History

• 2021
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  2021

  The most important events of the enterprise in 2021

  • Introduction of a code ticket
  • All twenty low-floor trams scheduled for the last delivery have been received
  • Testing of electric buses in the streets of Riga
  • A new concept of the system of payment for public transport tickets and services has been developed
• 2020
• 

  2003-2020

  20th February 2003 - as a result of merging bus depots Imanta and Tālava, SIA Rīgas satiksme is established

  • The first hydrogen gas filling and storage station in the Baltics starts operating in test mode
  • Low-floor trolleybuses Škoda 27Tr and buses Solaris Urbino 18 E6 are introdeced into service
  • Low-floor trams Škoda 15T and Škoda 15T 1 are introduced into service
  • Only electronic payments are effective in Riga public transport
  • A united public transport company, RP SIA Rīgas satiksme, is established, including SIA Rīgas satiksme, SIA Tramvaju un trolejbusu pārvalde, SIA Rīgas autostāvvietas, SIA Rīgas domes autobāze 

   
• 2002
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  1981-2000

  1998 – T3 trams renovation programme is launched

  • Riga bus depots receive new Mercedes Benz buses
  • The new tram route No. 4 to Imanta is opened
  • On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Riga tram TTP workshops built Retro tram 
• 1980
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  1961-1980

  1974 - TTP receives first Czechoslovak-made Tatra T3 tram cars

  • TTP receives from Czechoslovakia the first three-door trolleybuses Škoda TRH

  • Trolleybus depot No. 2 in Pārdaugava, at Jelgavas Street 37, is put into operation 
  • Trolleybus traffic in Suvorova (now Marijas) Street starts 
• 1960
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  1941-1960

  1947 – trolleybus traffic is opened in Riga

  • Czechoslovak-made trolleybuses Skoda 8Tr are put into service
  • The building of loops at the terminals of all tram lines is finished
  • The trolleybus depot in Ganību dambis 32 is opened
  • The Central workshops of the RTCT build the tram cars of their own design

   
• 1940
• 

  1921-1940

  1924 - regular transportation of passengers by buses on several routes in Riga starts

  • Riga City Transport Board takes over bus lines
  • The concession contract of the joint stock company of Riga street railways expires and the city authorities take over the Riga street railways company

   
• 1920
• 

  1901- 1920

  11th July 1901 – traffic of electric trams is opened in Alexander Street (now Brīvības Street)

  • The first regular transportation of passengers by buses starts 
  • The traffic of electric trams is opened across Pontoon bridge to Pārdaugava
  • The joint stock company of Riga street railways puts into service the electric station in Miķeļa Street
• 1900
• 

  1852-1900

  23rd August 1882 – the first three horse-drawn tram lines are opened in Riga

  • A concession contract on the building and operation of electric tram lines in Riga is signed
  • Riga municipality starts the transportation of passengers across the Daugava
  • The first horse-drawn omnibus starts running