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The Bologna tramway network ( it, Rete tranviaria di Bologna) was an important part of the public transport network of
Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
, Italy. It was established in 1880 and discontinued in 1963. On 7 March 2019, the mayor of Bologna revealed plans to build a new citywide tramway network. As of June 2022, the tender for the executive design and construction of tramway line 1 (red line) has been awarded: the whole line is expected to be operational by 2026. Funding for construction of line 2 (green line) was approved by the Italian
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in November 2021; activation is also expected by 2026. A further segment of line 2 (blue line) has been announced on 11 December 2021: the planning tender will be launched by the end of 2021, with completion to be expected at a later date than the first two lines.


Future network (2026)

The reintroduction of a tram network in Bologna is foreseen by the ''Piano Urbano della Mobilità Sostenibile'' (''PUMS'', Italian for Urban Sustainable Mobility Plan), adopted on 27 November 2018. Bologna's PUMS plans the gradual replacement of the main urban bus and trolleybus lines by 4 tram lines: * Red line: from Borgo Panigale to Centro Agro-Alimentare di Bologna, via
Bologna Centrale railway station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
* Green line: from
Bologna Corticella railway station Bologna Corticella ( it, Stazione di Bologna Corticella) is a railway station serving the suburb of Corticella, part of the city of Bologna, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. The station is located on the Padua–Bologna railway. ...
to Due Madonne/via Larga, via
Bologna Centrale railway station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
* Yellow line: from Casteldebole railway station to Rastignano railway station * Blue line: from
Casalecchio Garibaldi railway station Casalecchio Garibaldi ( it, Stazione di Casalecchio Garibaldi) is a railway station serving Casalecchio di Reno, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. The station opened in 2002 and is located on the Porrettana railway. It is also the ...
to San Lazzaro di Savena railway station As of November 2021, construction of the following tram lines has been fully financed: Furthermore, the following tram lines (or sections) are in the planning stage:


Line 1 (red)

Line 1 will have its western terminus at Borgo Panigale Terminal, where a 400-car parking lot is planned, joined with an interchange terminal with intercity bus services. In the opposite direction there will be a double terminus, at the CAAB and at the Michelino parking lot. The main attractors served by the line are
Bologna Borgo Panigale railway station Bologna Borgo Panigale ( it, Stazione di Bologna Borgo Panigale) is a railway station serving the suburb of Borgo Panigale, part of the city of Bologna, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. The station is located on the Porrettana ra ...
, the Maggiore Hospital, the city center,
Bologna Centrale railway station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
, Bologna's Fiera District, the Pilastro district, the Faculty of Agriculture and the CAAB. Line 1 will feature 34 stops, for a total length of 16.5 km, of which 14.5 km with an overhead contact line; the 2-km tracks in the city center, from Porta San Felice to via Matteotti, won't feature any suspended power line, as the tram will be powered by batteries. The technical and economic feasibility study for the first line has been carried out by a temporary association of companies formed by Systra, Sotecni, Architecna, Studio Mattioli, Aegis and Cooperativa Archeologia. The definitive project was published on 25 November 2020. The tender for the executive design and construction was launched on 6 August 2021 and closed on 1 December, receiving four bids. As of December 2021, the expected timetable is as follows: * Spring 2022: awarding of the executive project and works * Autumn 2022: approval of the executive project * End of 2022: start of the works * 2026: the new tramway line is fully operational. In May 2022, the tender for the executive design and construction of Line 1 has been awarded to a temporary association of companies led by CMB - Cooperativa Muratori e Braccianti di Carpi and including
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, Pavimental and
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, for an amount of .


Line 2 (green)

