Liepājas tramvajs is a municipal company that operates a single tram

Tram

A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

 line in Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. As of 2007 the company owns 17 Tatra KT4

Tatra KT4

Tatra KT4 is the name of an articulated tramcar developed by the Czech firm ČKD Tatra. The first pre-production vehicles entered service in Potsdam in 1975, with the first production vehicles in 1977. A total of 1747 units were built, with initial deliveries to East Germany and later The USSR and...

 trams, of which only seven are actively used for passenger transportation.

1899

The first electric tram line in the Baltic states

Baltic states

The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...

 was founded in Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

, September 26, 1899. The first nine trams used by the company were made by Herbrandt (based in Köln

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, Germany

Germany

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). The first tram line was built to Karosta

Karosta

Karosta is a neighbourhood in the north of Liepāja in western Latvia by the Baltic sea.Karosta was constructed in 1890-1906 as a naval base for the Russian Tsar Alexander III, and later served as a base for the Soviet Baltic Fleet...

.

1903

In 1903 the company ordered six new trams from Herbrandt. The new trams received numbers 10 to 16.

1940

After World War II

World War II

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 the old Herbrandt trams has been placed to new self-made frames. 18 March 1941 for the first time since 1899 the woman (Anna Cekuse) has become the conductor

Conductor (transportation)

A conductor is a member of a railway train's crew that is responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve the actual operation of the train. The title of conductor is most associated with railway operations in North America, but the role of conductor is common to railways...

. The company starts to use tree-digit numbering, precessing tram number with 1. In 1949-1956 few trams has been built in Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

 using the details from Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...

 and self-made frames.

1957

In 1957 Liepājas tramvajs has received 8 Gotha

Gothaer Waggonfabrik

Gothaer Waggonfabrik was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha. During the two world wars, the company expanded into aircraft building.-World War I:...

 T57 trams with numbers 125-132.

1960

Liepāja has received 10 new trams Gotha Т59Е with Nos. 139-148 in 1961. In 1962 has been boght 8 new Tatra T2-62 with numbers 149-156.

1970

In 1974 Liepājas tramvajs has transported 12 millions passengers per year.

2007

In Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

 widely discussed plans to extend the tram line to the Ezerkrasts

Ezerkrasts

Ezerkrasts is one of the largest and most modern neighbourhoods of Liepāja, Latvia. It is located near the southern border of the city, on the western coast of Liepāja lake. Ezerkrasts named so after the naming contest in 1975, in which this name was selected from 108 other variants.Ezerkrasts...

 district, but the final decision has still not been made.
The company starts to offer new service - payments for the tram tickets by mean of SMS

SMS

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. This service was developed in cooperation with Riga company Citycredit.

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