"Rīgas satiksme" issued e-ticket with drawing by Katrīna Vasiļjeva : Current information : Rīgas satiksme

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"Rīgas satiksme" issued e-ticket with drawing by Katrīna Vasiļjeva

On Thursday, December 6, Katrīna Vasiļjeva received the first e-ticket decorated by her drawing of "Rīgas satiksme" vehicle. The new e-ticket is issued in 4 million copies and will be gradually introduced in the market starting from December 7. The new-design e-ticket is valid for uploading tickets for several number of trips, tickets for a certain period of time, as well as group tickets. The uploaded tickets are valid for 12 months from the first registration moment.

Photo - Ilmārs Znotiņš

As mentioned before, on May 24, 2012 "Rīgas satiksme" in partnership with charity campaign "Taureņa Efekts" organised an experience day for children from Riga city orphanage at tram depot No. 5, which is located in Brīvības Street 191. The experience day started with seeing around the vast territory of the depot, after which the children drew their impressions under the guidance of artist Jānis Anmanis. The drawings were published on the website of "Rīgas satiksme", where everybody could vote for the best drawing.

The drawing of Katrīna received a large majority of 993 votes. Altogether, 2476 "Rīgas satiksme" website visitors participated in the vote which took place from May 28 till July 1.

The tradition of decorating e-tickets with children drawings was first introduced by "Rīgas satiksme" in 2010, when the low-floor tram drawn by Vineta Siliņa was recognised the best. In 2011 the contest was won by the low-floor tram drawn by Kristofers Krūmiņš.

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