Ljubljana Passenger Transport

Javno podjetje Ljubljanski potniški promet, d.o.o.

Founded	1901
Headquarters	Ljubljana, Klagenfurt Street (Celovška cesta) 160, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Service area	Ljubljana Medvode Dol pri Ljubljani Brezovica Škofljica
Service type	Bus service
Routes	23
Stops	636 regular + 5 detour only
Fleet	200 buses 5 midi 41 single 154 articulated
Fuel type	diesel and CNG
Operator	Public Holding Ljubljana
Web site	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 and the subsidiary BUS, medkrajevni potniški promet, d.o.o. (English: BUS, Intercity Passenger Transport, LLC) in Ljubljana and its 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

Company headquarters with office building, garage areas, workshops and technical inspection of motor vehicles building is located in the vast complex in the Upper Šiška between Klagenfurt Street (Celovška cesta), Litostroj Street (Litostrojska cesta) and Ljubljana Brigades Street (Cesta Ljubljanskih brigad).

History

Tramway era (1901–1958)

When Ljubljana had about forty thousand inhabitants, the city authorities decided to impose a "mechanized" means of transport and in 1900 Splošna malo železniška družba (English: General little railway company) was officially established. Without special ceremony tramway officially started to operate on 6 September 1901. 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 winterwere in stock, 64 people were employed. In each tramway there was room for thirty people (16 seats and 14 standing), they could reach speeds of up to thirty kilometers per hour. By the end of 1901, the Ljubljana tram traveled about 136,000 kilometers and transported 330,000 passengers. Splošna malo železniška družba which was managing tramways in Ljubljana was the Austrian private limited company under the direction of foreign investor company Siemens & Halske. After the expiry of twenty years of operation, the city finally bought the rights of the tramway company.

In 1929, the Splošna malo železniška 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 1940 considered 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.

Trolleybus era (1951–1971)

After the war, Ljubljana quickly spread and the tramway no longer withstand the growing transportation needs in the city. When personal cars were spreading to general population, this was an additional reason for the different arrangements of the public transport would prejudice less street surface in Ljubljana. On May 1953 the Mestni ljudski odbor Ljubljana (English: City people's committee of Ljubljana) set up a commission that prepared the proposal on changing tramways with the trolleybus and bus service.

The transition was gradual. Mid-fifties, in 1958 Ljubljana started to regularly operate the first trolleybuses and buses, tramway finally stopped driving, the Električna cestna železnica was renamed to Ljubljana-Transport. Last journey of tramway was on 20 December 1958. Like the tramways, trolleybuses are also electrically powered and therefore are depending on the power lines installed in the city. Trolleybus lines that operated:

• Line no. 1 Vič – Vižmarje
• Line no. 5 Litostroj – Stožice
• Line no. 6 Vič – Ježica
• Line no. 7 Litostroj – Ajdovščina
• Line no. 8 Litostroj – Črnuče

Experience with the operation of the trolleybuses was not the best. Trolleybus current collectors often "fall off" and had to be reinstalled every time. Winter were additional problems caused by snow and a road-sanding with salt. Salt water often came into contact with electrical wiring and caused short circuits. Sometimes the entire body of the trolleybus was energized with electricity. Passengers were often experienced shock if they touched the metal parts of the vehicle. The last trolleybus vehicle in Ljubljana drove on 4 September 1971 on the line no. 1. Next day trolleybus line was completely replaced by buses.

Bus era (1950-today)

Local bus stop in Sostro.

The 1960s and 1970s brought unimagined development of urban public transport and the company, which in 1971 was renamed Viator, which gradually expanded its operations throughout Slovenia. Urban transport operations developed into other services such as long distance passenger transport, freight and tourist traffic, which boosted tourist agencies' activities, and then continued with the construction of lifts to mountains such as Vogel, Velika planina and Zatrnik. From transport and tourism it was only one step to catering and taxi services. Since 1971, the company engaged exclusively with operating public bus transportation.

