Trams in Bologna

Trams in Bologna (1880–1963)
Trams in Bologna (1880–1963)
Overview
Locale	Bologna, Italy
Transit type	Tram
Number of lines	16 (maximum)
Operation
Began operation	2 October 1880
Ended operation	3 November 1963
Technical
Track gauge	1445 mm
Electrification	550 V DC (since 1904)
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The Bologna tramway network (Italian: Rete tranviaria di Bologna) was an important part of the public transport network of Bologna, Italy. It was established in 1880 and discontinued in 1963.^[1]

History

The first plans for six horsecar lines were approved by the town council in 1877:^[2]

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Bologna Centrale railway station
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta San Felice
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Barriera Santo Stefano
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Maggiore
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta San Mamolo
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Saragozza.

Works on the first stretch, linking Bologna Centrale railway station to Piazza Maggiore, began in September 1880. Service began on Saturday, 2 October 1904.^[2]

The first two electrified lines began operating on 11 February 1904.^[2]

In 1953, it was decided that, starting from the following year, tramway lines would be gradually discontinued and transformed to bus and trolleybus lines. Service was officially discontinued on Sunday, 3 November 1963, when the last tramway service operated on the last remaining line to San Ruffillo.^[2]^[1]

Routes

1902 to 1910 Network

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via Indipendenza-Bologna Centrale railway Station
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Piazza del Nettuno-Via Ugo Bassi-Via San Felice-Porta San Felice
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via dell'Archiginnasio-Piazza Galvani-Via Farini-Via Santo Stefano-Località Lo Sterlino
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via d'Azeglio-Palazzina
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Saragozza
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Zamboni-Sobborgo Sant'Egidio
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta San Vitale
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Porta Lame
Porta San Felice-Scala
Porta Galliera-Stabilimento Tramways della Zucca

1932 Network

1 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Bologna Centrale railway Station
2 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via D'Azeglio
3 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via Saffi-Scala
4 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Mazzini
5 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Saragozza
6 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Santo Stefano-Sterlino-San Ruffillo
7 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-San Vitale
8 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zamboni
9 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Lame-
10 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zucca-Casaralta
11 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Sant'Isaia-Littoriale
12 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Castiglione-San Michele in Bosco
15 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Corticella
16 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Mascarella

Network as of 1943

1 Piazza Galvani-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Bologna Centrale railway Station
2 Bologna Centrale Railway Station-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via d'Azeglio
3 Via Montegrappa-Via Saffi-Scala
4 Piazza Re Enzo-Via Mazzini
5 Via Venezian-Porta Saragozza
6 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Chiesanuova
7 Via Venezian-Porta San Vitale
9 Via Montegrappa-Porta Lame
10 Piazza Galvani-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zucca-Casaralta
11 Piazza Cavour-Porta Sant'Isaia-Littoriale
13 Piazza Minghetti-Chiesanuova-San Ruffillo
14 Piazza Galvani-Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Ippodromo/Mercato Ortofrutticolo
15 Piazza De Marchi-Corticella
17/20 Funivia di San Luca-Piazza Malpighi-Via Roma-Bologna Centrale railway Station
18 Piazza Malpighi-Littoriale-Casalecchio di Reno
19 Piazza Malpighi-Littoriale-Casalecchio di Reno - Connected with Casalecchio-Vignola Railway

Network as of 1952

The post-Second World War period in Bologna caused the change of some road names and some routes merging with other ones. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Became Piazza Maggiore. The tramway network served San Lazzaro di Savena for the first time.

1/5 Bologna Centrale railway Station-Via Indipendenza-Porta Saragozza
2/8 Via D'Azeglio-Via Zamboni
3 Via Montegrappa-Via Saffi-Scala-Borgo Panigale
4 Via Orefici-Via Mazzini
6 Piazza Maggiore-Chiesanuva
7 Via Orefici-Via San Vitale
9 Via Montegrappa-Porta Lame
10 Via Ugo Bassi-Zucca-Casaralta
11 Via Rizzoli-Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
12 Bologna Centrale railway Station-San Michele in Bosco
13 Piazza Maggiore-Chiesanuova-San Ruffillo
14 Via Ugo Bassi-Ippodromo/Mercato Ortofrutticolo
15 Via Ugo Bassi-Corticella
17 Via Rizzoli-Funivia di San Luca
18 Piazza Malpighi-Casalecchio di Reno
20 Via Orefici-San Lazzaro di Savena

1960-1963 Network

4 Via Orefici-Via Mazzini
6 Piazza Minghetti-Chiesanuova
7 Via Orefici-San Vitale
13 Piazza Minghetti-San Ruffillo (as of 1963, this was the only operating route) - the last tram departure of route 13 was on the 3rd of November 1963, operated by tramcars no. 210 and 218.
20 Via degli Orefici-San Lazzaro di Savena

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "L'ultimo tram". biblioteca.salaborsa. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Francesco Ogliari, Franco Sapi, Ritmi di ruote – Storia dei trasporti italiani volume 10°. Emilia-Romagna, Milano, 1969.

External links

Media related to Tram transport in Bologna at Wikimedia Commons

[salaborsa-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "L'ultimo tram". biblioteca.salaborsa. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[ogliari-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Francesco Ogliari, Franco Sapi, Ritmi di ruote – Storia dei trasporti italiani volume 10°. Emilia-Romagna, Milano, 1969.

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