Ljubljana Passenger Transport
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| Founded | 1901 |
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| Headquarters | Ljubljana, Klagenfurt Street (Celovška cesta) 160, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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Ljubljana Medvode Dol pri Ljubljani Brezovica Škofljica Ig Vodice |
| Service type | Bus service |
| Routes | 32 (as of December 2016) |
| Fleet | 221 (as of December 2016) |
| Operator | Public Holding Ljubljana |
| Chief executive | Peter Horvat |
| Website | www.lpp.si |
The Ljubljana Passenger Transport (Slovene: Ljubljanski potniški promet), also known by the acronym LPP, is a public transport company (company with limited liability), embedded in the Public Holding Ljubljana (Slovene: Javni holding Ljubljana) and primarily provides urban public bus transport in the city of Ljubljana and with its department Intercity Passenger Transport (Slovene: Medkrajevni potniški promet - MPP) also in city's surroundings. In addition, the company also offers bus service ordered, service and repair of commercial vehicles and parts, technical inspection of vehicles and vehicle registration.
Company headquarters with office building, garage areas, workshops and technical inspection of motor vehicles building are located in the vast complex in Zgornja Šiška between Klagenfurt Street (Celovška cesta), Litostroj Street (Litostrojska cesta) and Ljubljana Brigades Street (Cesta Ljubljanskih brigad).
When Ljubljana had about 40,000 inhabitants, the city authorities decided to impose a "mechanized" means of transport and in 1900 Splošna maloželezniška družba (English: General little railway company) was officially established. Without special ceremony tramway officially started to operate on September 6, 1901. On the first day they sold 6400 tickets.
The company was in fact very small, because only 13 motorised units with 1 trailer and a car used for salting roads in winter were in stock, 64 people were employed. In each tram there was room for 30 people (16 seats and 14 standing), they could reach speeds of up to 30 kilometers per hour. By the end of 1901, the Ljubljana tram travelled about 136,000 kilometers and transported 330,000 passengers. Splošna maloželezniška družba which was managing trams in Ljubljana was an Austrian private limited company under the management of foreign investor company Siemens & Halske. After the expiry of 20 years of operation, the city finally bought the rights of the tramway company.
In 1929, the Splošna maloželezniška družba changed its name to Električna cestna železnica (English: Electric street railway) and since 1930 the city modernised stock and tracks. With purchasing new and used vehicles the rolling stock by 1940 consisted of 52 units. Tramway lines were connecting city center with the suburbs. Workshops and garages were moved to the street Celovška cesta in the suburb of Šiška.
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