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List of town tramway systems in Italy

This is a list of town tramway systems in Italy by region. It includes all tram systems in Italy, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

History of the openings of Italian tramways

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Abruzzo

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
L'Aquila Electric ? ?
Chieti Electric 1905 1944 Gauge: 950 mm (3 ft 1 3&fras1;8 in)
Pescara Electric 1934 1960 Gauge: 950 mm (3 ft 1 3&fras1;8 in)
Sulmona Electric 1908 1944 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)

Apulia (Puglia)

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bari Electric 1909 1948 or 1952 (?) Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Taranto Electric 1922 1950 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)

Calabria

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Catanzaro Electric 1910 1954
Reggio di Calabria Horse ? ?
Electric 1918 1928 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)

Campania

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Naples (Napoli) Trams in Naples Horse 1875 ?
Steam ? ?
Electric 1899 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
Salerno Electric 1922 1937

Emilia-Romagna

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bologna Horse ? ?
Steam 1880 ?
Electric 1903 1963
Ferrara Electric 1910 1939 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Forlì Steam ? ?
Mirandola Mirandola tramway Horse 1904 1927 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
Modena Horse ? ? Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Electric 1912 1950
Parma Electric 1910 1954
Piacenza Electric 1910 1955
Reggio nell'Emilia Electric(?) ? ? Peschkes (Part Two, 1987, p. 96) states that the existence of this tramway is confirmed only by a single source.
Rimini Horse ? ?
Electric 1921 1938

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Gorizia Horse ? ?
Electric 1909 1935 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
↘ Trieste
♦ Trieste urban network Trams in Trieste Horse 1876 1914 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
Electric 1900 1970 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
♦ Trieste - Opicina Trieste–Opicina tramway Electric 1902 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Udine Horse ? ?
Electric 1908 1952 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)

Lazio

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Fiuggi Electric 1917 1962
Frosinone Electric 1917 1937
↘ Rome
♦ Rome (Roma)
urban network 		Trams in Rome Horse 1877 1905
Electric 1895 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
♦ Rome (Roma) - Tivoli Steam 1879 1931 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
♦ Castelli Romani suburban
tramway 		Electric 1903 1980 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)

Liguria

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Genoa (Genova) Horse 1878 ?
Steam ? ?
Electric 1893 1966 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in). Metro line opened 13 June 1990 uses former tramway tunnel.
Imperia Electric 1926 1947 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Sanremo Electric 1913 1948
Savona Electric 1912 1948 [1] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Sestri Levante Horse ? ?
La Spezia Electric 1902 1953
Ventimiglia Electric 1901 1936

Lombardy (Lombardia)

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bergamo Horse 1875 ?
Steam 1884 1931
Electric 1898 1958 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Bergamo–Albino light rail Electric 25 Apr 2009[2] Light rail
Brescia Trams in Brescia Horse ? ?
Electric 1904 1952
Como Electric 1899
1906 		1899
1952 		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Cremona Electric 1916 1940
Lecco Electric 1927 1953
Mantua (Mantova) Electric 1914 1932
Milan (Milano) Trams in Milan Horse 1881 1898
Electric 1893 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
↘ Pavia
♦ Pavia Electric 1913 1954
♦ Certosa di Pavia Horse 1913 1944
Varese Electric 1895 1953
Viggiù Electric 1912 1951

The Marches (Marche)

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Ancona Horse 1881 1909
Electric 1909 1949
Offida Electric 1926 1952
Pesaro Electric(?) ? ? Peschkes (Part Two, 1987, p. 96) states that the existence of this tramway is confirmed only by a single map.

Piedmont (Piemonte)

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Alessandria Steam 1880 ?
Electric 1913 1952
Biella - Oropa Electric 1911 1958
Cuneo Electric ? ?
Monchiero – Dogliani Electric ? ?
Stresa Electric ? ?
↘ Turin
♦ Turin (Torino) urban network Trams in Turin Horse 1871 1900
Electric 1898 Gauge: 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 7&fras1;8 in)
♦ Torino – Brusasco Steam/Electric 1881 1949 Electrified in 1908 to Chivasso, in 1931 from Chivasso to Brusasco.
♦ Torino – Pianezza Steam/Electric 1884 1951 Electrified in 1930. Branch line to Druento and Venaria Reale.
♦ Torino – Pinerolo Steam/Electric 1881 1958 Electrified in 1928 to Orbassano, in 1936 to Giaveno.
♦ Torino – Piobesi Steam/Electric 1882 1936 Electrified in 1928 to Stupinigi. In 1936 became the urban line number 41.
♦ Torino – Poirino Steam/Electric 1875 1949 Electrified in 1904 to Trofarello, in 1933 from Trofarello to Poirino.
♦ Torino – Rivoli Electric 1914 1955
♦ Torino – Saluzzo Steam/Electric 1881 1950 Gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 5&fras1;16 in). Storage battery tram from 1930.
♦ Torino – Settimo Steam/Electric 1884 1954 Electrified in 1924.
♦ Torino – Volpiano Steam 1884 1931
Valenza Electric 1914 1947

