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Number of passengers in public transport of Tallinn grows by 13.8% in January

BC, Tallinn, 07.02.2014.Print version
228,591 of various driving cards and 42,099 ID tickets have been validates in public transport of Tallinn in January 2014, according to a system of public transport tickets quoted by a Tallinn City Council, cites LETA.

In January 2014, 307,936 various cards were implemented, this means that a number of passengers increased by 13.8%.

 

According to the data provided in January, 596,000 transport cards were issued, of them 299,644 were given to Tallinners for free public transport rides, 72,000 – for pensioners' free rides, and 3414 – for schollchildren who are also entitled for gratis public transport use. A total of 375,000 persons are free to use the public transport, and 96,000 persons pay for a ride with a banking card.

 

As the vice Mayor of Tallinn Taavi Aas said, this shows that every second Tallinner uses the public transport.

 

"We should say that the number of the used cards corresponds to our expectations," said Aas noting that people positively value quality of Tallinn's public transport. On February 1, 2014, the number of residents of Tallinn was 430,594, last month the number of inhabitants in the capital increased by 695 people.






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