Trolleybuses In Ancona
The Ancona trolleybus system ( it, Rete filoviaria di Ancona) forms part of the public transport network of the city and ''comune'' of Ancona, in the Marche Regions of Italy, region, central Italy. In operation since 1949, the system presently comprises only one urban route. History 1949–1989 The Ancona trolleybus system opened on 15 March 1949. An interurban trolleybus line connecting Ancona with Falconara Marittima opened on 26 June of the same year. Operated by a separate company and considered a separate trolleybus system, the Ancona–Falconara system closed in 1972. The urban system originally had the following five routes, and used of overhead wiring (9 km of which was "double-track", or two sets of wires, one for each direction, and 2.5 km of bidirectional single-track wiring): * 1 Ancona railway station, Stazione FS – Piazza IV Novembre * 2 Piazza Cavour – Pinnochio * 3 Piazza Cavour – Posatora * 4 Piazza Cavour – Tavernelle All urban routes trav ...
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Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic Sea, between the slopes of the two extremities of the promontory of Monte Conero, Monte Astagno and Monte Guasco. Ancona is one of the main ports on the Adriatic Sea, especially for passenger traffic, and is the main economic and demographic centre of the region. History Greek colony Ancona was populated as a region by Picentes since the 6th century BC who also developed a small town there. Ancona took a more urban shape by Greek settlers from Syracuse, Italy, Syracuse in about 387 BC, who gave it its name: ''Ancona'' stems from the Greek word (''Ankṓn''), meaning "elbow"; the harbour to the east of the town was originally protected only by the promontory on the north, shaped like an elbow. Greek merchants established a Tyrian pur ...
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