Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi
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Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi (TPL) is a public transport operator in and around the Swiss city of Lugano. Previously known as the Società luganese dei tramway elettrici, Tranvie elettriche comunali, Azienda comunale del traffico (ACT) and Azienda comunale dei trasporti della Città di Lugano (ACTL), the organisation was founded in 1884 and adopted its current name in 2000.[1]
TPL operates the city's urban
History
Beginnings
However the station was located well above the city itself, which had developed alongside Lake Lugano. To link the two, the Lugano Città–Stazione funicular was opened in 1886. Initially it was operated by water power.[3]
Tramways
Economic development, not least because of the coming of the railway, lead to Lugano spreading beyond its original lakeside core, resulting in further need for local transportation. The Società luganese dei tramway elettrici (Lugano Electric Tramway Company) was responsible for constructing the city's urban tramways, which went into service in 1896.[4][5]
The company was taken over by the city of Lugano in 1918 and the name changed to Tranvie elettriche comunali (Municipal Electric Tramways). At its peak, the tram network served outer termini at
By the 1950s the decision had been taken to replace the trams with trolleybuses.[1]
Trolleybuses
The first trolleybus route opened in 1954, the system had progressively replaced the Lugano
The Lugano trolleybuses operated at 1,000 V DC, inherited from the tram system and unusually high for trolleybuses. This was one of the principal reasons behind the system's eventual demise, with few manufacturers interested in supplying new vehicles at that voltage. Consideration was given to closure from at least 1995, and the last services ran in 2001.[7][9][10][11]
Recent times
In 2000, ACTL was converted into the Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi, a joint stock company owned by Lugano and other local and cantonal authorities.[1]
Between 2000 and 2002, a new bus station was constructed on the Piazzale Ex-Scuole in central Lugano for use by the TPL. The station was designed by the architect
Operation
Bus routes
The company operates the following routes (frequency may be reduced on weekends and evenings):[13] Line 1: Lugano Centro - Paradiso; Line 2: Paradiso - Castagnola; Line 3: Mercato Resega - Breganzona; Line 4: Lugano Centro - Canobbio; Line 5: Viganello - Lamone Cadempino; Line 6: Stazione FFS - Cornaredo; Line 7: Lugano Centro - Pregassona; Line 8: P+R Fornaci - Scairolo; Line 8: P+F Fornaci - Senago; Line 9: Viganello - Cureggia; Line 10: Viganello - Albonago; Line 11: Lugano Centro - Ruvigliana; Line 12: Lugano Centro - Brè; Line 16: Besso - Muzzano;
Line F: P+R Fornaci - Lugano Centro; Line S: P+R Cornaredo - Lugano Centro
Funicular
The Lugano Città–Stazione funicular links Central Lugano with Lugano station, and runs continuously from 05:20 to 23:50, seven days a week.
Tariffs and tickets
TPL is a member of the
References
- ^ a b c d e "La Storia" [History] (in Italian). TPL. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
- ^ "Società" [Company] (in Italian). TPL. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- ^ a b "TPL - Funicolare Lugano - Stazione" (in Italian). Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi SA. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
- ^ "Lugano (comune) - XIX e XX secolo" [Lugano (comune) - 19th and 20th centuries]. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in Italian). DSS. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
- ISBN 88-85068-16-2.
- ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
- ISSN 0266-7452.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 198 (November–December 1994), pp. 163–164.
- ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 203 (September–October 1995), p. 138.
- ISSN 0266-7452.
- ^ "Central Bus Terminal, Lugano, Switzerland". Mario Botta Architetto. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ "Linee TPL" [TPL Lines] (in Italian). TPL. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ "Le imprese di trasporto" [The transport companies] (in Italian). Comunità tariffale Ticino e Moesano. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
External links
- Media related to Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in Italian)