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Buses
Riga Bus Station (Autoosta)
Open from 05.00-24.00
Offers bus comunications with almost all the largest localities of Latvia. There are also international routes.You can book tickets at the bus station on the day of the trip or up to five days in advance. Call for information: 7213611, 7213826

International Connections
The state motor-bus firm "NORDEKA" (121 Dzirciema, Riga) is carrying out regular long-distance and international pasenger service. You can make reservations for any roundtrip bus ticket (departure from Riga bus station).
The advance sale of tickets (10 days before the departure ) is made as follows:

  • 1.at advance booking-office of the Riga bus station
  • 2. the ticket can be booked by phone 213826 from 8.00 till 17.00 every day, and you can get them at a booking office of the Riga bus station at the convenient for you time one day before the bus departure.

Information about bus-schedule by phone 460255, 213611 from 8.00 till 16.00
We are making the following services with buses SCANIA, VOLVO, IKARUS for tourist trips and other.
Reservation acceptance and information tel. 469095, 468814 from 8.00 till 16.00

Eurolines
28 Aspazijas bulv, Riga
tel/fax: 7211158

Norma-A
42/45 Lacplesa, Riga
tel: 7288748, 7289873

Hints for Drivers
Seat belts must be fastened.
Speed limit 50 km/h in cities and villages.
Outside cities and villages 90 km/h and 100 km/h when allowed by a road-sign.
Don't drink when driving! This can result in a fine of 100 Lats, taking away your driver's licence and criminal proceedings. Alcohol content in the blood should not exceed 0.5 promille.
In case of accident call ambulance (tel:03) and police (tel:02).
Transportation of broken cars, tel. in Riga: 377000
There are good road connections from Riga to all parts of the country. Finnish Neste, Norwegian Statoil and range of local petrol stations can be found all over Latvia. Diesel and normal 4-star petrol are available.

Penalties for infringement of traffic rules and regulations
  • Infringement of rules of usage of seat-belts and helmets - up to 3 Ls
  • Exceeding allowed speed for not more than 20 km/h - up to 5 Ls
  • Exceeding alowed speed from 20 km/h up to 50 km/h - up to 7.50 Ls or 3 months imprisonment
  • Exceeding allowed speed for more than 50 km/h - 50 Ls or 6 months imprisonment
  • Infringement of rules of stopping and parking - up to 5 Ls
  • Drunk driving or teaching driving when drunk (or in condition of other intoxication including drugs) - 100 Ls or 12 months imprisonment
  • Drunk driving without driving licence (or in condition of other intoxication including drugs) - 200 Ls
  • Evading medical testing for alcohol or other intoxication - 100 Ls or 24 months imprisonment
  • Infringement of rules and regulation for pedestrians - 1 ls
Public Transport
Bus, trolley-bus and tram traffic in the cities usually starts at 05.30 in the morning and ends by midnight. Some routes have night service every hour. Tickets are available in special kiosks, newspaper stands or in drivers' cabs. A ticket costs 14 santims in Riga. If you stay longer you can buy a card for a month for any transport. The monthly tickets are of different types:
  • for one definite traffic route
  • for one, two or all three means of transportation
  • for the whole month or only for working days of one week
The price different fron Ls 0,65 to Ls 10,00.
The inhabitans of the most distant living city's districts often use electric trains as the everyday means of transportation. It helps to economize on time during rush hours, when the traffic is really heavy and buses, trams and trolley-bus are crowded. The train fare inside a city is 5 santims or 10 santims (further than 10 km).
You may use the local mini-bus taxis. The fare depending on the distance of the route is from Ls 0.10 to Ls 0.20. The working hours of the mini-bus taxis are different on each route. Some start running already at 9 a.m., some only about noon. But all of them stop transportation of passengers by midnight.

Taxi
You can take state or private taxi. State taxi fare is normally stable: from 6.00 to 22.00 it's 20 santims per kilometer, after 22.00 - 30 santims.
If you want to go outside the borders of the town, the driver will charge also the return fare in town. Booking a taxi by phone costs 0,1 Ls and the charge for the distance run till your place. If you make the taxi wait, you have to pay 2 Ls per hour. There is also a user's fee of 0,4 Ls for just getting in the taxi.
The airport "Riga" is serviced by "Renault" cars of the Riga Taxi Park. The rate is 2 Ls for booking and 0,3 Ls per kilometre.
You can order a taxi by phone in Riga: 070, 077, 073, 367777, 7334041
Taxi-Lorry in Riga, tel: 7225551

Petrol Stations
Neste. Latvian Traffic Service (Latvian-Finnish Company)
  • 386 Brivibas iela, Riga, tel: 7551806, 24 hour service
  • 78 Pernavas iela, Riga, tel: 295684, 24 hour service
  • Outside Riga, Bauskas Highway 20 km., Kekava, tel: 935241 24 hour service
Statoil
  • 110 K. Ulmana gatve, Riga, tel: 401653, 24 hour service
  • 117 K. Ulmana gatve, Riga, tel: 401654, 24 hour service
  • 101 Krasta iela, Riga, tel: 7141393, 24 hour service
  • 9 Ziepniekkalna iela, Riga, tel: 627062, 627109, 24 hour service
  • 434/436 Brivibas, Riga
  • 25a Anninmuizas, Riga
  • 17 G.Astras, Riga
  • 76a Lubanas, Riga
  • 105 Vienibas gatve, Riga
Unitrade Petroleum
  • 7 Rozes iela, Riga, tel: 585821, 574889, 24 hour service
Shell
  • 127 K. Ulmana gatve, Riga, tel: 400996, 24 hour service
  • 75 Mukusalas, Riga
  • 10 Astras, Riga
  • 15 Duntes, Riga


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