(English: Neapolitan Mobility Company, or Mobility Company of Naples), more commonly known simply as ANM, is a municipally controlled public company that is the primary provider of urban

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typi ...

ation in the city of

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...

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, and also provides a portion of the surface transit service in surrounding municipalities. In addition to a network of

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport ...

trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or trol ...

and

motorbus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for char ...

routes, ANM operates the

Naples Metro The Naples Metro ( it, Metropolitana di Napoli; nap, Metrupulitana 'e Napule) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Naples, Italy. The system comprises three underground rapid transit lines ( Line 1, Line 6 and the Naples-Aversa Me ...

system and four urban

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s. The metro system and funiculars were operated by a different company from 2001Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009-2010'', pp. 190–191. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK):

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. . to 2013, when they again became part of ANM.

History and description

ANM was formed on 1 July 1995Isgar, Carl (Nov.-Dec. 2008). "In the Shadow of Vesuvius - Part 1". ''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 282, pp. 122–129. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452. through a reorganization of its predecessor, the (ATAN) (English: Naples Tramway-Bus-Trolleybus Company), which was also a municipal authority. ANM became a

joint-stock company A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders a ...

( SpA in Italian) on 30 March 2001. As of 2009, the company operated three

lines (see Trams in Naples), six

lines (see

Trolleybuses in Naples Trolleybuses in Naples ( it, Rete filoviaria di Napoli) provide a portion of the public transport service in the city and '' comune'' of Naples, in the region of Campania, southern Italy. Two independent trolleybus systems are in operation, both ...

) and around 140 motorbus routes. The operating fleet at that time included approximately 50 trams, 63 trolleybuses (with 24 more in storage) and a large number of diesel buses. In 2015, the fleet of surface-transit vehicles included 52 trams, 87 trolleybuses, 656 diesel buses and 70

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buses.

Napoli Sirio tram 1115 on Via Nuova Marina in 2007

ANM also operates four municipally owned

s and the

. In 2001, operation of these was transferred from ANM to a 2000-established

named

Metronapoli Metronapoli SpA was an Italian company responsible for the provision of public transport in the city of Naples, and its primary function was the operation and maintenance of the Naples Metro system. It was founded on 26 July 2000 and became operat ...

, but in November 2013 Metronapoli was merged with ANM, under the ANM name. The company provides some bus service to areas outside the city of Naples proper (). However, most suburban bus service is provided by other companies, mainly CTP, which until 2008 was half-owned by the city of Naples and half by the

Province of Naples The Province of Naples ( it, Provincia di Napoli; nap, Pruvincia 'e Nàpule) was a province in the Campania region of southern Italy. In 2014/2015, the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990 and Law 56/2014), replaced the Province of Naples ...

but has been fully owned by the province since August 2008.''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 283 (January–February 2009), p. 18. ANM's service includes both express and local bus service connecting Naples' main airport,

Capodichino Airport San Pietro a Patierno is a suburb of Naples, the chief city in Campania, Italy. Geography It is one of the largest suburbs of Naples and is relatively lightly populated compared to surrounding areas, with around 20,000 residents. The district of ...

, with the city center and

Napoli Centrale railway station Napoli Centrale (''Naples Central Station'') is the main railway station in the city of Naples and in southern Italy and the sixth largest station in Italy in terms of passenger flow with an annual ridership of 50 million. It is located next to ...

(at Piazza Garibaldi). The express service is called ''Alibus''. As of 2014, total annual patronage (boardings) on the ANM system was approximately 138 million, with 92 million on bus routes and 46 million on the rail network.

References

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History and description

See also

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