{"id":50630,"date":"2023-10-30T16:54:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tlt.ee\/?p=50630"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:56:55","slug":"new-tram-line-number-5-to-enter-service-on-1-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/new-tram-line-number-5-to-enter-service-on-1-november\/","title":{"rendered":"New tram line number 5 to enter service on 1 November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On 1 November, a new tram line, number 5, will be introduced in Tallinn. It will operate along a route between Kopli and Vana-L\u00f5una. The same tram line was in operation between 2000-2004. Temporary line number 6, which was established to substitute lines that were not operational due to construction works, will make its final trip on 31 October.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Kaido Padar, Member of the Management Board at Tallinna Linnatranspordi Aktsiaselts (TLT), the main reason for reinstating a line towards Vana-L\u00f5una was the popularity of temporary line number 6 among city residents. Public transport users who had become used to this route can now continue travelling from Kopli to Tondi without needing to transfer. \u201cSome might then ask why we didn\u2019t just keep line number 6 in operation,\u201d said Padar. \u201cThe answer is simple \u2013 the Tondi end station hasn\u2019t been planned and constructed to maintain three lines, so keeping lines number 1, 3 and 6 running at the same time puts too much extra pressure on all of them. There wasn\u2019t enough space in Tondi to expand the tram stop area, so we had to decide to use the turnaround point for trams in Vana-L\u00f5una, which was constructed as an end stop to meet our needs.\u201d Padar added that the reinstatement of line number 5 is also supported by the significant number of construction projects in the Vana-L\u00f5una area, resulting in many new apartment buildings and job opportunities, all of which require a reliable public transportation connection. This can be provided by line number 5. \u201cIn addition to the previously mentioned reasons, the new tram line improves travel for students of the Tallinn Co-education Gymnasium, as the end stop is located near the school building. This means that when entering or exiting the tram, children won\u2019t have to cross the street anymore,\u201d Padar added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After synchronising the tram schedules, Tallinn will continue to operate with five working tram lines that complement each other, creating a reliable and user-friendly rail transport network with frequent and dependable departures between Kopli, Lasnam\u00e4e, Kadriorg, Tondi and Vana-L\u00f5una.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 20 million passengers use the TLT trams every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 1 November, a new tram line, number 5, will be introduced in Tallinn. It will operate along a route between Kopli and Vana-L\u00f5una. The same tram line was in operation between 2000-2004. Temporary line number 6, which was established to substitute lines that were not operational due to construction works, will make its final … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":50594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases-and-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50633,"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50630\/revisions\/50633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlt.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}