In 1977, Viator formed link with the company SAP into SOZD SAP Viator. Further merges and alliances followed between different transport, tourism and hotel organizations throughout Slovenia and also the Viator found himself on 25th 1981 in the INTEGRAL SOZD. In this context today's business's name occurred, Ljubljanski potniški promet.

In 1989, the LPP has decided to withdraw from the Integral, since there wasn't any more development opportunities for continuing operations of urban public transport to Ljubljana, its people and its visitors, and its suburbs. LPP has become a public company serving residents of the capital and its suburban municipalities. Since 1994 LPP acts as a public, limited liability company, under the Municipality of Ljubljana.

Table of ex-city bus lines and trips

no. of line		route	period of operation	ground of suspension
1D		Mestni log - Dolgi most P+R	3 June 2010 – 28 February 2011	unprofitable
2 departure 3.15 (W-Sat) , 4.15 (Sun)		Bavarski dvor > Moste > Štepanjsko naselje > Fužine > Nove Jarše	until 31 August 2009	extension of line N5 to Štepanjsko naselje
4		Moste – Žale – Ajdovščina – Moste	early 1960s – 1980	extension of line 2 to Nove Jarše, which is no longer circular route
3		Litostroj – Rudnik – Nedeljski sejem (Sunday fair)	late 1990s	flea market moved to city center
9a		Bavarski dvor – Trnovo	1970s	extension from Kodeljevo to Štepanjsko naselje and the introduction of operation after 21:00 on the entire line
10		Congress Square – Zadobrova	mid 1950s – 2 September 2007	merge with the line 15 into line 25 suspension of the final stop Kongresni trg and closing the city center for all traffic
11 departure 3.45 (W-Sat)		Zalog > Polje > Sneberje > Hrastje > Nove Jarše > Bavarski dvor	until 31 August 2009	unprofitable runs through Sneberje
15		Bavarski dvor – Medvode	mid 1950s – 2 September 2007	merge with the line 10 into line 25 suspension of the final stop at Bavarski dvor
16		Gameljne – (Brod – Vižmarje) – Bavarski dvor (D)	1971 – 2 September 2007	merge with the line 21 into line 26 (W-Sat) and 26B (W) extension of a line to Bežigrad (Železna cesta) and renumbering to line 26C (Sun) suspension of the final stop at Bavarski dvor
17		Trg osvoditve – Fužine	1983	extension of line 20 from Bavarski dvor to Fužine
17		Trnovo – Barje	1984–1988	extension of line 19 from Bavarski dvor to Barje
17		Letališka – Fužine (W-Sat)	1 April 1992 – 1 July 1996	unprofitable, so realigning to Kongresni trg through the BTC shopping district
		Kongresni trg – BTC – Letališka (W-Sat)	1 July 1996 – 1 September 2007	extension from Kongresni trg to NS Rudnik shooping district and renumbering to line 27	suspension of the final stop Kongresni trg
		Kongresni trg – Kolosej (Sun)	2001 – 2 September 2007	shortening from Kongresni trg to Pošta and renumbering to line 27K
21		Ruski car – Šlandrova (IMP)	1980	unprofitable
21		Bavarski dvor – Reaktor – Beričevo – Dol° (W-Sat)	1982 – 1 September 2007	merge with the line 16 into line 26
		Bavarski dvor – Brnčičeva – Beričevo – Dol° (W)	1982 – 31 August 2007	merge with the line 16 into line 26B
26		Gameljne – Beričevo (W-Sat)	3 September 2007 – 23 June 2008	extension of line 8 and re-introducing line 21 (W-Sat) line too long and prohibition of driving city buses on Titova road (Expressway)
	B	Gameljne – Brnčičeva – Beričevo (W)
	C	Bežigrad (Železna cesta) – Gameljne (Sun)	9 September 2007 – 25 June 2008	extension of lines 1B and 1S (Sun)
		turn-around Rudnik – E. Leclerc	February – December 2001	unprofitable, commercial route, funded by the company E. Leclerc
(Sun)		Kolodvor – Avtosejem (car fair)	1990	unprofitable

Key:

• W -> runs from Monday to Friday
• W-Sat -> runs from Monday to Saturday
• Sat -> runs on Saturdays
• Sun -> runs on Sundays and holidays
• D -> daily
• ° -> extension to Dol only on September 2002

City bus service

Currently 25 lines operate in total length of 319 kilometers. It covers 97% of urban area of Ljubljana Municipality, which means that 97% of households in Ljubljana have the distance to the nearest stop is less than 500 meters.

