Over ten months of the current year, Vivi carried 18 million passengers. This represents a decrease of 0.1%, or 23 thousand passengers, compared with the same period in 2025, but an increase of 1.7 million compared with 2024. The largest decline in passenger numbers over the first ten months, compared with 2025, was recorded on the Tukums line, where maintenance works carried out by VAS “Latvijas dzelzceļš” resulted in 464 thousand fewer passengers being carried.
However, looking at the figures for an individual month, passenger numbers in October increased by 5.9% compared with October 2025. Passenger numbers increased across all routes in October, reaching almost 2 million. The strongest growth on the electrified railway lines in October was recorded on the Tukums line, at 7%.
Train punctuality – a measure of the extent to which services operate according to the timetable – stood at 96.48% in October. This high level of punctuality was achieved despite infrastructure maintenance works on the electrified railway network on the Jelgava line, carried out by VAS “Latvijas dzelzceļš”. When access to the tracks is restricted on certain sections of the railway, any disruption to an individual train service or to infrastructure operations can often have a “knock-on effect” on several subsequent services.
Over the first ten months of the current year, passenger numbers increased on three electrified railway lines – Jelgava, Aizkraukle and Skulte. The strongest growth in passenger numbers compared with the same period in 2025 was recorded on the Jelgava route, where numbers rose by 7%, or 187.6 thousand passengers. On the Aizkraukle line, passenger numbers increased by 4%, equivalent to almost 169 thousand passengers. On the Skulte line, passenger numbers rose by 3%, or 61.6 thousand passengers. The Tukums line continues to carry the highest number of passengers, with more than 6 million people travelling on it over ten months.
Passenger numbers on diesel train services between Riga and Daugavpils also increased over ten months, with 15 thousand more passengers carried than during the same period last year. On the Lugaži–Valka route, passenger numbers increased by 15%, reflecting continued strong demand for convenient and affordable international rail services between the Baltic countries.
Last year, a large-scale railway infrastructure modernisation programme was launched – VAS “Latvijas dzelzceļš” is rebuilding passenger platforms to provide more convenient and safer access to trains, while also carrying out work to modernise the electrified network on several lines. Vivi urges passengers to check regularly for timetable changes resulting from various maintenance works.
For information about train timetables, ticket purchases or any other travel-related enquiries, please contact the Vivi Customer Care Centre on the free 24-hour helpline 8760.