List of trolleybus systems in Italy
This is a list of trolleybus systems in Italy by Regione. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.
Penisola italiana (Italian peninsula)
Abruzzo
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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L'Aquila | 19 May 1909 | 31 Mar 1924 | ||
Chieti | 1 Aug 1950 | Operation suspended circa Dec 1992 – 26 Sep 2009.[1] See also Trolleybuses in Chieti. | ||
Pescara | 1903 | 1904 | Interurban line to Castellamare Adriatico. New system, to Montesilvano, is under construction (2010).[2] | |
Campania
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Avellino | 16 Sep 1947 | 1 Nov 1973 | System connected Avellino, Atripalda and Mercogliano. New system is under construction (since 2009),[3] and order placed in 2008 for new vehicles.[4] | |
Capua - Caserta - Maddaloni | 28 Mar 1961 | 26 Oct 1972 | ||
ANM (urban) | Napoli /Naples | 8 May 1940 | System includes suburban line to Ercolano (Herculaneum) and Torre del Greco. Operator was ATAN until 1995.[5] See also Trolleybuses in Naples. | |
CTP (suburban) | ♦ Napoli - Secondigliano - Aversa - Teverola | 26 Jan 1964 | Operator was TPN until 1978.[5] See also Trolleybuses in Naples. | |
Salerno | 7 Aug 1937 | Aug 1987 [6] | System included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara. | |
Emilia-Romagna
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Bologna | Oct 1940 | 1945 | First of three systems. | |
16 Sep 1955 | 14 Jun 1982 | |||
4 Jan 1991 | See also Trolleybuses in Bologna. | |||
Ferrara | 28 Oct 1938 | 25 Feb 1975 | ||
Modena | 21 Jan 1950 | Operation suspended 1996–2000, for renovation and fleet renewal.[7][8] See also Trolleybuses in Modena. | ||
Parma | 25 Oct 1953 | See also Trolleybuses in Parma. | ||
Rimini | 1 Jan 1939 | |||
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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A.C.E.G.A.T. | Trieste | 30 Mar 1935 | 19 Apr 1975 | System included interurban line to Muggia. |
Lazio
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Anzio - Nettuno | 17 June 1939 | 22 Jan 1944 | ||
Roma /Rome | 8 Jan 1937
23 Mar 2005 |
2 Jul 1972
- |
Also 1902 experimental. See also Trolleybuses in Rome. | |
Liguria
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Genova /Genoa | 13 Apr 1938
1 Jul 1997 |
11 Jun 1973
- |
Operation suspended 29 Jun 2000 – 13 Dec 2002. See also Trolleybuses in Genoa. | |
Sanremo /San Remo | 21 Apr 1942 | System includes interurban lines to Ventimiglia and Arma di Taggia. See also Trolleybuses in Sanremo. | ||
La Spezia | 12 Feb 1906
27 Jan 1951 |
Nov 1909
- |
Operation suspended Jun 1985 – 26 Nov 1988 and from 9 Jun 2012. See also Trolleybuses in La Spezia. | |
Lombardia (Lombardy)
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Argegno - San Fedele d'Intelvi | 1 Jul 1909 | 21 Nov 1922 | ||
Bergamo | Dec 1921
1949 |
9 Mar 1922
1978 |
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Brescia | 1936 | 1968 | ||
Como | 18 Aug 1938 | 7 Jun 1978 | System included interurban line to Cantù and line to Swiss border at Ponte Chiasso. | |
Cremona | 1940 | 31 May 2002 | ||
Desenzano del Garda - Rivoltella | 1920 | 3 Mar 1932 | ||
Gallarate - Samarate | 1904 | ? | ||
Lanzo d'Intelvi | 1912 | 21 Nov 1922 | ||
Milano /Milan | 1906
28 Oct 1933 |
1906
- |
Three lines currently operational: circular line 90/91 (CW/CCW), lines 92 and 93. Line 90/91 operates articulated vehicles. See also Trolleybuses in Milan. | |
Pavia | 3 Feb 1952 | 1968 | ||
Tirano - Boscopiano | 1915
Jul 1940 |
1916
1950 |
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Military line:
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Edolo - Ponte di Legno | 1915 | 1918 | ||
Marche
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Ancona | 15 Mar 1949 | See also Trolleybuses in Ancona. | ||
FPAF | ♦ Ancona - Collemarino - Falconara | 15 Mar 1949 | 1972 | Closed following damage by earthquake on 14 Jun 1972. |
Civitanova Marche | 25 Mar 1956 | 1974 | ||
Fermo - Porto San Giorgio | 6 Feb 1958 | 31 Dec 1977 | ||
Piemonte (Piedmont)
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Alba - Barolo | 26 Sep 1910 | 12 Jul 1919 | ||
