List of trolleybus systems in Italy

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

Fiat 2472 Viberti CGE articulated trolleybus no. 563, now withdrawn, operated on the Milan trolleybus system.

Penisola italiana (Italian peninsula)

Abruzzo

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	1904	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]

Campania

An Alfa Romeo 1000 Aerfer on the Naples ANM trolleybus system

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Avellino	16 Sep 1947	1 Nov 1973	System connected Avellino, Atripalda and Mercogliano. New system is under construction (since 2009).[5] A fleet of 11 new vehicles (built in 2010) was delivered in 2014,[6] but following construction delays, opening of the system is now targeted for 2021.[7]
	Capua - Caserta - Maddaloni	28 Mar 1961	26 Oct 1972
ANM (urban)	Napoli /Naples	8 May 1940		System included suburban line to Ercolano (Herculaneum) and Torre del Greco until 2009. Operator was ATAN until 1995.[8] See also Trolleybuses in Naples.
CTP (suburban)	♦ Napoli - Secondigliano - Aversa - Teverola	26 Jan 1964		Operator was TPN until 1978.[8] All trolleybus service has been temporarily suspended since August 2015.[9] See also Trolleybuses in Naples.
	Salerno	7 Aug 1937	Aug 1987 [10]	System included interurban lines to Battipaglia, Pagani, Pompeii, San Severino and Torre Angellara.

Emilia-Romagna

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.[11][12] See also Trolleybuses in Modena.
Parma	25 Oct 1953		See also Trolleybuses in Parma.
Rimini	1 Jan 1939

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

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. See also Trolleybuses in Rome.

Liguria

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Genova /Genoa	13 Apr 1938 1 Jul 1997	11 Jun 1973 -	Operation suspended 29 Jun 2000 – 13 Dec 2002. See also Trolleybuses in Genoa.
Sanremo /San Remo	21 Apr 1942		System includes an interurban line to Ventimiglia and formerly included an interurban line to Arma di Taggia. See also Trolleybuses in Sanremo.
La Spezia	12 Feb 1906 27 Jan 1951	Nov 1909 -	Operation suspended Jun 1985 – 26 Nov 1988 and 9 Jun 2012 – 20 Mar 2014 See also Trolleybuses in La Spezia.

Lombardia (Lombardy)

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 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
Milano /Milan	28 Oct 1933		Also, in 1906 an experimental/demonstration line operated at the Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (world's fair).[13] 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 (The Marches)

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ancona	15 Mar 1949		See also Trolleybuses in Ancona.
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

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

Puglia (Apulia)

Name of System	Location	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bari	1939 20 Nov 1978	1974 16 Dec 1987	Reopening planned (of one route, 4). Three new vehicles were ordered in 2007[14] and delivered in 2008–09,[15] while renovation of the wiring began in December 2008[16] and was completed in 2011,[17] but as of 2020 the system has yet to reopen.
	Lecce	12 Jan 2012		See Trolleybuses in Lecce.

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 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 16 Jun 1946	2 Nov 1943 1975 [13]	First closure occurred because vehicles were requisitioned by German authorities.

Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley)

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

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	Sep 1968 [13]	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,[18] projected to open in late 2022.[7] New vehicles ordered in 2015.[19]
APT (interurban)	♦ Verona	15 Aug 1958	Aug 1981	System extended to Domegliara, Grezzana, Soave - San Bonifacio and Tregnago.
	Vicenza	22 Oct 1928	12 Jun 1970	New system was planned (2010),[1] but the project was cancelled in 2020.[7]

Military lines:

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

Sardegna (Sardinia)

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.

Sicilia (Sicily)

Location	Date (From)	Date (To)
Catania	4 Oct 1949	27 Apr 1966
Palermo	28 Oct 1939	1 Jul 1966
Tràpani	1952	1967

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

Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 289, January–February 2010, pp. 15/17.
Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 291, May–June 2010, p. 64.
Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 333, May–June 2017, p. 108.
Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 346, July–August 2019, p. 148.
TM No. 286, July–August 2009, p. 92.
TM No. 320, March–April 2015, p. 56.
TM No. 351, May–June 2020, p. 110.
Isgar, Carl (November–December 2008). "In the Shadow of Vesuvius, Part 1". Trolleybus Magazine. UK: National Trolleybus Association. p. 125. ISSN 0266-7452.
TM No. 327 (May–June 2016), p. 88.
TM No. 271, Jan.-Feb. 2007, p. 19.
TM No. 233, Sep.-Oct. 2000, p. 116.
Morgan, S. (Oct. 2000). "Obusse kehren nach Modena zurück". Stadtverkehr. Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.
Gregoris, et al. (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus. ISBN 88-7785-193-7.
TM No. 281, Sep.-Oct. 2008, p. 109.
TM No. 295, January–February 2011, p. 17.
TM No. 285, May–June 2009, p. 62.
TM No. 325, January–February 2016, p. 22.
TM No. 321, May–June 2015, p. 88.
TM No. 324, November–December 2015, p. 180.

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[tm289-1] Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 289, January–February 2010, pp. 15/17.

[tm291-2] Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 291, May–June 2010, p. 64.

[tm333-3] Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 333, May–June 2017, p. 108.

[tm346-4] Trolleybus Magazine (TM) No. 346, July–August 2019, p. 148.

[5] TM No. 286, July–August 2009, p. 92.

[6] TM No. 320, March–April 2015, p. 56.

[TM351-7] TM No. 351, May–June 2020, p. 110.

[Vesuvius-8] Isgar, Carl (November–December 2008). "In the Shadow of Vesuvius, Part 1". Trolleybus Magazine. UK: National Trolleybus Association. p. 125. ISSN 0266-7452.

[TM_327-9] TM No. 327 (May–June 2016), p. 88.

[10] TM No. 271, Jan.-Feb. 2007, p. 19.

[11] TM No. 233, Sep.-Oct. 2000, p. 116.

[12] Morgan, S. (Oct. 2000). "Obusse kehren nach Modena zurück". Stadtverkehr. Freiburg, Germany: Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag.

[giro-13] Gregoris, et al. (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus. ISBN 88-7785-193-7.

[14] TM No. 281, Sep.-Oct. 2008, p. 109.

[15] TM No. 295, January–February 2011, p. 17.

[16] TM No. 285, May–June 2009, p. 62.

[17] TM No. 325, January–February 2016, p. 22.

[18] TM No. 321, May–June 2015, p. 88.

[19] TM No. 324, November–December 2015, p. 180.