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Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no. 563, now withdrawn, operated on the Milan trolleybus system.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

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### Abruzzo

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| Châtillon | 1920  | 1925  |

### Apulia (Puglia)

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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See also: Trolleybuses in Avellino and Trolleybuses in Naples

Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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

Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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A.C.E.G.A.T. | Trieste | 30 Mar 1935  | 19 Apr 1975  | System included interurban line to Muggia.

### Lazio

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See also: Trolleybuses in Rome

Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| Anzio \- Nettuno | 17 June 1939  | 22 Jan 1944  |
| Rome | 8 Jan 1937  | 2 Jul 1972  | Also 1902 experimental.
| 23 Mar 2005  |

### Liguria

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

Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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1950

Military line:

Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| Edolo \- Ponte di Legno | 1915  | 1918  |

### Marche

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| Perugia | 28 Oct 1943  | 2 Nov 1943  | First closure occurred because vehicles were requisitioned by German authorities.
16 Jun 1946  | 1975[23]

### Veneto

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| 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

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| Asiago \- Marostica | 1916  | 1919  |
| Enego \- Primolano | 1915  | 1918  |

## Sardinia

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See also: Trolleybuses in Cagliari

Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| Cagliari | 22 Feb 1952  |  | System includes interurban line to Quartu Sant'Elena.

See also Trolleybuses in Cagliari

## Sicily

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Name of system  | Location  | Date (from)  | Date (to)  | Notes

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| Catania | 4 Oct 1949  | 27 Apr 1966  |
| Palermo | 28 Oct 1939  | 1 Jul 1966  |
| Trapani | 1952  | 1967  |

## See also

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* 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

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### Books and periodicals

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* 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

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1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d Haseldine, Peter (July–August 2023). "Rinascita ad Avellino/Rebirth in Avellino". Trolleybus Magazine. No. 370\. UK: National Trolleybus Association. pp. 136–147\. ISSN 0266-7452.136-147&rft.date=2023-07/2023-08&rft.issn=0266-7452&rft.aulast=Haseldine&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+trolleybus+systems+in+Italy" class="Z3988">
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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.

## External links

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Media related to Trolleybuses in Italy at Wikimedia Commons

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Urban public transport networks and systems in Italy

Commuter rail|

* Bari
* Bologna
* Cagliari
* Catanzaro
* Genoa
* Messina
* Milan
* Naples
* Circumflegrea
* Circumvesuviana
* Cumana
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* Palermo
* Perugia
* Potenza
* Reggio Calabria
* Rome
* FL lines
* Rome–Giardinetti
* Rome–Lido
* Rome–Viterbo
* Salerno
* Turin
* Tuscany

Rapid transit|

* Brescia
* Catania
* Genoa
* Milan
* Naples
* Rome
* Turin

Trams|

| Operational|

* Bergamo–Albino
* Cagliari
* Florence
* Messina
* Mestre (Venice)
* Milan
* Naples
* Padua
* Palermo
* Rome
* Sassari
* Turin
* Trieste–Opicina

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Under construction|

* Bologna

Closed|

* Bologna
* Chianti
* Trieste

Bus rapid transit|

* Metromare (Rimini)

Trolleybuses|

| Operational|

* Ancona
* Avellino
* Bologna
* Cagliari
* Chieti
* Genoa
* La Spezia
* Lecce
* Milan
* Modena
* Naples
* Parma
* Rimini–Riccione
* Metromare
* Rome
* Sanremo

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Closed|

* Bari
* Trieste

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* Bologna
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