Line 2 will have its southern terminus at Via dei Mille, in the city centre. In the opposite direction, the northern terminus will be at Via di Vittorio, in the municipality of
Castel Maggiore Castel Maggiore ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian commune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, located north of the centre of Bologna. Though its name recalls a translation like ''Great Castle'', the name is actually deriv ...
, where a new parking lot and an interchange terminal for intercity bus services has been envisaged. The main attractors served by the line are
Bologna Centrale railway station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
, the Bolognina district, the Corticella district and
Bologna Corticella railway station Bologna Corticella ( it, Stazione di Bologna Corticella) is a railway station serving the suburb of Corticella, part of the city of Bologna, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. The station is located on the Padua–Bologna railway. ...
. Line 2 will feature 19 stops, for a total length of 7.4 km, of which 4 stops and 1.5 km will be shared with Line 1. On 30 December 2020, the technical and economic feasibility study for the construction of the second tram line, the green line, was publicly presented to the Navile district mobility committee, with regard to the tram line stretch between the northern terminus (Corticella) and via dei Mille. On 7 January 2021, the municipality of
Castel Maggiore Castel Maggiore ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian commune in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, located north of the centre of Bologna. Though its name recalls a translation like ''Great Castle'', the name is actually deriv ...
mandated the municipality of Bologna to submit a pre-feasibility study to the Italian Ministry of Transport for a further extension of the green line to the center of Castel Maggiore. The joint request for funding, amounting to 222,142,224.26 euros, was sent to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport on 14 January 2021.. On 3 November, the Ministry approved the full financing of the new line by
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funds, which binds its construction by 2026.


Historical network (1880–1963)

The first plans for six
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lines were approved by the town council in 1877:Francesco Ogliari, Franco Sapi, ''Ritmi di ruote – Storia dei trasporti italiani volume 10°. Emilia-Romagna'', Milano, 1969. * Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-
Bologna Centrale railway station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
* Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta San Felice * Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Barriera Santo Stefano * Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Maggiore * Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta San Mamolo * Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Saragozza. Works on the first stretch, linking
Bologna Centrale railway station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
to
Piazza Maggiore Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The appearance in the 21st century, generally reflects the layout from the 15th century. The Northwest corner opens i ...
, began in September 1880. Service began on Saturday, 2 October 1904. The first two electrified lines began operating on 11 February 1904. In 1953, it was decided that, starting from the following year, tramway lines would be gradually discontinued and transformed to bus and trolleybus lines. Service was officially discontinued on Sunday, 3 November 1963, when the last tramway service operated on the last remaining line to San Ruffillo.


Tram Routes of the Old Network (1880-1963)


1902 to 1910 Network

*Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via Indipendenza-
Bologna Centrale railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
*Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Piazza del Nettuno-Via Ugo Bassi-Via San Felice- Porta San Felice *Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via dell'Archiginnasio-
Piazza Galvani Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737. A statue of the scientist adorns the centre of the squarewhich opens in the apse of the Basilica of San Petron ...
-Via Farini-Via Santo Stefano-Località Lo Sterlino *Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via d'Azeglio-Palazzina *Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-
Porta Saragozza The Porta Saragozza of Bologna was one of the gates or portals in the medieval walls of this city. The gate was built in the 13-14th centuries, and by 1334 it was provided with a drawbridge crossing a moat. It was not used much until 1674, whe ...
*Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Zamboni-Sobborgo Sant'Egidio *Piazza Vittorio Emanuele- Porta San Vitale *Piazza Vittorio Emanuele- Porta Lame * Porta San Felice-Scala * Porta Galliera-Stabilimento Tramways della Zucca


1910 to 1932 Network

*1 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-
Bologna Centrale railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
*2 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via D'Azeglio *3 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via Saffi-Scala *4 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Mazzini *5 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Saragozza *6 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Santo Stefano *7 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-San Vitale *8 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zamboni *9 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Lame *10 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zucca *11 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Sant'Isaia *12 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Castiglione


1932 Network

*1 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-
Bologna Centrale railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
*2 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via D'Azeglio *3 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via Saffi-Scala *4 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Mazzini *5 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Saragozza *6 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Santo Stefano-Sterlino- San Ruffillo *7 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-San Vitale *8 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zamboni *9 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Lame- *10 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zucca- Casaralta *11 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Sant'Isaia-Littoriale *12 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Castiglione-
San Michele in Bosco San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. The buildings of the monastery were acquired in 1955 by the municipality of Bologna, to house an o ...
*15 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Corticella *16 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Mascarella


