Trolleybuses in Parma

Parma trolleybus system
Menarini trolleybus 039 at Piazzale Barbieri
Operation
Locale Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Open 1953 (1953)
Routes 4
Operator(s) TEP (Parma)
Infrastructure
Electrification (?) V DC parallel overhead lines
Statistics
Route length 18.6 km (11.6 mi)
Overview
Website TEP (in Italian)

The Parma trolleybus system (Italian: Rete filoviaria di Parma) forms part of the public transport network of the city and comune of Parma, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. In operation since 1953, the system presently comprises four urban routes.

History

When the Parma trolleybus system commenced operations on 25 October 1953, it consisted of three routes:[1]

  • 1 Stazione FS ↔ cimitero della Villetta;
  • 2 San Leonardo ↔ Via Montebello;
  • 3 San Lazzaro ↔ Crocetta.

One month later, on 25 November 1953, the trolleybus system's predecessor, the Parma tramway network, was closed.[1]

In 1968, trolleybus route 1 was extended to the cemetery at Orzi di Baganza. In 1972, route 2 was extended, but was also simultaneously transformed into a diesel bus route. This has been the only closure of a trolleybus route in Parma.

In recent decades, the trolleybus system has been expanded: in 1987, route 1 was extended from Orzi di Baganza to strada Farnese; in 1989 bus route 4 was converted into a trolleybus route, and in 1998, bus route 5 was similarly converted.

Services

The routes comprising the present Parma trolleybus system are:

  • 1 Stazione FS ↔ strada Farnese;
  • 3 San Lazzaro ↔ Crocetta;
  • 4 Via Parigi ↔ Via Mordacci;
  • 5 Via Orazio ↔ Via Chiavari.

Trolleybus fleet

Autodromo-built trolleybus 045 on route 5
Van Hool ExquiCity 18 trolleybus 5108 on route 5 in 2017

Retired trolleybuses

The following trolleybuses previously used in Parma have since been withdrawn from service:

  • 16 Fiat 2401 Cansa delivered 1953, nos. 001-016;
  • 2 Fiat 2411 Cansa delivered 1959/1960, nos. 017-018;
  • 2 Fiat 2411 Cansa delivered 1964, nos. 019-020.

Current fleet

Parma's current trolleybus fleet is as follows:

  • 10 Menarini Monocar 201 delivered 1981, nos. 021-030;
  • 10 Menarini Monocar 201/2 delivered 1986, nos. 031-040;
  • 14 Autodromo BusOtto low-floor, delivered 1997 and 2000, nos. 041-054.
  • On order: 9 Van Hool ExquiCity articulated trolleybuses, of which the first one was delivered in April 2012.[2]

Heritage fleet

Parma trolleybuses nos. 014 and 017 are preserved as heritage vehicles, at the TEP "I° maggio" depot.


See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "I filobus" [Trolleybuses] (in Italian). TEP. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 304 (July–August 2012), p. 95. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.

Further reading

  • Gregoris, Paolo; Rizzoli, Francesco; Serra, Claudio (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus [Tour of Italy by trolleybus] (in Italian). Cortona: Calosci Editore. pp. 171–174. ISBN 88-7785-193-7.

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