Company Background

In the spring of 2024, the Tampere City Council decided to incorporate Tampere City Transport Enterprise as a company entirely owned by the City of Tampere, effective January 1, 2025. The enterprise had been operating since 1948 and is more familiarly known among Tampere residents by the abbreviation TKL.

The mission of Tampere City Transport Ltd is to produce high-quality local public transport services in collaboration with the public transport provider. Tampere City Transport Ltd and the public transport provider have made a service agreement that outlines the public transport services provided by Tampere City Transport Ltd within the area covered by the public transport provider’s organizational responsibility.

The general conditions, requirements for bus fleet, service and quality guidelines, as well as the contents related to Nysse’s payment and information systems, are mostly similar to those in competitively procured transport services. Tampere City Transport Ltd does not participate in bus transport tenders.