List of trolleybus systems in Italy explained

This is a list of trolleybus systems in Italy by Regione. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

Italian peninsula

Abruzzo

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 L'Aquila19 May 190931 Mar 1924 
 Chieti1 Aug 1950Operation suspended circa Dec 1992 – 26 Sep 2009.[1]
See also Trolleybuses in Chieti.
 Pescara1903?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] See also

Campania

See also: Trolleybuses in Avellino and Trolleybuses in Naples.

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Avellino16 Sep 1947 1 Nov 1973 System connected Avellino, Atripalda and Mercogliano.
AIR Campania3 Apr 2023The new system was under construction since 2009,[5] but after numerous delays was inaugurated only in April 2023.[6] [7]
 Capua - Caserta - Maddaloni28 Mar 196126 Oct 1972 
ANM (urban)Naples8 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 - Teverola26 Jan 19646 Aug 2015Operator was TPN until 1978. 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.
 Salerno7 Aug 1937Aug 1987 [10] System included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara.

Emilia-Romagna

See also: Trolleybuses in Bologna, Trolleybuses in Modena and Trolleybuses in Parma.

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 BolognaOct 19401945First of three systems.
16 Sep 195514 Jun 1982 
4 Jan 1991 
 Ferrara28 Oct 193825 Feb 1975 
 Modena21 Jan 1950 Operation suspended 1996–2000, for renovation and fleet renewal.[11] [12]
 Parma25 Oct 1953 
 Rimini1 Jan 1939 Includes the Metromare, a trolleybus rapid transit line opened (for trolleybuses) in October 2021.[13]

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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A.C.E.G.A.T.Trieste30 Mar 193519 Apr 1975System included interurban line to Muggia.

Lazio

See also: Trolleybuses in Rome.

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Anzio - Nettuno17 June 193922 Jan 1944 
 Rome8 Jan 19372 Jul 1972Also 1902 experimental.
 23 Mar 2005

Liguria

See also: Trolleybuses in Genoa, Trolleybuses in Sanremo and Trolleybuses in La Spezia.

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Genoa13 Apr 193811 Jun 1973
 1 Jul 1997-Operation suspended 29 Jun 2000 – 13 Dec 2002.
 Sanremo21 Apr 1942 System includes an interurban line to Ventimiglia and formerly included an interurban line to Arma di Taggia.
 La Spezia12 Feb 1906Nov 1909
 27 Jan 1951-Operation suspended Jun 1985 – 26 Nov 1988 and 9 Jun 2012 – 20 Mar 2014.

Lombardy

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Argegno - San Fedele d'Intelvi1 Jul 190921 Nov 1922 
 BergamoDec 19219 Mar 1922 
 19491978 
 Brescia19361968 
 Como18 Aug 19387 Jun 1978System included interurban line to Cantù and line to Swiss border at Ponte Chiasso.
 Cremona194031 May 2002 
 Desenzano del Garda - Rivoltella19203 Mar 1932 
 Gallarate - Samarate1904? 
 Lanzo d'Intelvi191221 Nov 1922 
 Milan28 Oct 1933Also, in 1906 an experimental/demonstration line operated at the Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (world's fair). See also Trolleybuses in Milan.
 Pavia3 Feb 19521968 
 Tirano - Boscopiano1915Jul 194019161950 

Military line:

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 Edolo - Ponte di Legno19151918 

Marche

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Ancona15 Mar 1949 See also Trolleybuses in Ancona.
FPAFAncona – Collemarino – Falconara Marittima26 Jun 19491972Closed following damage by earthquake on 14 June 1972.
 Civitanova Marche25 Mar 19561974 
 Fermo - Porto San Giorgio6 Feb 195831 Dec 1977 

Piedmont

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Alba - Barolo26 Sep 191012 Jul 1919 
 Alessandria1 Feb 1952Jul 1974 
 Cuneo1 Aug 19081968 
 Cuneo - Chiusa di Pesio20 Sep 190931 Dec 1957 
 Ivrea - Cuorgnè30 Mar 190831 Dec 1935 
 Stresa19091911 
ATM (urban)Turin1931May 1980[14] Also, in 1902 an experimental/demonstration line operated at an exposition (l'Esposizione delle Arti Decorative).
 Turin - Chieri4 Nov 195122 Dec 1979 
 Turin - Rivoli13 Nov 19554 Nov 1979 

Apulia

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 Bari19391974Reopening 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 197816 Dec 1987
 Lecce12 Jan 2012 See also Trolleybuses in Lecce.