Network as of 1943

*1
Piazza Galvani Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737. A statue of the scientist adorns the centre of the squarewhich opens in the apse of the Basilica of San Petron ...
-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-
Bologna Centrale railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
*2
Bologna Centrale Railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via d'Azeglio *3 Via Montegrappa-Via Saffi-Scala *4 Piazza Re Enzo-Via Mazzini *5 Via Venezian-
Porta Saragozza The Porta Saragozza of Bologna was one of the gates or portals in the medieval walls of this city. The gate was built in the 13-14th centuries, and by 1334 it was provided with a drawbridge crossing a moat. It was not used much until 1674, whe ...
*6 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Chiesanuova *7 Via Venezian-Porta San Vitale *9 Via Montegrappa- Porta Lame *10
Piazza Galvani Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737. A statue of the scientist adorns the centre of the squarewhich opens in the apse of the Basilica of San Petron ...
-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zucca- Casaralta *11 Piazza Cavour- Porta Sant'Isaia-Littoriale *13 Piazza Minghetti-Chiesanuova- San Ruffillo *14
Piazza Galvani Piazza Galvani is a square in the historic centre of Bologna named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani born in this city in 1737. A statue of the scientist adorns the centre of the squarewhich opens in the apse of the Basilica of San Petron ...
-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Ippodromo/Mercato Ortofrutticolo *15 Piazza De Marchi-Corticella *17/20 Funivia di San Luca- Piazza Malpighi-Via Roma-
Bologna Centrale railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
*18 Piazza Malpighi-Littoriale-
Casalecchio di Reno Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. History Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
*19 Piazza Malpighi-Littoriale-
Casalecchio di Reno Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. History Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
- Connected with Casalecchio-Vignola Railway


Network as of 1952

The post-
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period in Bologna caused the change of some road names and some routes merging with other ones. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Became
Piazza Maggiore Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The appearance in the 21st century, generally reflects the layout from the 15th century. The Northwest corner opens i ...
. The tramway network served San Lazzaro di Savena for the first time. *1/5
Bologna Centrale railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
-Via Indipendenza-
Porta Saragozza The Porta Saragozza of Bologna was one of the gates or portals in the medieval walls of this city. The gate was built in the 13-14th centuries, and by 1334 it was provided with a drawbridge crossing a moat. It was not used much until 1674, whe ...
*2/8 Via D'Azeglio-Via Zamboni *3 Via Montegrappa-Via Saffi-Scala-
Borgo Panigale Borgo Panigale (Bolognese dialect: ''Al Båurg'', ''Båurg Panighèl'') was a district of Bologna, northern Italy. Located in the city's western part, between the rivers Lavino and Reno, it had a population of 24,935 in 2009. Since 2016 it has be ...
*4 Via Orefici-Via Mazzini *6
Piazza Maggiore Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The appearance in the 21st century, generally reflects the layout from the 15th century. The Northwest corner opens i ...
-Chiesanuva *7 Via Orefici-Via San Vitale *9 Via Montegrappa- Porta Lame *10 Via Ugo Bassi-Zucca- Casaralta *11 Via Rizzoli-
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Stadio Renato Dall'Ara is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologna, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Bologna F.C. 1909. The stadium was built in 1927 and holds 38,279. It has also been named Stadio Littoriale. ...
*12
Bologna Centrale railway Station Bologna Centrale is a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the northern ...
-
San Michele in Bosco San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. The buildings of the monastery were acquired in 1955 by the municipality of Bologna, to house an o ...
*13
Piazza Maggiore Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The appearance in the 21st century, generally reflects the layout from the 15th century. The Northwest corner opens i ...
-Chiesanuova-San Ruffillo *14 Via Ugo Bassi-Ippodromo/Mercato Ortofrutticolo *15 Via Ugo Bassi-Corticella *17 Via Rizzoli-Funivia di San Luca *18 Piazza Malpighi-
Casalecchio di Reno Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. History Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
*20 Via Orefici-
San Lazzaro di Savena San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. Geography The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, ...


1960-1963 Network

*4 Via Orefici-Via Mazzini *6 Piazza Minghetti-Chiesanuova *7 Via Orefici-San Vitale *13 Piazza Minghetti- San Ruffillo (as of 1963, this was the only operating route) - the last tram departure of route 13 was on the 3rd of November 1963, operated by tramcars no. 210 and 218. *20 Via degli Orefici-
San Lazzaro di Savena San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. Geography The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, ...


See also

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List of town tramway systems in Italy A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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History of rail transport in Italy History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
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Rail transport in Italy The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of of which active lines are 16,723 km. The network has recently grown with the construction of the new high-speed rail netw ...
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List of tram and light rail transit systems The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. In other words, this list only includes systems which ...
* Trolleybuses in Bologna


References


External links

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Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
Transport in Bologna
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