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.

Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no 577 (now withdrawn), operated on the Milan trolleybus system.

Penisola italiana (Italian peninsula)

 Abruzzo

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  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

Older type of trolleybus (now withdrawn) in Naples.
Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  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
  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
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
  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
  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
  Argegno - San Fedele d'Intelvi 1 Jul 1909 21 Nov 1922  
  Bergamo Dec 1921

1949

 9 Mar 1922

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  
  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

  

Military line:

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Edolo - Ponte di Legno 1915 1918  

 Marche

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  Châtillon 1920 1925  

 Veneto

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  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
  Asiago - Marostica 1916 1919  
  Enego - Primolano 1915 1918  

 Sardegna (Sardinia)

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  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
  Catania 4 Oct 1949 27 Apr 1966  
  Palermo 28 Oct 1939 1 Jul 1966  
  Tràpani 1952 1967  

See also

Sources

Books and periodicals

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 289, January–February 2010, p. 15/17.
  2. ↑ TM No. 291, May–June 2010, p. 64.
  3. ↑ TM No. 286, July–August 2009, p. 92.
  4. ↑ TM No. 279, May–June 2008, p. 65.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Isgar, Carl. "In the Shadow of Vesuvius", Part 1. TM No. 282, Nov.-Dec. 2008, p. 125.
  6. ↑ TM No. 271, Jan.-Feb. 2007, p. 19.
  7. ↑ TM No. 233, Sep.-Oct. 2000, p. 116.
  8. ↑ Morgan, S. (Oct. 2000). "Obusse kehren nach Modena zurück". Stadtverkehr. Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Gregoris, et al. (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus. ISBN 88-7785-193-7.
  10. ↑ TM No. 281, Sep.-Oct. 2008, p. 109.
  11. ↑ TM No. 279, May–June 2008, p. 66.

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