To improve the quality of passenger transport services, new journey registration and ticketing equipment will be introduced on the buses of the Jūrmala city route network; testing started at the end of October.

Test recording equipment

At the end of October, testing of the new ticketing and journey tracking equipment started on buses of routes 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of the Jūrmala route network. During the testing period, the bus driver can ask to register his/her journey twice – on the existing and on the new equipment – in order to test the operation of the new equipment and successfully start using it to provide ticketing and tracking services on all city routes of the Jūrmala route network.

The new equipment will provide ticketing, journey registration and a passenger tracking system that will enable more efficient planning and delivery of passenger transport services.

Improving the quality of passenger transport

In order to improve the quality of passenger transport in line with citizens’ suggestions, changes have been made to bus timetables and schedules as of 1 September: bus 4 has a busier timetable in the morning hours, bus route 7 has been extended, bus route 6 has been adapted to the start of school hours, and a new route No 8 “Sloka-Valteri-Dārzu iela-Dzintaru stacija” has been created.

27 buses in Jūrmala’s traffic

Since 25 May this year, bus passenger transport in Jūrmala has been provided by SIA “Tukuma auto”. All planned 26 buses are currently operating on eight routes in Jūrmala, including 16 buses that were already used in Jūrmala traffic and 11 new buses – three large buses with a total capacity of up to 78 passengers and eight minibuses with a total capacity of up to 30 passengers.

All buses used in Jūrmala are accessible for people with reduced mobility.