List of trolleybus systems in Italy

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Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no. 563, now withdrawn, operated on the Milan trolleybus system. 1993-03, Milano, Piazzale Lotto.jpg
Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no. 563, now withdrawn, operated on the Milan trolleybus system.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.

Contents

Italian peninsula

Abruzzo

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  L'Aquila 19 May 190931 Mar 1924 
  Chieti 1 Aug 1950Operation suspended circa Dec 1992 – 26 Sep 2009. [1]
See also Trolleybuses in Chieti.
  Pescara 1903 ?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 Pescara trolleybus  [ it ]

Campania

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Avellino 16 Sep 1947 [5] 1 Nov 1973 [5] System connected Avellino, Atripalda and Mercogliano. [5]
AIR Campania 3 Apr 2023The new system was under construction since 2009, [6] but after numerous delays was inaugurated only in April 2023. [7] [5]
  Capua - Caserta - Maddaloni 28 Mar 196126 Oct 1972 
ANM (urban) Naples 8 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 - Teverola 26 Jan 19646 Aug 2015Operator was TPN until 1978. [8] 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.
  Salerno 7 Aug 1937Aug 1987 [10] System included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara.
An Alfa Romeo 1000 Aerfer on the Naples ANM trolleybus system Mk Neapel Trolleybus.jpg
An Alfa Romeo 1000 Aerfer on the Naples ANM trolleybus system

Emilia-Romagna

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Bologna Oct 19401945First of three systems.
16 Sep 195514 Jun 1982 
4 Jan 1991 
  Ferrara 28 Oct 193825 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 Parma - TEP - Van Hool Exquicity 18 T.jpg
Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
A.C.E.G.A.T. Trieste 30 Mar 193519 Apr 1975System included interurban line to Muggia.

Lazio

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Anzio - Nettuno 17 June 193922 Jan 1944 
  Rome 8 Jan 19372 Jul 1972Also 1902 experimental.
 23 Mar 2005

Liguria

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Genoa 13 Apr 193811 Jun 1973
 1 Jul 1997-Operation suspended 29 Jun 2000 – 13 Dec 2002.
  Sanremo 21 Apr 1942 System includes an interurban line to Ventimiglia and formerly included an interurban line to Arma di Taggia.
  La Spezia 12 Feb 1906Nov 1909
 27 Jan 1951-Operation suspended Jun 1985 – 26 Nov 1988 and 9 Jun 2012 – 20 Mar 2014.

Lombardy

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Argegno - San Fedele d'Intelvi 1 Jul 190921 Nov 1922 
  Bergamo Dec 19219 Mar 1922 
 19491978 
  Brescia 19361968 
  Como 18 Aug 19387 Jun 1978System included interurban line to Cantù and line to Swiss border at Ponte Chiasso.
  Cremona 194031 May 2002 
  Desenzano del Garda - Rivoltella 19203 Mar 1932 
  Gallarate - Samarate 1904 ? 
  Lanzo d'Intelvi 191221 Nov 1922 
  Milan 28 Oct 1933Also, in 1906 an experimental/demonstration line operated at the Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (world's fair). [14] See also Trolleybuses in Milan.
  Pavia 3 Feb 19521968 
  Tirano - Boscopiano 1915

Jul 1940

1916

1950

 

Military line:

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Edolo - Ponte di Legno 19151918 

Marche

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Ancona 15 Mar 1949 [14]  See also Trolleybuses in Ancona.
FPAFAncona – Collemarino – Falconara Marittima 26 Jun 1949 [14] 1972Closed following damage by earthquake on 14 June 1972. [14]
  Civitanova Marche 25 Mar 19561974 
  Fermo - Porto San Giorgio 6 Feb 195831 Dec 1977 

Piedmont

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Alba - Barolo 26 Sep 191012 Jul 1919 
  Alessandria 1 Feb 1952Jul 1974 
  Cuneo 1 Aug 19081968 
 Cuneo - Chiusa di Pesio 20 Sep 190931 Dec 1957 
  Ivrea - Cuorgnè 30 Mar 190831 Dec 1935 
  Stresa 19091911 
ATM (urban) Turin 1931May 1980 [14] Also, in 1902 an experimental/demonstration line operated at an exposition (l'Esposizione delle Arti Decorative). [14]
 Turin - Chieri 4 Nov 195122 Dec 1979 
 Turin - Rivoli 13 Nov 19554 Nov 1979 

Apulia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Bari 19391974Reopening 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
  Lecce 12 Jan 2012 See also Trolleybuses in Lecce.

Tuscany

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Carrara 5 Jun 195526 Dec 1985 
  Florence 11 Nov 19371 Jul 1973System included interurban line to Fiesole.
  Livorno 28 Oct 193422 Oct 1973 
  Pisa 20 Jan 195229 Feb 1968 
  Siena 24 Mar 190721 Oct 1917 

Umbria

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Perugia 28 Oct 19432 Nov 1943First closure occurred because vehicles were requisitioned by German authorities.
16 Jun 19461975 [14]

Aosta Valley

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Châtillon 19201925 

Veneto

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Padua 21 Apr 19371970 
  Venice: Lido 29 Jun 19411968 
 Venice: Mestre 25 Apr 1933Sep 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 1937Jun 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.
  Vicenza 22 Oct 192812 Jun 1970A new system was planned (2010), [1] but the project was cancelled in 2020. [24]

Military lines:

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Asiago - Marostica 19161919 
  Enego - Primolano 19151918 

Sardinia

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Cagliari 22 Feb 1952 System includes interurban line to Quartu Sant'Elena.

See also Trolleybuses in Cagliari

Sicily

Name of systemLocationDate (from)Date (to)Notes
  Catania 4 Oct 194927 Apr 1966 
  Palermo 28 Oct 19391 Jul 1966 
  Trapani 19521967 

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