List of trolleybus systems in Italy
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This is a list of trolleybus systems in Italy by Regione. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.
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. Construction of a new system, to Montesilvano, began in 2009,[2] but has since been suspended several times. However, in 2018 the first section of completed wiring was tested by a trolleybus loaned from the Chieti trolleybus system.[3] After cancellation of the original vehicle order, a new vehicle order was placed in 2019.[4] |
Campania
Name of system | Location | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Avellino | 16 Sep 1947 [5] | 1 Nov 1973 [5] | System connected Avellino, Atripalda and Mercogliano.[5] | |
AIR Campania | 3 Apr 2023 | The new system was under construction since 2009,[6] but after numerous delays was inaugurated only in April 2023.[7][5] | ||
Capua - Caserta - Maddaloni | 28 Mar 1961 | 26 Oct 1972 | ||
ANM (urban) | Naples | 8 May 1940 | System included suburban line to Ercolano (Herculaneum) and Torre del Greco until 2009. Operator was ATAN until 1995.[8] | |
CTP (suburban) | Naples - Secondigliano - Aversa - Teverola | 26 Jan 1964 | 6 Aug 2015 | Operator was TPN until 1978.[8] All trolleybus service has been suspended since August 2015.[9] On 14 April 2022 CTP was declared bankrupt. The trolleybuses and infrastructure are to be auctioned off. |
Salerno | 7 Aug 1937 | Aug 1987 [10] | System included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara. |
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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 | ||||
Ferrara | 28 Oct 1938 | 25 Feb 1975 | ||
Modena | 21 Jan 1950 | Operation suspended 1996–2000, for renovation and fleet renewal.[11][12] | ||
Parma | 25 Oct 1953 | |||
Rimini | 1 Jan 1939 | Includes the Metromare, a trolleybus rapid transit line opened (for trolleybuses) in October 2021.[13] |
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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 | ||
Rome | 8 Jan 1937 | 2 Jul 1972 | Also 1902 experimental. | |
23 Mar 2005 |
Liguria
Name of system | Location | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Genoa | 13 Apr 1938 | 11 Jun 1973 | ||
1 Jul 1997 | - | Operation suspended 29 Jun 2000 – 13 Dec 2002. | ||
Sanremo | 21 Apr 1942 | System includes an interurban line to Ventimiglia and formerly included an interurban line to Arma di Taggia. | ||
La Spezia | 12 Feb 1906 | Nov 1909 | ||
27 Jan 1951 | - | Operation suspended Jun 1985 – 26 Nov 1988 and 9 Jun 2012 – 20 Mar 2014. |
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 | 9 Mar 1922 | ||
1949 | 1978 | |||
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 | ||
Milan | 28 Oct 1933 | Also, in 1906 an experimental/demonstration line operated at the Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (world's fair).[14] See also Trolleybuses in Milan. | ||
Pavia | 3 Feb 1952 | 1968 | ||
Tirano - Boscopiano | 1915 Jul 1940 | 1916 1950 |
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[14] | See also Trolleybuses in Ancona. | ||
FPAF | Ancona – Collemarino – Falconara Marittima | 26 Jun 1949[14] | 1972 | Closed following damage by earthquake on 14 June 1972.[14] |
Civitanova Marche | 25 Mar 1956 | 1974 | ||
Fermo - Porto San Giorgio | 6 Feb 1958 | 31 Dec 1977 |
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 | 1911 | ||
ATM (urban) | Turin | 1931 | May 1980[14] | Also, in 1902 an experimental/demonstration line operated at an exposition (l'Esposizione delle Arti Decorative).[14] |
Turin - Chieri | 4 Nov 1951 | 22 Dec 1979 | ||
Turin - Rivoli | 13 Nov 1955 | 4 Nov 1979 |
Apulia
Name of system | Location | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Bari | 1939 | 1974 | Reopening was planned (of one route, 4). Five new vehicles were built in 1997 and delivered in 2001,[15] and three more were ordered in 2007[16] and delivered in 2008–09.[17] Renovation of the wiring began in December 2008[18] and was completed in 2011,[19] but as of 2022 the system has yet to reopen. In July 2022 dismantling of 11 km of disused overhead wires began, while the renovated wires along route 4 will be retained.[20] | |
20 Nov 1978 | 16 Dec 1987 | |||
Lecce | 12 Jan 2012 | See Trolleybuses in Lecce. |
Tuscany
Name of system | Location | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Carrara | 5 Jun 1955 | 26 Dec 1985 | ||
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 | 2 Nov 1943 | First closure occurred because vehicles were requisitioned by German authorities. | |
16 Jun 1946 | 1975[14] |
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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Padua | 21 Apr 1937 | 1970 | ||
Venice: Lido | 29 Jun 1941 | 1968 | ||
Venice: Mestre | 25 Apr 1933 | Sep 1968[14] | 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 under construction (intermittently) since 2015,[21] with new vehicles ordered in 2015.[22] Delayed by various issues and changes to the plans, as of 2023 the system is projected to open in 2026.[23] |
APT (interurban) | 15 Aug 1958 | Aug 1981 | System extended to Domegliara, Grezzana, Soave - San Bonifacio and Tregnago. | |
Vicenza | 22 Oct 1928 | 12 Jun 1970 | A new system was planned (2010),[1] but the project was cancelled in 2020.[24] |
Military lines:
Name of system | Location | Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
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Asiago - Marostica | 1916 | 1919 | ||
Enego - Primolano | 1915 | 1918 |
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. |
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 | ||
Trapani | 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
- Bruce, Ashley R. Lombard-Gerin and Inventing the Trolleybus. (2017) Trolleybooks (UK). ISBN 978-0-904235-25-8
- 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
- ^ a b Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 289, January–February 2010, pp. 15/17.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 291, May–June 2010, p. 64.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 333, May–June 2017, p. 108.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 346, July–August 2019, p. 148.
- ^ a b c d Haseldine, Peter (July–August 2023). "Rinascita ad Avellino/Rebirth in Avellino". Trolleybus Magazine. No. 370. UK: National Trolleybus Association. pp. 136–147. ISSN 0266-7452.
- ^ TM No. 286, July–August 2009, p. 92.
- ^ "Avellino, partita la prima corsa della metro leggera". www.avellinotoday.it. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ a b Isgar, Carl (November–December 2008). "In the Shadow of Vesuvius, Part 1". Trolleybus Magazine. UK: National Trolleybus Association. p. 125. ISSN 0266-7452.
- ^ TM No. 327 (May–June 2016), p. 88.
- ^ 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 [de]. Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.
- ^ TM No. 361 (January–February 2022), p. 34.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gregoris, et al. (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus. ISBN 88-7785-193-7.
- ^ TM No. 244, July-August 2002, p. 89.
- ^ TM No. 281, September-October 2008, p. 109.
- ^ TM No. 295, January–February 2011, p. 17.
- ^ TM No. 285, May–June 2009, p. 62.
- ^ TM No. 325, January–February 2016, p. 22.
- ^ Rosanna Volpe (9 July 2022). "Bari, via ai cavi della filovia: si parte da piazza Garibaldi". www.borderline24.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ TM No. 321, May–June 2015, p. 88.
- ^ TM No. 324, November–December 2015, p. 180.
- ^ TM No. 369, May–June 2023, p. 123.
- ^ TM No. 351, May–June 2020, p. 110.
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