Tuscany

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Carrara5 Jun 195526 Dec 1985 
 Florence11 Nov 19371 Jul 1973System included interurban line to Fiesole.
 Livorno28 Oct 193422 Oct 1973 
 Pisa20 Jan 195229 Feb 1968 
 Siena24 Mar 190721 Oct 1917 

Umbria

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Perugia28 Oct 19432 Nov 1943First closure occurred because vehicles were requisitioned by German authorities.
16 Jun 19461975

Aosta Valley

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 Châtillon19201925 

Veneto

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Padua21 Apr 19371970 
 Venice

Lido

29 Jun 19411968 
 Venice: Mestre25 Apr 1933Sep 1968System 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)Verona1937Jun 1975New 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 1958Aug 1981System extended to Domegliara, Grezzana, Soave - San Bonifacio and Tregnago.
 Vicenza22 Oct 192812 Jun 1970A new system was planned (2010), but the project was cancelled in 2020.[24]

Military lines:

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Asiago - Marostica19161919 
 Enego - Primolano19151918 

Sardinia

See also: Trolleybuses in Cagliari.

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Cagliari22 Feb 1952 System includes interurban line to Quartu Sant'Elena.See also Trolleybuses in Cagliari

Sicily

width=15% Name of systemwidth=20% Locationwidth=15% Date (from)width=15% Date (to)width=35% Notes
 Catania4 Oct 194927 Apr 1966 
 Palermo28 Oct 19391 Jul 1966 
 Trapani19521967 

See also

Sources

Books and periodicals

References

Notes and References

  1. Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 289, January–February 2010, pp. 15/17.
  2. Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 291, May–June 2010, p. 64.
  3. Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 333, May–June 2017, p. 108.
  4. Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 346, July–August 2019, p. 148.
  5. TM No. 286, July–August 2009, p. 92.
  6. Web site: Avellino, partita la prima corsa della metro leggera. 3 April 2023 . www.avellinotoday.it. 3 April 2023.
  7. Haseldine. Peter. Rinascita ad Avellino/Rebirth in Avellino. Trolleybus Magazine. 370. July–August 2023. 136–147. National Trolleybus Association. UK. 0266-7452.
  8. News: Isgar. Carl. In the Shadow of Vesuvius, Part 1. Trolleybus Magazine. November–December 2008. National Trolleybus Association. UK. 125. 0266-7452.
  9. TM No. 327 (May–June 2016), p. 88.
  10. TM No. 271, Jan.-Feb. 2007, p. 19.
  11. TM No. 233, Sep.-Oct. 2000, p. 116.
  12. Morgan, S. (Oct. 2000). "Obusse kehren nach Modena zurück". . Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.
  13. TM No. 361 (January–February 2022), p. 34.
  14. Gregoris, et al. (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus. .
  15. TM No. 244, July-August 2002, p. 89.
  16. TM No. 281, September-October 2008, p. 109.
  17. TM No. 295, January–February 2011, p. 17.
  18. TM No. 285, May–June 2009, p. 62.
  19. TM No. 325, January–February 2016, p. 22.
  20. Web site: Bari, via ai cavi della filovia: si parte da piazza Garibaldi . Rosanna Volpe . 9 July 2022. www.borderline24.com . 20 July 2022 .
  21. TM No. 321, May–June 2015, p. 88.
  22. TM No. 324, November–December 2015, p. 180.
  23. TM No. 369, May–June 2023, p. 123.
  24. TM No. 351, May–June 2020, p. 110.

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