Trolleybuses in Cagliari

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Cagliari trolleybus system
Cagliari via-roma 1.jpg
A Socimi 8845 trolleybus in the busway
next to Via Roma, in central Cagliari
Operation
Locale Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Open1952 (1952)
Routes3
Operator(s) CTM (Cagliari)
Infrastructure
Electrification 750 V DC parallel overhead lines [1]
Overview
Cagliari mappa rete filoviaria.svg
Website http://www.ctmcagliari.it/ CTM (in Italian)

The Cagliari trolleybus system (Italian : Rete filoviaria di Cagliari) forms part of the public transport network of the city and comune of Cagliari, in the region of Sardinia, Italy.

Contents

In operation since 1952, the system presently comprises three routes, serving the city and the surrounding comuni.


Services

The three routes comprising the present Cagliari trolleybus system are:

Trolleybus fleet

Retired trolleybuses

Current fleet

On order

  • Van Hool A330T (14 trolleybuses); order placed in May 2014, with delivery due around mid-2015. [2]

See also

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References

Socimi 8845s at the depot. Deposito CTM 43.jpg
Socimi 8845s at the depot.

Notes

  1. Gregoris-Rizzoli-Serra, p. 37.
  2. 1 2 Trolleybus Magazine No. 317 (September–October 2014), p. 131. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN   0266-7452.

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