Buses connect the city center with urban areas and outlying villages within the boundaries of Ljubljana Municipality, some lines also operate in adjacent municipalities, such lines are lines 15 and 25 in Medvode, 21 in Dol pri Ljubljani, 6B and 19B in Brezovica, line 3B, N3B and 3G in Škofljica, line 3G also operates in Grosuplje and 19I in Ig.

Table of lines

No.	route	Workday	Saturday	Sunday and Holiday
1	Vižmarje – Mestni log	4.50: Bav. dvor > Vižmarje, 4.55–22.42	4.50: Bav. dvor > Vižmarje, 5.00–22.45	–
1B	Mestni log – Vižmarje – Gameljne	–	–	5.50–7.20 & 12.30–22.45
1S	Sunday fair (car fair) – Mestni log – Vižmarje – Gameljne	–	–	6.55–13.20
N1	Bavarski dvor – Vižmarje – Brod Bavarski dvor – Vižmarje – Brod – Gameljne	2.50–4.30 & 23.40–0.20, 22.38: Vižmarje > Bav. dvor 22.30–23.50	2.50–4.30 & 23.40–0.20, 22.40: Vižmarje > Bav. dvor 22.30–23.50	3.50–5.50 & 23.40–0.20 22.30–23.50
2	Nove Jarše – Zelena jama	2.50–0.20	2.50–24.00	3.50–0.20
3	Litostroj – Rudnik	5.00–20.48	5.05–20.48	6.00–20.48
3B	Litostroj – Rudnik – Škofljica	5.00–20.12	–	–
N3	Bavarski dvor – Rudnik	2.50–4.32 & 21.00–0.20	2.50–4.50 & 21.00–0.20	3.50–5.50 & 21.00–0.20
N3B	Bavarski dvor – Rudnik – Škofljica	4.50 & 21.13–21.20	–	–
3L	Bavarski dvor – Tovarna Lek	21.25–22.05	–	–
3G	Bežigrad (Železna) – Škofljica – Grosuplje	4.22–23.40	4.52–23.40	4.52–23.40
5	Podutik – Štepanjsko naselje	4.55–20.22	5.00–20.20	5.55–20.25
N5	Podutik – Bavarski dvor – Štepanjsko naselje	2.50–4.30 & 20.40–0.20	2.50–4.30 & 20.40–0.20	3.50–5.30 & 20.40–0.20
6	Črnuče – Dolgi most P+R	2.50–0.20	2.50–0.20	3.50–0.20
6B	Črnuče – Dolgi most – Notranje Gorice	4.34–22.28	5.45–20.00 & 22.13	5.45–19.50 & 22.13
7	Pržan – Nove Jarše	4.57–22.10	5.10–22.10	6.00–22.10
7L	Pržan – Nove Jarše – Letališka	4.57–8.04 & 12.28–16.10 & 21.06–22.07	5.10–7.30 & 12.25–15.30 & 21.05–22.05	–
8	Gameljne – Brod – Ježica – Brnčičeva	4.55–21.40	5.00–21.40	–
8B	Gameljne – Brod – Bavarski dvor	21.55	22.10	–
9	Štepanjsko naselje – Trnovo	4.56–22.15	5.05–22.15	5.55–22.15
11	Ježica – Zalog	4.55–21.05	–	–
11B	Bežigrad (Železna) – Zalog	3.30–4.10 & 20.35–0.20	3.30–0.20	4.30–5.10 & 22.20–0.20
N11	Bavarski dvor – Zalog	2.50 & 4.50	2.50 & 4.50	3.50 & 5.50
12	Bežigrad (Železna) – Vevče	4.40–22.50	4.40–23.00	5.44–22.30
13	Center Stožice – Bežigrad – Sostro	4.55–22.25	4.30–22.25	5.20–22.25
14	Savlje – Vrhovci	4.58–22.13	5.05–22.14	5.50–22.13
14B	Savlje – Bokalce	5.13–21.45	5.00–21.48	6.00–21.48
15	Stanežiče – Zgornje Pirniče	5.30–21.00	–	–
18	Kino Šiška – Tovarna Lek	5.30–19.55	5.30–7.43 & 13.07–16.05	–
19B	Tomačevo – Barje – Jezero	4.55–22.30	5.50–22.15	5.50–22.30
19I	Tomačevo – Barje – Ig	4.50–22.45	4.50–22.45	5.50–22.20
20	Nove Stožice – Fužine	4.50–22.25	5.00–22.25	–
20Z	Nove Stožice – Fužine – Zalog	–	–	6.00–22.25
21	Ježica – Beričevo	5.00–23.05	5.00–21.55	–
22	Fužine – Kamna Gorica	5.00–22.35	–	–
23º	Kolodvor – Živalski vrt	9.00–10.20 & 12.00–12.20 & 16.00–17.20 & 19.20
24	Bizovik – Kodeljevo	5.05–23.15	–	–
25	Medvode – Zadobrova	4.55–22.20	5.00–22.10	6.00–22.10
25B	Zadobrova – Bavarski dvor	–	7.45	–
27	NS Rudnik – BTC – Letališka	5.00–22.08	5.00–22.08	–
27B	Letališka – BTC – Bavarski dvor	23.05–23.40	23.05	–
27K	Bavarski dvor – Kolosej	–	23.40	16.15–23.45
28	Kodeljevo – Mali Lipoglav	5.50–7.25 & 11.35–15.25	–	–
29	Kodeljevo – Vevče – Tuji Grm Vevče – Tuji Grm	7.00 & 10.40–11.40 & 13.10–15.10 5.10–6.00	– –	– –

