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Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no. 563, now withdrawn, operated on the Milan trolleybus system.
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
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
An Alfa Romeo 1000 Aerfer on the Naples ANM trolleybus system
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
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]
Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma
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
Rome
8 Jan 1937
2 Jul 1972
Also 1902 experimental.
23 Mar 2005
Liguria
Name of system
Location
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
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 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
Military line:
Marche
Piedmont
Name of system
Location
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
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
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
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
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
Châtillon
1920
1925
Veneto
Name of system
Location
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Padua
21 Apr 1937
1970
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:
Sardinia
Name of system
Location
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Cagliari
22 Feb 1952
System includes interurban line to Quartu Sant'Elena .
Sicily
Name of system
Location
Date (from)
Date (to)
Notes
Catania
4 Oct 1949
27 Apr 1966
Palermo
28 Oct 1939
1 Jul 1966
Trapani
1952
1967
See also
Sources
Books and periodicals
Bruce, Ashley R. Lombard-Gerin and Inventing the Trolleybus . (2017) Trolleybooks (UK).
Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia ( ). Reading, Berkshire, UK: Trolleybooks.
Gregoris, Paolo; Rizzoli, Francesco; & Serra, Claudio (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus ( ). Cortona: Editore Calosci.
Peschkes, Robert (1993). World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus and Rapid Transit Systems, Part Three: Europe ( ). 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.
^ .
^ 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 .
^ .
^ 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 . Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.
^ TM No. 361 (January–February 2022), p. 34.
^ .
^ 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.
External links
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