List of town tramway systems in Italy explained

This is a list of town tramway systems in Italy by region. It includes all tram systems in Italy, past and present; cities with current 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:
Pescara		Electric	1934	1960	Gauge:
Sulmona		Electric	1908	1944	Gauge:

Apulia (Puglia)

Location	Relevant Wikipedia Article	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bari		Electric	1909	1948 or 1952 (?)	Gauge:
Taranto		Electric	1922	1950	Gauge:

Calabria

Location	Relevant Wikipedia Article	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Catanzaro		Electric	1910	1954
Reggio di Calabria		Horse	?	?
		Electric	1918	1928	Gauge:

Campania

Location	Relevant Wikipedia Article	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Naples (Napoli)	Trams in Naples	Horse	1875	?
Steam	?	?
Electric	1899		Gauge:
Salerno		Electric	1922	1937

Emilia-Romagna

Location	Relevant Wikipedia Article	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bologna	Trams in Bologna	Horse	2 October 1880^[1]	1904^[2]	Gauge: <	---	-	Steam	1880	? --->
Electric		11 February 1904	3 Nov 1963^[3]
Bologna tramway	Electric	Under construction (as of 2023)^[4]		Gauge:
Ferrara		Electric	1910	1939	Gauge:
Forlì		Steam	?	?
Mirandola	Mirandola tramway	Horse	1904	1927	Gauge:
Modena		Horse	?	?	Gauge:
		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:
↘ Trieste
♦ Trieste urban network	Trams in Trieste	Horse	1876	1914	Gauge:
Electric		1900	1970	Gauge:
♦ Trieste - Opicina	Trieste–Opicina tramway	Electric	1902		Gauge:
Udine		Horse	?	?
		Electric	1908	1952	Gauge:

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:
		Steam	1879	1931	Gauge:
♦ Castelli Romani suburban tramway		Electric	1903	1980	Gauge:

Liguria

Location	Relevant Wikipedia Article	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Genoa (Genova)		Horse	1878	?
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	1893	1966	Gauge: . Metro line opened 13 June 1990 uses former tramway tunnel.
Imperia		Electric	1926	1947	Gauge:
Sanremo		Electric	1913	1948
Savona		Electric	1912	1948	^[5] Gauge:
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:
Bergamo–Albino light rail	Electric	25 Apr 2009^[6]		Light rail
Brescia	Trams in Brescia	Horse	?	?
		Electric	1904	1952
Como		Electric	1899 1906	1899 1952	Gauge:
Cremona		Electric	1916	1940
Lecco		Electric	1927	1953
Mantua (Mantova)		Electric	1914	1932
Milan (Milano)	Trams in Milan	Horse	1881	1898
Electric	1893		Gauge:
↘ 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:
♦ 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: . 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:
Cagliari light rail	Electric	17 Mar 2008^[7]		Light rail. Gauge: . 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^[8] ^[9]		Gauge:

Sicily (Sicilia)

Location	Relevant Wikipedia Article	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Catania		Electric	1905	1951	Gauge:
Messina		Horse	?	?
Steam		1890	1920
Electric		1910	1951	Gauge:
Trams in Messina	Electric	3 Apr 2003
Palermo	Trams in Palermo	Horse	?	?
Electric	1898	1946	Gauge:
Electric	30 Dec 2015
Trapani		Electric	1919(?)	1952	Gauge:

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:
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:
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:
♦ Rittnerbahn	Ritten (Soprabolzano/Oberbozen)	Electric	1907		Gauge: . 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:
Trento - Malè	Ferrovia Trento-Malè	Electric	1909	1960	Gauge: . 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:
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:
Trams in Padua	Electric	29 October 2007		Translohr.
Treviso		Electric	1910	1938(?)	Gauge:
↘ Venice
♦ Lido		Steam	1882	?
Electric		1907	1941	Gauge:
♦ Mestre		Steam	1891	?
Electric	1905	1933	Gauge:
Electric	20 Dec 2010		Translohr.
↘ 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

• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of trolleybus systems in Italy
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

Bibliography

• Books and periodicals shown in List of town tramway systems

Notes and References

1. Francesco Ogliari and Franco Sapi, Ritmi di ruote, in Storia dei trasporti italiani, vol. 10, Milan, 1969, SBN IT\ICCU\UFI\0180828, page 54.
2. Giuseppe Brini, Quelli del tramway. Cento anni di vita e di lotta nella città di Bologna, Bologna, Centro Stampa ATC Bologna, 1977, volume 1, page 71.
3. Wyse. W.J. . Overseas News . . . London . March 1964 . 104–105 .
4. Web site: Partono i cantieri per la realizzazione della linea rossa del tram, il via dal deposito di Borgo Panigale e dal Terminal Michelino-Fiera. 2023-04-26. 2023-05-10. it.
5. Book: Rebagliati . Dell'Amico . Il tram a Savona 1912-1948 . 17 December 1990 . Liguria . Italian . 88-8055-118-3.
6. Tramways & Urban Transit, September 2009, p. 359. Light Rail Transit Association (UK). ISSN 1460-8324.
7. Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2008, p. 193. Light Rail Transit Association (UK). ISSN 1460-8324.
8. Tramways & Urban Transit, February 2007, p. 64. Light Rail Transit Association (UK). ISSN 1460-8324.
9. http://www.mondotram.it/notizie/ Notizie dal Mondo dei Tram (2006)