Trolleybus route No. 27 to be extended to Ziepniekkalns as of September 2 : Current information : Rīgas satiksme

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Trolleybus route No. 27 to be extended to Ziepniekkalns as of September 2

As of September 2 public transport route network will undergo changes: trolleybus route No. 27 will be extended to bus terminal in Ziepniekkalns and schedules of the above trolleybus route for both workdays and holidays will be also changed accordingly, increasing the traffic intensity. As a result of these changes, bus route No. 42 will be closed, as the trolleybus route to be extended will service the passengers of the closed route.

Changes in the route network are being made for economic reasons, as maintaining a separate bus route in this part of the city was economically unfeasible. Furthermore, trolleybuses running on route No. 27 are provided with diesel engines, so the extension of the route will not cause any additional expenditures related to building and extending the infrastructure (e.g. building the overhead contact system etc.). The extended trolleybus route will provide the residents of the district with new direct connections to Jelgavas Street, Mūkusalas Street and the 11^th November embankment (Old Riga).

Bus route 42 has been used by a small number of passengers and partly overlaps with bus route No. 40 and trolleybus routes No. 19 and 27. As a result of extending trolleybus route No. 27 to the bus terminal in Ziepniekkalns, trolleybus terminal „Ābolu Street” will be closed.

If a customer has bought a one-month ticket for bus route No. 42, he/she can use it on trolleybus route No. 27 until the ticket expiry date, without registering the trip. Those customers who want to reclaim the residual value of the ticket, shall go to one of Rīgas satiksme customer service centres.

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