From Monday, express buses will resume in Riga / Article / LSM.lv

Representative of “Rīgas satiksme” Viktors Zaķis: From Monday, express buses will run in RigaJānis Kincis00:00 / 00:52

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Viktors Zaķis, a representative of “Rīgas satiksme”, explains: “The first news is that minibuses are starting to run again in working day mode. All the numbers that were “two hundred” have been renamed “three hundred” numbers without changing routes, of course.

The second news is that, as the council has already decided, the discounts set by the council will no longer be available in minibuses. All minibuses, regardless of whether they are orange or blue – they will all have three hundred numbers, they will all have to pay for one trip – for 1.15 euros. This, of course, does not apply to the first and second groups of disabled people, who will continue to receive these discounts.

At the same time, I would like to remind you that public transport is still subject to the requirement to wear a special face mask or respirator with a scarf, scarf – as this is still aimed at reducing the risk of transmitting the virus, and this is still the case for public transport. still applicable. ”

CONTEXT:

SIA “Rīgas mikroautobusu satiksme” (RMS) a decision was taken from 2 April this year to completely stop the minibus traffic on the served routes in Riga until the state of emergency in the country is lifted.

From March 21, several RMS routes and flights were closed in Riga, on some routes the transport ran according to the holiday schedule.

On March 26, the Ministry of Transport issued an order stating that carriers should, as far as possible, restrict the use of minibuses for passenger transport in order to respect social distancing.

RMS concluded that the order could not be enforced in any other way than by suspending the provision of public transport services and, for the duration of the emergency, by closing all routes.

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