Alessandria | 1 Feb 1952 | Jul 1974 | ||
Cuneo | 1 Aug 1908 | 1968 | ||
♦ Cuneo - Chiusa di Pesio | 20 Sep 1909 | 31 Dec 1957 | ||
Ivrea - Cuorgnè | 30 Mar 1908 | 31 Dec 1935 | ||
Stresa | 1909 | ? | ||
ATM (urban) | Torino /Turin | 1931 | May 1980[9] | Also, in 1902 an experimental/demonstration line operated at an exposition (l'Esposizione delle Arti Decorative).[9] |
♦ Torino - Chieri | 4 Nov 1951 | 22 Dec 1979 | ||
♦ Torino - Rivoli | 13 Nov 1955 | 4 Nov 1979 | ||
Puglia (Apulia)
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Bari | 1939
20 Nov 1978 |
1974
16 Dec 1987 |
Reopening planned. Renovation of wiring begun, and new vehicles ordered, 2008.[10] | |
Lecce | 12 Jan 2012 | See Trolleybuses in Lecce. | ||
Toscana (Tuscany)
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Carrara | 5 Jun 1955 | 26 Dec 1985 | ||
Firenze /Florence | 11 Nov 1937 | 1 Jul 1973 | System included interurban line to Fiesole. | |
Livorno | 28 Oct 1934 | 22 Oct 1973 | ||
Pisa | 20 Jan 1952 | 29 Feb 1968 | ||
Siena | 24 Mar 1907 | 21 Oct 1917 | ||
Umbria
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Perugia | 28 Oct 1943
16 Jun 1946 |
2 Nov 1943
1975 [9] |
First closure occurred because vehicles were requisitioned by German authorities. | |
Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley)
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Châtillon | 1920 | 1925 | ||
Veneto
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Padova /Padua | 21 Apr 1937 | 1970 | ||
Venezia /Venice: | ||||
♦ Lido | 29 Jun 1941 | 1968 | ||
♦ Mestre | 25 Apr 1933 | Sep 1968 [9] | System included interurban lines to Mirano, Mogliano and Treviso, and a line extending along the causeway to Santa Lucia railway station in the old city. | |
AMT (urban) | Verona | 1937 | Jun 1975 | New system is in planning (since 2008).[11] |
APT (interurban) | ♦ Verona | 15 Aug 1958 | Aug 1981 | System extended to Domegliara, Grezzana, Soave - San Bonifacio and Tregnago. |
Vicenza | 22 Oct 1928 | 12 Jun 1970 | New system is in planning (2010).[1] | |
Military lines:
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Asiago - Marostica | 1916 | 1919 | ||
Enego - Primolano | 1915 | 1918 | ||
Sardegna (Sardinia)
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Cagliari | 22 Feb 1952 | System includes interurban line to Quartu Sant'Elena. See also Trolleybuses in Cagliari. | ||
Sicilia (Sicily)
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Catania | 4 Oct 1949 | 27 Apr 1966 | ||
Palermo | 28 Oct 1939 | 1 Jul 1966 | ||
Tràpani | 1952 | 1967 | ||
See also
- List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries
- Trolleybus usage by country
- List of town tramway systems in Italy
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of rapid transit systems
Sources
Books and periodicals
- Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia (ISBN 0-904235-18-1). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
- Gregoris, Paolo; Rizzoli, Francesco; & Serra, Claudio (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus (ISBN 88-7785-193-7). Cortona: Editore Calosci.
- Peschkes, Robert (1993). World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus and Rapid Transit Systems, Part Three: Europe (ISBN 0-948619-01-5). London: Rapid Transit Publications.
- Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
References
- 1 2 Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 289, January–February 2010, p. 15/17.
- ↑ TM No. 291, May–June 2010, p. 64.
- ↑ TM No. 286, July–August 2009, p. 92.
- ↑ TM No. 279, May–June 2008, p. 65.
- 1 2 Isgar, Carl. "In the Shadow of Vesuvius", Part 1. TM No. 282, Nov.-Dec. 2008, p. 125.
- ↑ TM No. 271, Jan.-Feb. 2007, p. 19.
- ↑ TM No. 233, Sep.-Oct. 2000, p. 116.
- ↑ Morgan, S. (Oct. 2000). "Obusse kehren nach Modena zurück". Stadtverkehr. Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.
- 1 2 3 4 Gregoris, et al. (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus. ISBN 88-7785-193-7.
- ↑ TM No. 281, Sep.-Oct. 2008, p. 109.
- ↑ TM No. 279, May–June 2008, p. 66.
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