The Sanremo

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system or San Remo trolleybus system ( it, Rete filoviaria di Sanremo), also known as the Italian Riviera trolleybus (Italian: ), is focused on the town and ''

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Sanremo Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Rivie ...

, in the

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Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

, northwestern Italy. Opened in 1942 and extended in two stages by 1951, the system consists of three routes operating along different portions of a single long corridor, linking the coastal towns of

Ventimiglia Ventimiglia (; lij, label=Intemelio, Ventemiglia , lij, label= Genoese, Vintimiggia; french: Vintimille ; oc, label= Provençal, Ventemilha ) is a resort town in the province of Imperia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is located southwest of ...

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Taggia Taggia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia. It has around 13,000 inhabitants. Taggia borders the following municipalities: Badaluc ...

History

The trolleybus system on the Italian Riviera was built to replace two

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tramways, the

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Ospedaletti Ospedaletti ( lij, Spiareti) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region of Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Imperia. Ospedaletti borders the following municipalities: Bordigh ...

tramway and the

Bordighera Bordighera (; lij, A Bordighea, locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Imperia, Liguria (Italy). Geography Bordighera is located from the land border between Italy and France, and it is possible to see the French coast with a nak ...

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tramway. The new trolleybuses, unlike the trams, were also able to cope with the steep climbs between Ospedaletti and Bordighera. Filobus 1800 - Sanremo

The first trolleybus route, from Sanremo to Ospedaletti (9.15 km), was inaugurated on 21 April 1942, followed on 1 February 1948 by the second line (Sanremo–Taggia), and in 1951 by the Ospedaletti–Ventimiglia extension. The Sanremo–Taggia and Sanremo–Ventimiglia routes were designated as lines T and V, respectively. A third route, serving the urban area of Sanremo only and using the overhead wires already in place for lines T and V, began operation in 1958, designated line U. Route V is about 18 km long, route T 10 km (originally) and route U 5.75 km. On 20 December 2001, a branch was opened on line T to serve the then-new Taggia-Arma railway station.''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 242 (March–April 2002), p. 43. National Trolleybus Association (UK). . However, it was used for only a few months. In March 2002, line T service was converted indefinitely to

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es, due to roadworks,''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 244 (July–Aug. 2002), p. 91. and a succession of other road projects have continued to delay the reinstatement of trolleybus service. At present, trolleybuses have not operated on line T since 2002.''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 299 (Sep.-Oct. 2011), p. 115. National Trolleybus Association (UK). . The trolleybus system was owned and operated by ''La Società Trasporti Elettrici Liguri'' (STEL) until 1983, when Riviera Trasporti SpA took over.

Routes

Two services are operated along the single corridor comprising the Sanremo trolleybus system. They are: * U Sanremo urban service (La Brezza ↔ Villa Helios) * V Sanremo (bus station) ↔

(Piazza Costituente)

Former route

Also situated in the same coastal corridor, but no longer trolleybus-operated: * T

(bus station) ↔

(

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)

References

External links

Profilo e storia della Riviera Trasporti
(Profile and history of Riviera Trasporti). Riviera Trasporti.

* ttp://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/it/trolleybus/San_Remo/pix.html Images of the Italian Riviera trolleybus system, at ''railfaneurope.net''* http://ymtram.mashke.org/italy/san_remo/ A detailed website on Ventimiglia - San Remo - Taggia Interurban Trolleybus and (former) Tram Network ''This article is based partially upon a translation of the Italian language version as at March 2011.'' {{Urban public transport in Italy

Sanremo Transport in Liguria 1942 establishments in Italy

History

Routes

Former route

See also

References

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