XNUMXth century help marks the stage when the acquaintance of the city's inhabitants with permanent public transport, which, at least conceptually, is similar to the current one began. True, only conceptually, since the main means of transport at that time were still reliable horses.
in 1893 In the summer, the first line of the horse-drawn tram - "konke" - was ceremonially opened Green bridge - Railway the station, and two more lines soon after: Užupis Bridge - Lukiški Square when Kathedros aikštė - Antakalnis. An average of 28 wagons pulled by 122 horses ran on three routes every day, and the trams were serviced by more than 150 workers. Trams operated from 7 am. in the morning until 22 p.m. in the evening, and the speed of such a tram in those days was usually 12 vars (about 13 kilometers) per hour. The price of the ticket was 5 kopecks, but later there were transfer tickets, monthly books, cheaper tickets, etc.
It is interesting that stagecoaches running through the streets in the rain angered the city dwellers who were constantly splashed, so in 1899 the city council passed a resolution that carriages with rubber tires should only drive on the streets after the rain and after the rain.
Horse transport was interrupted by the start of the First World War.
