Liepājas tramvajs
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| Liepājas tramvajs | |
|---|---|
| Type | state owned |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Headquarters |  Liepāja, Latvia |
| Key people | Aigars Puks, CEO[1] |
| Industry | transportation |
| Revenue |  n/a (2006) |
| Employees | n/a (2006) |
Liepājas tramvajs —- municipal company operating single tram line in Liepāja, Latvia. As 2007 the company owns 17 Tatra KT4 trams, from which only 7 trams are actively used for passenger transportation.
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[edit] History
[edit] 1899
The first electric tram line in Baltic states was founded in Liepāja in September 26 of 1899. The first 9 trams, used by company was made by company Herbrandt (Köln, Germany). The first tram line was build to Karosta.
[edit] 1903
In 1903 the company has ordered 6 new trams from Herbrandt. The new trams has received numbers 10 to 16.
[edit] 1904
Two-way tram line has been build at Liela street in the city center.
[edit] 1930
[edit] 1940
After WWII the old Herbrandt trams has been placed to new self-made frames. 18 March of 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.
[edit] 1957
In 1957 Liepājas tramvajs has received 8 Gotha T57 trams with numbers 125-132.
[edit] 1960
Liepāja has received 10 new trams Gotha Т59Е with Nrs. 139-148 in 1961. In 1962 has been boght 8 new Tatra T2-62 with numbers 149-156.
[edit] 1970
In 1974 Liepājas tramvajs has transported 12 millions passengers per year.
[edit] 1990
New tram-stops with add stands has been build in Liepāja by EuroAWK
[edit] 2007
In Liepāja widely discussed plans to prolongate the tram line to Ezerkrasts district, but the final decision has still not been made. 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.
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