Type public company Area served Latvia Headquarters Riga, Latvia Parent organization Latvian Railways | Industry Public transportation Website www.pv.lv Founded 2001 | |
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Pasa ieru vilciens
Pasažieru vilciens ("Passenger train", abbreviated: PV) is the only passenger-carrying railway company in Latvia, operating both electric and diesel trains on various lines throughout the country. It was formed in November 2001 by bringing together two separate companies, PPU "Elektrovilciens" and PPU "Dīzeļvilciens", under one name, creating the first subsidiary of Latvian Railways (Latvijas dzelzceļš). PV currently operates twelve routes (four electric, eight diesel) with its main operating base being the capital city, Riga. As of 2006, the company employed some 1136 people.
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Stations
The main stations on the PV network are as follows:
Routes
PV routes
D-Diesel-engine train
E-Electric train
O-A carriage with unnumbered seats
K-A carriage with a higher level of comfort and numbered seats
For narrow gauge train information is available here: Gulbene-Aluksne railway
Rolling stock
The current rolling stock consists of mainly elderly Soviet-period trains built locally by Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (RVR), although some have been refurbished in recent years
In 2012 PV ordered 34 three-car electric multiple unit trains and 7 three-car diesel multiple unit trains from CAF. Later that year the contract was halted and a new procurement organized. A hire/purchase contract for 25 Stadler FLIRT EMUs was likewise cancelled in July 2014 and another tender organized. In December 2015, five contenders; Talgo, CAF, Stadler, Škoda and Uralskie Lokomotivy (a joint venture by Siemens and the Sinara Group) were approved for participation in the second stage of the train procurement project. The contract will be for 32 trains. In 2016. PV received 19 modernized DMU trains on DR1A base from DMU vilcieni cooperating with RVR, Daugavpils Lokomotīvju Remonta Rūpnīca and Zasulauks depot.