Trolleybuses in Trieste
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Trieste's trolleybus system was operational from 1935 until 1975.


History

The first
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route in
Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
, “la linea dei colli” (the hills route), was inaugurated in 1935 between the central Goldoni Square and Campo Marzio, a neighborhood in the south of the city near the new commercial port. Before World War II., two more routes were created. In 1940 these routes were operational: * 4 Piazza Goldoni - Piazza Foraggi * 10 Piazza Ciano – San Cilino * 12 Piazza Goldoni - Campo Marzio In the early 1950s, under the Allied Military Government of Free Territory of Trieste (1945-1954), the municipal transportation authority (A.C.E.G.A.T.) decided to replace the tramway with new trolleybus lines. More over, in 1952 the interurban line Trieste-Muggia began operation (
Muggia Muggia ( vec, label=Venetian language, Venetian, Triestine dialect, Muja; german: Mulgs; fur, Mugle; sl, Milje) is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the south-west of the Province of Trieste, in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia on the border w ...
is a little town just in the border with the "B Zone", at that time controlled by Yugoslavia). The line was over 6 miles long, and some of it was in a picturesque scenery next to the meridional shore of the Trieste's Gulf. The service between Trieste and Muggia until this time was operated by steamboats. The trolleybus network began to shrink in 1958, when the night-time lines were cancelled. Even though route 21 opened in 1960, it was closed only 9 months later. In the late 1960s, the other routes were progressively being replaced by bus lines. The last trolleybus ran in Trieste in 1975 on route 19 (Stazione Centrale - Via Flavia). Overhead wiring was dismantled between 1975 and 1982. Some vehicles were scrapped, while others were sold to the
Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
transportation authority (A.T.A.C.S.).


Routes

(in order of opening) * When day-time routes were closed, bus lines with the same number took their place ''Trieste, Goldoni Square in the 1950s. From the left, a Alfa Romeo 800 Garavini (611-620 batch) on route 15, a tram Stanga (401-428 batch) with trailer on route 9, a tram Stanga (429-448 batch) on route 3, two Alfa Romeo 140, probably on routes 5 and 11''


Fleet

(in order of registration)


See also

*
List of trolleybus systems in Italy This is a list of trolleybus systems in Italy by ''Regione''. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present. Italian peninsula Abruzzo Campania Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Milit ...
*
Trams in Trieste Trieste's urban tramway system was operational from 1876 until 1970. History The horse-drawn network After the creation of the first horse-bus routes in 1860, mostly by the firm "Cimadori", the first horse-drawn tram followed in 1876, organ ...
* Trieste-Opicina Tramway


References

* Paolo Gregoris, Francesco Rizzoli e Claudio Serra, ''Giro d'Italia in filobus'', Calosci, Cortona, 2003, pp. 144–149, . * Roberto Carmeli, ''Trieste in filovia'', casa editrice Danubio, Trieste. * ''I Trasporti a Trieste'', Del Bianco Editore, Trieste, 1981 {{Urban public transport in Italy, state=collapsed Defunct trolleybus systems by city History of Trieste Trolleybus transport in Italy