Key: º – Line operates from 1. May to 31. October

Line maps

• Map of lines
• Interactive map of lines

Buses in city bus service

In operation for city bus service is currently 204 urban buses at an average age of 9 years and 3 months, which are used in three versions, 5 midi, 45 single and 154 articulated buses. Older single vehicles are high-floor and of length of 11 meters and newer are low-floor and of length of 12 meters. Older articulated vehicles are high-floor and of length of 16,5 meters and newer are low-floor and of length of 18 meters.

Midi buses operate on lines 18, 21 and 24. Single buses operate on lines 2, 12, 18, 19B, 19I, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 27B, 27K, 28 and 29, on Saturdays and Sundays also on lines 3, N3, 5, N5, 8, 8B, 13, 25 and 25B. Articulated buses operate on lines 1, 1B, 1S, N1, 3, 3B, N3, N3B, 5, N5, 6, 6B, 7, 7L, 8, 8B, 9, 11, 11B, N11, 13, 14, 14B, 20, 20Z and 25.

Table of buses

Midi buses

No. of vehicles	Model	Type		Year of production and garage number	Picture
5	Kutsenits Hydra City II/III Hybrid	low-floor		2010: 061 – 065

Single buses

No. of vehicles	Model	Type – single		Year of production and garage number	Picture
4	MAN SU 220*	high-floor		1988: 123 – 125, 127
2	MAN NL 202	low-floor		1993: 148, 149
9	Mercedes-Benz O405N2*	low-floor		1997: 153, 154 (2) 1999: 155 – 161 (7)
5	MAN NL 222	low-floor		2000: 132 – 136
6	MAN NL 223 (A21)	low-floor		2003: 137 – 142
5	Irisbus Iveco CityClass (491E)	low-floor		2004: 185 – 189
2	Mercedes-Benz Citaro II (O530)	low-floor	162 163	2007: 162º, 163º
6	Mercedes-Benz Conecto (O345)	low-floor	164 165–169	2007: 164º (1) 2009–2010: 165 (2009), 166 – 169 (2010) (5)
20	Irisbus Iveco Citelis 12m CNG	low-floor		2011: 100 – 119

