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Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no 577 (now withdrawn), operated on the Milan trolleybus system.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Older type of trolleybus (now withdrawn) in Naples.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

• 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

• 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

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. 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. 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.

External links

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