List of trolleybus systems in Italy

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This is a list of trolleybus systems in Italy by Regione. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

1 Penisola italiana (Italian peninsula)
2 Sardegna (Sardinia)
3 Sicilia (Sicily)
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Penisola italiana (Italian peninsula)

[edit] Abruzzo

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
L'Aquila	19 May 1909	31 Mar 1924
Chieti	1 Aug 1950	1992	Reopening planned.
Pescara	1903	1904	Interurban line to Castellamare Adriatico. New system, to Silvi, in planning.

[edit] Campania

Trolleybus 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 in planning.
	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.
CTP (suburban)	♦ Napoli - Secondigliano - Aversa - Teverola	26 Jan 1964
	Salerno	7 Aug 1937	Aug 1987	System included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara.

[edit] Emilia-Romagna

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bologna	Oct 1940 16 Sep 1955	1943 14 Jun 1982	Third system opened 4 Jan 1991
Ferrara	28 Oct 1938	25 Feb 1975
Modena	21 Jan 1950
Parma	25 Oct 1953
Rimini	1 Jan 1939

[edit] Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Trieste	30 Mar 1935	19 Apr 1975	System included interurban line to Muggia.

[edit] 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.

(Pomezia: plans (ca. 2001) for new system to Pomezia railway station are no longer active.)

[edit] Liguria

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Genova /Genoa	13 Apr 1938 1 Jul 1997	11 Jun 1973 -	Operation suspended May 2003 - 13 Feb 2007.
Sanremo	21 Apr 1942		System includes interurban lines to Ventimiglia and Arma di Taggia.
La Spezia	12 Feb 1906 27 Jan 1951	Nov 1909 1985	Reopened 26 Nov 1988.

(Savona: plans for new system to Vado Ligure were cancelled in 2006.)

[edit] Lombardia (Lombardy)

Irisbus Filobus in Milano

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 frontier 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	1907 -
Pavia	3 Feb 1952	1968
Tirano - Boscopiano	1915 1941	1916 1950

Military line:

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Edolo - Ponte di Legno	1915	1918

[edit] Marche

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ancona	15 Mar 1949
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

[edit] 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
	Biella			New system in planning.
	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	1902 1931	- 22 Apr 1976	Experimental -
	♦ Torino - Chieri	4 Nov 1951	22 Dec 1979
	♦ Torino - Rivoli	13 Nov 1955	4 Nov 1979

[edit] Puglia

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bari	1939 20 Nov 1978	1974 16 Dec 1987	Reopening planned.
	Lecce			New system, under construction.

[edit] Toscana (Tuscany)

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 January\|20 Jan] 1952	29 Feb 1968
Siena	24 Mar 1907	21 Oct 1917

[edit] Umbria

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Perugia	28 Oct 1943 16 Jun 1946	2 Nov 1943 1975	First closure occurred because vehicles were requisitioned by German authorities.

[edit] Valle d'Aosta' (Aosta Valley)

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Châtillon	1920	1925

[edit] 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	1968	System included lines extending to Mirano and on the causeway to Santa Lucia railway station in the old city.
AMT (urban)	Verona	1937	Jun 1975
APT (interurban)	♦ Verona	15 Aug 1958	Aug 1981	System extended to Domegliara, Grezzana, Soave - San Bonifacio, and Tregnagno.
	Vicenza	22 Oct 1928	12 Jun 1970

Military lines:

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Asiago - Marostica	1916	1919
	Enego - Primolano	1915	1918

[edit] Sardegna (Sardinia)

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

[edit] Sicilia (Sicily)

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)
Catania	4 Oct 1949	27 Apr 1966
Palermo	28 Oct 1939	1 Jul 1966
Tràpani	1952	1970

[edit] References

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