The Cagliari trolleybus system ( it, Rete filoviaria di Cagliari) forms part of the

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network of the city and ''

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'' of Cagliari, in the

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. In operation since 1952, the system presently comprises three routes, serving the city and the surrounding ''comuni''.

Services

The three routes comprising the present Cagliari trolleybus system are: * Parco San Michele – San Bartolomeo * Lungomare Poetto-Cinquini (active during the summer only * Cagliari (Piazza Matteotti) – Selargius – Quartu Sant'Elena – Cagliari (Piazza Matteotti) * Cagliari (Piazza Matteotti) – Quartu Sant'Elena – Selargius – Cagliari (Piazza Matteotti)

Trolleybus fleet

Retired trolleybuses

* Fiat 668 Cansa (9 trolleybuses, nos. 501 to 509), served from 1952 to summer 1972. * Fiat 2405 Casaro (11 trolleybuses, nos 551 to 561), served from 1955 to 1986. The only remaining example, no. 552, is kept at the National Museum of Transport^IT in La Spezia. * Fiat 2405 Lancia Esatau P (6 trolleybuses, nos. 562 to 567), served from 1957 to 1971. * Fiat 2405 Casaro (25 trolleybuses, nos. 568 to 592), served from 1962 to 1989. * (15 trolleybuses, nos. 601 to 615), served from 1981 to 2003, dismantled in 2008. *

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8839 (20 trolleybuses, nos. 616 to 635), entered service in 1986-87 season, dismantled in 2012.

Current fleet

8845 (16 trolleybuses, nos. 636 to 651), entered service in 1991-92 season; six were still active as of mid-2014.''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 317 (September–October 2014), p. 131. National Trolleybus Association (UK). . *

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(16 trolleybuses, nos. 701 to 716), entered service between March and June 2012.

On order

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A330T (14 trolleybuses); order placed in May 2014, with delivery due around mid-2015.

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''This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at March 2011.'' {{Urban public transport in Italy Cagliari Cagliari Transport in Cagliari