Sardinia (Sardegna)

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Cagliari Steam 1888 ?
Electric 1915 1973 Gauge: 950 mm (3 ft 1 3&fras1;8 in)
Cagliari light rail Electric 17 Mar 2008[3] Light rail. Gauge: 950 mm (3 ft 1 3&fras1;8 in). New system created by equipping a section of an existing railway line of Ferrovie della Sardegna as light rail transit.
Sassari Metrosassari Electric 27 Oct 2006[4][5] Gauge: 950 mm (3 ft 1 3&fras1;8 in)

Sicily (Sicilia)

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Catania Electric 1905 1951 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Messina Horse ? ?
Steam 1890 1920
Electric 1910 1951 Gauge: 950 mm (3 ft 1 3&fras1;8 in)
Trams in Messina Electric 3 Apr 2003
Palermo Horse ? ?
Electric 1898 1946 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Electric 30 Dec 2015
Trapani Electric 1919(?) 1952 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)

Tuscany (Toscana)

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Carrara Electric 1915 1955
Florence (Firenze) Trams in Florence Horse ? ?
Steam 1881 ?
Electric 1890 1958
Electric 14 Feb 2010 Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1&fras1;2 in)
Livorno Horse 1881 (*) ? According to point 15 at http://www.misteromania.it/cartoline_da/livorno.html
Electric 1897 1944(?)
Massa Steam 1890 1932
Montepulciano Steam ? ?
Pisa Horse ? ?
Electric 1912 1952 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Viareggio Electric 1909 1944(?)

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
↘ Bolzano
♦ Bolzano Bolzano Tramway Electric 1909 1948 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
♦ Rittnerbahn Ritten (Soprabolzano/Oberbozen) Electric 1907 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in). Bolzano to Ritten rack railway section closed in 1966; the Ritten section continues to operate.
↘ Meran
♦ Lana - Meran Electric ? ?
♦ Meran Meran Tramway Electric 1906 1956 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Trento - Malè Ferrovia Trento-Malè Electric 1909 1960 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in). Rebuilt 1962 as a conventional railway, it continues to operate today, although no longer as a tramway.

Umbria

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Perugia Trams in Perugia Electric 1899 1946 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Terni Electric 1901 1960

Veneto

Location Relevant Wikipedia Article Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Padua (Padova) Horse 1983 1907
Electric 1907 1954 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Trams in Padua Electric 29 October 2007 Translohr.
Treviso Electric 1910 1938(?) Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
↘ Venice
♦ Lido Steam 1882 ?
Electric 1907 1941 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
♦ Mestre Steam 1891 ?
Electric 1905 1933 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3&fras1;8 in)
Electric 20 Dec 2010 Translohr.
↘ Verona
♦ Verona Horse 1884 ?
Electric 1908 1954
♦ Verona – San Bonifacio Electric 1912 1961
♦ Caldiero – Tregnago Electric 1921 1956
♦ Villanova – San Giovanni Ilarione Electric 1929 1956
♦ Verona – Grezzana Electric 1922 1958
Vicenza Electric 1910 1951

See also

References

  1. ^ Rebagliati; Dell'Amico. Il tram a Savona 1912-1948 (in Italian). ISBN 88-8055-118-3.
  2. ^ Tramways & Urban Transit, September 2009, p. 359. Light Rail Transit Association (UK). ISSN 1460-8324.
  3. ^ Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2008, p. 193. Light Rail Transit Association (UK). ISSN 1460-8324.
  4. ^ Tramways & Urban Transit, February 2007, p. 64. Light Rail Transit Association (UK). ISSN 1460-8324.
  5. ^ Notizie dal Mondo dei Tram (2006) (in Italian). Retrieved 3 October 2010.

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