List of trolleybus systems in Italy

Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no. 563, now withdrawn, operated on the Milan trolleybus system.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		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] The fleet of six trolleybuses was delivered in 2022. [4] System currently expected to open in 2025. See also Pescara trolleybus  [ it ]

Aosta Valley

Name of system	Location	Date (from)	Date (to)	Notes
	Châtillon	1920	1925

Apulia (Puglia)

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, [5] and three more were ordered in 2007 [6] and delivered in 2008–09. [7] Renovation of the wiring began in December 2008 [8] and was completed in 2011, [9] but the planned reopening never came to fruition. [10] In July 2022 dismantling of 11 km of disused overhead wires began, while the renovated wires along route 4 were to be retained. [11] See also Trolleybuses in Bari.
		20 Nov 1978	16 Dec 1987
	Lecce	12 Jan 2012		See also Trolleybuses in Lecce.

Campania

See also: Trolleybuses in Avellino and Trolleybuses in Naples

Name of system	Location	Date (from)	Date (to)	Notes
	Avellino	16 Sep 1947 [12]	1 Nov 1973 [12]	System connected Avellino, Atripalda and Mercogliano. [12]
AIR Campania		3 Apr 2023		The new system was under construction since 2009, [13] but after numerous delays was inaugurated only in April 2023. [14] [12]
	Capua - Caserta - Maddaloni	28 Mar 1961	26 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. [15]
CTP (suburban)	Naples - Secondigliano - Aversa - Teverola	26 Jan 1964	6 Aug 2015	Operator was TPN until 1978. [15] All trolleybus service has been suspended since August 2015. [16] On 14 April 2022 CTP was declared bankrupt. The trolleybuses and infrastructure are to be auctioned off.
	Salerno	7 Aug 1937	Aug 1987 [17]	System included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara.

An Alfa Romeo 1000 Aerfer on the Naples ANM trolleybus system

Emilia-Romagna

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

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. [18] [19]
	Parma	25 Oct 1953		See also Trolleybuses in Parma
	Rimini	1 Jan 1939		Includes the Metromare, a trolleybus rapid transit line opened (for trolleybuses) in October 2021. [20]

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

See also: Trolleybuses in Rome

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

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

Name of system	Location	Date (from)	Date (to)	Notes
	Genoa	13 Apr 1938	11 Jun 1973
		1 Jul 1997	-	Operation suspended 29 June 2000 – 13 December 2002 and again from May 2003 to February 2007.
	Sanremo	21 Apr 1942	c. Aug 2021	Decision to close system made in February 2024, but operation had already been suspended since circa August 2021. [21] [22] System included interurban lines to Ventimiglia and 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

Name of system	Location	Date (from)	Date (to)	Notes
	Argegno - San Fedele d'Intelvi	1 Jul 1909	21 Nov 1922
	Bergamo	Dec 1921	9 Mar 1922
		1949	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
	Milan	28 Oct 1933		Also, in 1906 an experimental/demonstration line operated at the Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (world's fair). [23] 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 [23]		See also Trolleybuses in Ancona.
FPAF	Ancona – Collemarino – Falconara Marittima	26 Jun 1949 [23]	1972	Closed following damage by earthquake on 14 June 1972. [23]
	Civitanova Marche	25 Mar 1956	1974
	Fermo - Porto San Giorgio	6 Feb 1958	31 Dec 1977

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	1911
ATM (urban)	Turin	1931	May 1980 [23]	Also, in 1902 an experimental/demonstration line operated at an exposition (l'Esposizione delle Arti Decorative). [23]
	Turin - Chieri	4 Nov 1951	22 Dec 1979
	Turin - Rivoli	13 Nov 1955	4 Nov 1979

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 [23]

Veneto

Name of system	Location	Date (from)	Date (to)	Notes
	Padua	21 Apr 1937	1970
	Venice: Lido	29 Jun 1941	1968
	Venice: Mestre	25 Apr 1933	Sep 1968 [23]	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, [24] with new vehicles ordered in 2015. [25] Delayed by various issues and changes to the plans, as of 2023 the system is projected to open in 2026. [26]
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. [27]

Military lines:

Name of system	Location	Date (from)	Date (to)	Notes
	Asiago - Marostica	1916	1919
	Enego - Primolano	1915	1918

Sardinia

See also: Trolleybuses in Cagliari

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

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

• Buses portal
• Italy portal

• 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

• Bruce, Ashley R. Lombard-Gerin and Inventing the Trolleybus. (2017) Trolleybooks (UK). ISBN   978-0-904235-25-8
• 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, 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. 367, January–February 2023, p. 33.
5. TM No. 244, July-August 2002, p. 89.
6. TM No. 281, September-October 2008, p. 109.
7. TM No. 295, January–February 2011, p. 17.
8. TM No. 285, May–June 2009, p. 62.
9. TM No. 325, January–February 2016, p. 22.
10. Trolleybus Magazine No. 370 (July–August 2023), p. 165. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN   0266-7452
11. Rosanna Volpe (9 July 2022). "Bari, via ai cavi della filovia: si parte da piazza Garibaldi". www.borderline24.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
12. Haseldine, Peter (July–August 2023). "Rinascita ad Avellino/Rebirth in Avellino". Trolleybus Magazine. No. 370. UK: National Trolleybus Association. pp. 136–147. ISSN   0266-7452.
13. TM No. 286, July–August 2009, p. 92.
14. "Avellino, partita la prima corsa della metro leggera". www.avellinotoday.it. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
15. Isgar, Carl (November–December 2008). "In the Shadow of Vesuvius, Part 1". Trolleybus Magazine. UK: National Trolleybus Association. p. 125. ISSN   0266-7452.
16. TM No. 327 (May–June 2016), p. 88.
17. TM No. 271, Jan.-Feb. 2007, p. 19.
18. TM No. 233, Sep.-Oct. 2000, p. 116.
19. Morgan, S. (Oct. 2000). "Obusse kehren nach Modena zurück". Stadtverkehr  [ de ]. Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.
20. TM No. 361 (January–February 2022), p. 34.
21. Trolleybus Magazine No. 375 (May–June 2024), p. 125. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN   0266-7452.
22. Budach, Dirk (1 June 2024). "The end: No more trolleybuses in Sanremo". Urban Transport Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
23. Gregoris, et al. (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus. ISBN   88-7785-193-7.
24. TM No. 321, May–June 2015, p. 88.
25. TM No. 324, November–December 2015, p. 180.
26. TM No. 369, May–June 2023, p. 123.
27. TM No. 351, May–June 2020, p. 110.

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