Articulated buses

No. of vehicles	Model	Type – articulated		Year of production and garage number	Picture
14	MAN SG 220*	high-floor		1987: 304, 308, 312, 314 (4) 1991: 321 – 330 (10)
13	MAN SG 240*	high-floor		1994: 351 – 353, 355 – 364
49	MAN NG 312	low-floor	370–376, 378–408 409–419	1996: 370 – 376, 378 – 383 (13) 1997: 384 – 390 (7) 1998: 391 – 408 (18) 2000: 409 – 419 (11)
5	Mercedes-Benz O405GN2	low-floor		1997: 200 – 204
3	Mercedes-Benz O405GN2*	low-floor		1998: 205 – 207
13	MAN NG 313 (A23)	low-floor		2003: 420 – 432
11	Mercedes-Benz Citaro G (O530G)	low-floor		2006: 208 – 218
1	MAN Lion's City GL (NG 313, A23)	low-floor – 18,75m		2007: 433º
16	MAN Lion's City G (NG 313, A23)	low-floor		2008: 434 – 449
29	Mercedes-Benz Conecto G (O345G)	low-floor		2009–2010: 219 – 222 (2009), 223 – 247 (2010)

Key:

• * – Bodywork by Avtomontaža;
• º – Vehicle not fully in LPP's color scheme

Buses on trial

The company also test new buses in the regularly schedule. If the vehicle satisfy all criteria, buses are included to regular stock. In recent years, following buses were tested:

• MAN SGG 280H (9. – 11. October 1985)
• TAM 260 A 180 M (1990) – included, but later sold to Certus Maribor (now Veolia Transport Štajerska)
• MAN NM 223 (A76), I&I Koper (now Veolia Transport Dolenjska in Primorska) (16. – 22. September 2002–2004)
• Mercedes-Benz Citaro (O530)
• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter LF (16. – 22. September 2004)
• King Long XMQ6121G EU (July 2008)
• Van Hool A300 Hyb, Connexxion #4883 (13. June 2009)
• Van Hool AG300 Hyb, De Lijn #5358 (13. June 2009)
• Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrid (16. – 17. June 2009)
• MAN Lion's City Hybrid (21. December 2009 – 8. January 2010)
• Irisbus-Iveco Citelis 12m CNG, ZET #793 (April 2010)
• Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid (20. – 25. October 2010)
• Automet Iveco Daily 70C18 (June 2011)

Intercity bus service

Main article: BUS, medkrajevni potniški promet

Intercity bus service operated by subsidiary BUS, medkrajevni potniški promet, d.o.o.

Payment

Since the introduction of the tram tickets were sold for a single ride. They remained in use until the end of 1974, when they introduced the modernization of payment services. Tokens and monthly passes were introduced. Entering the vehicle was only at the back door, where there was the conductor, the first door was only for passengers with monthly passes. With the abolition of the conductor, passenger were allowed to enter at the first door, where the driver oversaw the payment. Initially, the tokens were made by paper, the most recognizable were metal tokens with the hole, plastic tokens replaced them, different colors and shapes were available through the time. Tokens were abolished on 1 January 2010 and cash payment on 10 May 2010.

Payment is only possible by Urbana card or with mobile phone.

Urbana

Main article: Urbana (payment card)

Single ticket is 1.20€ with available 90 minutes of unlimited number of transfers or montly passes of different categories (school – 17€, general – 37€, 50% discounted general – 17€, pensioner – 20€ and transferable – 42.50€).

Sources and references

• Tadej Brate (1997). Ljubljanski tramvaj včeraj, danes, jutri = Ljubljana tramway yesterday, today, tomorrow. Tehniški muzej Slovenije. ISBN 961-90361-3-1. 
• Tadej Brate (2005). Zgodovina mestnega prometa v Ljubljani. LPP d.o.o.. ISBN 961-91685-0-X. 
• Tadej Brate (2008). Ljubljanski mestni promet v slikah. Kmečki glas. ISBN 978-961-203-343-9. 

External links

• LPP Official Website