{"id":2837,"date":"2021-07-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bussijaam.ee\/en\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:49:36","slug":"50th-anniversary-of-the-tallinn-tartu-bus-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/en\/2021\/07\/50th-anniversary-of-the-tallinn-tartu-bus-line\/","title":{"rendered":"CURRENT: 50th anniversary of the Tallinn-Tartu bus line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 1, 2021, 50 years passed since the launch of one of the most legendary Tallinn-Tartu express lines No. 724 in Estonia. To celebrate this, Tallinn Bus Station brought out the historic Ikarus 255 bus and the schedule of the very first working day to highlight the contrast of half a hundred years.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <strong><a title=\"Lux Express news\" href=\"https:\/\/luxexpress.eu\/en\/news\/the-tallinn-tartu-bus-line-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2818 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-250-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Ikarus 250\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-250-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-250-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-250-1536x960.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-250-2048x1280.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><br \/>The first Ikarus 250 by number in \u00dclemiste Park with bus driver Voldemar Piigli. It was one of the ten buses that arrived in Estonia in June 1971 and from which a separate brigade was created to serve the new Tartu express line 724.<br \/><em>Photo by: bus driver Endel P\u00f6\u00f6bel <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2819 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-255-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Ikarus 255\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-255-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-255-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-255-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/Ikarus-255-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><br \/>Re-production \u2013 completely restored Ikarus 255 in Tallinn Bus Station with bus driver Alar Kattai.<br \/><em>Photo by: Sergei Zjuganov<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2821 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/1971-Timetable-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"1971 Timetable\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/1971-Timetable-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/1971-Timetable-768x534.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/1971-Timetable-1536x1069.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.bussijaam.ee\/static\/2021\/07\/1971-Timetable-2048x1425.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><br \/>Historical schedule of Tallinn Bus Park on July 1, 1971.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 1, 2021, 50 years passed since the launch of one of the most legendary Tallinn-Tartu express lines No. 724 in Estonia. To celebrate this, Tallinn Bus Station brought out the historic Ikarus 255 bus and the schedule of the very first working day to highlight the contrast of half a hundred years. 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