company were made by Herbrand (based in Köln, Germany). The first tram line was built to Karosta.

1903

In 1903 the company ordered six new trams from Herbrand. The new trams received numbers 10 to 16.

1904

Two-way tram line has been built at Liela street in the city center.

1940

After World War II the old Herbrand trams has been placed to new self-made frames. 18 March 1941 for the first time since 1899 the woman (Anna Cekuse) has become the conductor. The company starts to use tree-digit numbering, precessing tram number with 1. In 1949-1956 few trams has been built in Liepāja using the details from Kaliningrad and self-made frames.

1957

In 1957 Liepājas tramvajs has received 8 Gotha T57 trams with numbers 125-132.

1960

Liepāja has received 10 new trams Gotha Т59Е with the numbers 139-148 in 1961. In 1962 has been bought 8 new Tatra T2-62 with numbers 149-156.

1970

In 1974 Liepājas tramvajs has transported 12 million passengers per year.

1990

New tram-stops with add stands has been built in Liepāja by EuroAWK

2007

In Liepāja widely discussed plans to extend the tram line to the Ezerkrasts district. The company starts to offer new service — payments for the tram tickets by mean of SMS. This service was developed in cooperation with Riga company Citycredit.

2013

the tram line to the Ezerkrasts district is made

2018

In 2018, 12 KONCAR NT2300 low-floor trams were ordered, with deliveries scheduled to begin at the end of September of 2020.[3]

Fleet

Tatra KT4 in Liepāja in July 2013

The current fleet consists of 16 Tatra KT4 trams, including type KT4SU trams delivered new to Liepāja, type KT4D trams formerly in service in Cottbus, Gera and Erfurt, Germany and a German tram track cleaner which was built in 1954 and is the only working model left in the world.

Tickets & price

Year	Price	Currency
1900	0.02-0.05	Russian ruble
1933	0.10-0.15	LVL
1946	0.20-0.40	Soviet ruble
1947-1990	0.03	Soviet ruble
1994-2006	0.25	LVL
2007-2011	0.30	LVL
2012	0.38-0.50	LVL
2016	0.80	EUR

Gallery

Tram station in Karosta
Tram No. 12 at Peldu St.
Tram No. 13 near Kursaal (Kūrmāja)

References

"Liepājas tramvajs unofficial site". Retrieved April 1, 2012.
Ints Grasis (2010). "Tramvajs NAV miris! Lai dzīvo tramvajs!". Liepājas Vēstules Nr. 3 (in Latvian). Kurzemes Vārds. pp. 22–27. Missing or empty |url= (help)
Mackinger, Gunter (December 31, 2019). "Tram Liepaja in Lettland vor der Modernisierung" [Liepaja tramway in Latvia gets modernized]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.

External links

Official website (in Latvian)

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[unofficial-1] "Liepājas tramvajs unofficial site". Retrieved April 1, 2012.

[liepajasvestules-2] Ints Grasis (2010). "Tramvajs NAV miris! Lai dzīvo tramvajs!". Liepājas Vēstules Nr. 3 (in Latvian). Kurzemes Vārds. pp. 22–27. Missing or empty |url= (help)

[utm31122019-3] Mackinger, Gunter (December 31, 2019). "Tram Liepaja in Lettland vor der Modernisierung" [Liepaja tramway in Latvia gets modernized]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.