Sanremo trolleybus

Sanremo trolleybus
Route length:	29 km
Power system :	600 volts  =
Legend Taggia , Capolinea Route break Taggia, Stazione FS Arma di Taggia, Bivio Rossat Bussana Sanremo , La Brezza Sanremo, Zampillo Sanremo, Piazza Colombo Sanremo, Autostazione Sanremo, Villa Helios Capo Nero Ospedaletti Bordighera Vallecrosia Nervia Bivio Ventimiglia , Piazza Costituente

The trolleybus Sanremo - Italian rete filoviaria Sanremo or filovia della Riviera dei Fiori called - is a trolley bus operation In northern Italy . In and around Sanremo , the transport company Riviera Trasporti ( RT ) operates three electric lines , the city is one of the smallest Italian cities with a trolleybus system. A special feature are the two overland lines on the Via Aurelia along the Ligurian coast , the third line condenses them in the urban area:

line	route	Tact	Courses	length
02 / V	Sanremo, Autostazione - Ventimiglia , Piazza Costituente	every 15 min.	9	16 km
13 / T	Sanremo, Autostazione - Taggia , Stazione FS	every 20 min.	4th	11 km
14 / U	Sanremo, La Brezza - Sanremo, Villa Helios	every 30 min.	2	06 km

Note: the line designation "U" stands for Linea Urbana , which means city line

The trolleybus in Sanremo has been running since April 21, 1942, when it replaced the local overland tram . The operating company's name at the time was Società Trasporti Elettrici Liguri ( STEL ). After two route extensions in 1948 (route to Taggia) and 1951 (section from Ospedaletti to Ventimiglia), the current network length is 29 kilometers. However, the line to Taggia has been served exclusively by diesel buses since December 20, 2001 due to road construction work . Shortly before the terminus, part of the contact line also had to be dismantled. In addition, line 2 has been operated in mixed operation with diesel buses for several years , only a maximum of five of the nine courses are equipped with trolleybuses. The reason for this is a substation in Ventimiglia that was destroyed as a result of a flood .

Fleet

There are 14 exclusively two-axle solo cars of three different types available, as well as a museum car from the 1950s:

image	number	Type	Construction year	Manufacturer	low-floor	Company number (s)
	01	2411	1958	Fiat	No	29
	01	201LF	1988	Menarini	No	1600
	10	4001.12	1991	Bredabus	No	1700-1703, 1706, 1708 + 1709, 1711-1713
	02	Trollino 12	2007	Solaris Bus & Coach	Yes	1800 +1801

Web links

Commons : Trolleybuses in Sanremo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the operating company Riviera Trasporti ( RT )
• Information about the Sanremo trolleybus at www.trolleymotion.ch
• On the way: Travel report Northern Italy on www.stadtbus2.de - summer 1999
• Jürgen Lehmann: Visit to Italy from 18. – 22. March 2002
• Jürgen Lehmann: Brief reports from the trolleybus operations - April 2003 (PDF; 219 KiB)
• Jürgen Lehmann: Visit to Italy from March 30th – 4th April 2008
• Picture gallery on www.railfaneurope.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Line U remains in operation ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
2. ↑ New and old ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )