Metromare Explained

Metromare
Locale:Province of Rimini (RN),
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Transit Type:Trolleybus rapid transit
Lines:1
Stations:17
Annual Ridership:416,150 (2021)
System Length:9.8km (06.1miles)
El:750 V DC, overhead lines
Vehicles:9
Stock:Van Hool ExquiCity18T
Operator:Start Romagna SpA
Map Name:Map of Metromare
Area Served:
Start:Rimini Station
End:Ceccarini Riccione Station
Owner:Patrimonio Mobilità Provincia di Rimini

Metromare is a 9.8km (06.1miles) trolleybus rapid transit line in the province of Rimini, Italy. Part of Rimini's trolleybus system, the line runs between the railway stations of Rimini and Riccione on a segregated track beside the Bologna–Ancona railway. Fifteen intermediate stops serve the coastal suburbs, the touristic seafront, Federico Fellini International Airport, and the Fiabilandia amusement park. The service is operated by Start Romagna SpA, and launched in November 2019.

Metromare is the culmination of decades-long planning of coastal rapid transit projects in the Romagna region. It is envisaged that the line could eventually be extended to serve the length of the Italian: riviera romagnola from Ravenna to Cattolica, forming a regional rapid transit network. A 4.2km (02.6miles) northern extension to Rimini Fiera has been approved, with construction starting in summer 2024.[1] [2]

In local politics, Metromare has been a controversial project, with opponents criticising its 78-million-euro construction cost and its protracted planning and construction phases, which spanned a quarter of a century.[3] Opposition was particularly strong in Riccione, causing a rift between the provincial and municipal governments. Further criticism surrounded the decision to launch the service provisionally with buses, following a delay in the delivery of nine trolleybuses which ultimately entered service in October 2021.[4] Metromare's proponents cite its environmental benefits and the relief it provides on traffic congestion and the route 11 trolleybus, which also connects Rimini and Riccione but runs along the principal seafront avenue.

Overview

Route

The current Metromare system runs on a 9.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on long track entirely segregated from outside traffic and adjacent to the Bologna–Ancona railway. Almost 60 percent of the route has only a single bi-directional lane while the remainder has two lanes, but there are two sets of overhead trolley wiresone for each directionalong the entire line. Traffic signals control the movement of vehicles in the one-lane sections. Just beyond the Riccione terminus, Metromare vehicles briefly leave the busway to turn around via a small roundabout in front of the railway station; this is the only place where the route's trolleybuses run along public streets during the service day, but they do not carry passengers during this manoeuvre.[5]

The route starts at Rimini railway station in the city centre, with connections to regional and national Trenitalia railway services, local and suburban buses, and coaches to San Marino. The next stop southbound, Kennedy, gives access to the Roman amphitheatre. Two further stops (Pascoli, Lagomaggio) complete the section in the Italian: frazione of Rimini. The roadway is only one lane wide at Lagomaggio, but is two lanes wide at all other stations.[5]

In the Italian: frazione of Bellariva, the Toscanini stop is closest to the hospital, and is followed by Bellariva, Marebello and Rivazzurra in their homonymous Italian: frazioni. The Fiabilandia stop in Rivazzurra serves the amusement park. In the Italian: frazione of Miramare, Miramare Station interchanges with Rimini Miramare railway station. The Miramare Airport stop is located near Federico Fellini International Airport. The following stops (Marano, D'Annunzio Nord, Alba, Dante) fall in the Italian: comune of Riccione. Porto is located above the Rio Melo and gives access to the port in Riccione. The route terminates at Ceccarini Riccione Station, which is served by regional and national railway services and local and suburban buses.

Service

As of June 2023, on weekdays, the first trolleybuses leave the route termini at 5.30am.[6] [7] In "winter" (mid-September to around June), the last trolleybus leaves Rimini Station at midnight and returns by 12.47am. On weekdays in the summer festive period, the last trolleybuses depart at approximately 2.00am. The typical weekday service pattern between 8.00am and 9.00pm is every 15 minutes during the "winter" timetable and every 10 minutes during the "summer" touristic high season (from around June to mid-September), with fewer services in the early morning and late evening. Reduced services operate on bank holidays. As well as the U-turns at the end of the lines, there are intermediate turning areas at Toscanini and Miramare Station, allowing trolleybuses to terminate early at these stops.[8]

The service is operated by Start Romagna SpA, contracted by the Patrimonio Mobilità Provincia di Rimini (PMR).[9] In January 2023, the stops of Toscanini, Alba, Dante and Porto were equipped with lifts.[10]

Fares

Metromare is integrated with Start Romagna's local bus services, and tickets can be used interchangeably on the two modes of transport. Tickets can be purchased on board at surcharge, at the route terminals, or in local convenience shops and dedicated vendors. Travel between Rimini Station and Miramare Airport falls in Rimini's urban zone, and travel between Miramare Station and Riccione Station falls in Riccione's urban zone. Miramare's stops count as neutral fare zones. Tickets are available for travel within either fare zone or across both fare zones.[11] [12] Metromare is integrated into the Rail SmartPass, an intermodal multi-day travel pass valid for regional Trenitalia trains in Romagna and Start Romagna buses.[13] [14]

Since August 2023, two non-electric folding bicycles have been allowed aboard per trolleybus between 9am and noon and 3pm and 7pm. Those travelling with a bicycle are required to pay an extra ticket.[15]

Fleet

The fleet is housed at the depot on Viale Carlo Alberto della Chiesa, which also services route 11's trolleybuses. Trolleybuses must use their auxiliary batteries to travel between the depot and the route because the depot is not connected with overhead wiring.[22]

Between its launch in November 2019 and the trolleybuses' arrival in October 2021, Metromare temporarily used eight buses. These were four Iveco Urbanway 18 Hybrid buses, loaned from TPER Bologna (TPER fleet numbers 6400–6403);[23] four IIA CityMood 12 CNG buses (Start Romagna fleet numbers 32320–32323); and four Neoplan N4522 Centroliner G buses (Start Romagna fleet numbers 36041, 36043–36045).

History

Background

Before Metromare, the towns of Rimini and Riccione were connected by public transport through regional trains and the route 11 trolleybus, which runs along the principal seafront avenue in Rimini. Especially during the tourist season, congestion could slow journeys considerably, with trolleybuses taking up to an hour to complete the route.[24]

In March 1994, city planner Leonardo Benevolo proposed a Italian: metropolitana costiera in a package of urban projects for Rimini, with a projected cost of Lit. 120 billion. The line would run double-tracked from the site of the new Rimini Fiera to Riccione using guided trolleybuses.[25] [26] The project was approved by the regional assembly in June 1994, and expected to open in 2000. In March 1996, the central government approved a loan of Lit. 62 billion.[27] Rimini and Riccione municipal council approved the programme by spring 1998, which would, until February 2018, become known as Italian: Trasporto Rapido Costiero (TRC) (Coastal Rapid Transport).[28] [29] The project's controversies would later echo early opposition from this period, including the project's expected costs and its effects on surrounding properties and existing trees. The TRC was a significant theme in Rimini's 1999 municipal elections after unsuccessful campaigns for the issue to go to referendum in Rimini and Riccione.

Construction

The central government committed to funding the project in 2006, but the disbursement of these funds was delayed to 2011. The contracts for engineering and constructing the line were signed in 2008.[26] Construction took place between July 2012 and late 2017, conducted by a temporary association of companies: Italiana Costruzioni SpA for the civil engineering; Balfour Beatty Rail for the traction system; and Project Automation SpA for the auxiliary operation systems.[30] The construction included four new vehicular underpasses to replace existing railway level crossings, three new and nine refurbished pedestrian underpasses, nine new road bridges, two new bridges over water and a further seven new bridges over streams and ditches. Installation of the overhead wires for trolleybuses was about half completed by August 2017.[31] In December 2017, the completed bus-only roadway was tested by conventional articulated buses from Start's existing fleet.[28] [32] [33] In 2018, further works installed the remaining overhead wires, constructed the stops,[34] and tested the automated control centre. Three AG300T trolleybuses from route 11 carried out the first tests of the wiring and substations of the TRC line in March 2018.[35]

By spring 2019, structural and vehicular testing along the route were complete and Metromare merely required the approval of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport to launch,[36] which it would receive in September.[37] While the provincial mayor hoped to launch the service in October 2019, a further month's delay took place.[38]

Metromare's infrastructure cost was estimated at just over 78 million euros, below the 81 million euros that had been set aside at the time of the project's approval in 2006. The central government was budgeted to pay for 42 million euros of this cost, with local and regional government agencies providing 38 million euros. The contract for the trolleybuses cost a further 10.6 million euros, mostly paid by local agencies.[39] Several separate urban projects later accompanied the Metromare,[40] [41] including an additional 1,400 parking spaces across the Kennedy, Toscanini, Rivazzurra, and Miramare Station stops,[42] [43] [44] and a new Italian: piazzetta on Rivazzurra's Via dei Martiri.[45] The parking spaces are partly intended to replace those removed along the seafront by the redevelopment of the pedestrian esplanade.[46]

Metromare was expected to eliminate between 12,000 and 15,000 car journeys a day, equal to an 11% drop in fine particles along Rimini's coastal route per year.[47]

Launch and operation

Metromare launched on 23 November 2019. 17,000 passengers used the service in its inaugural weekend, for which all journeys were free.[48] [49] 7,915 passengers used Metromare the subsequent week. Due to a delay in the delivery of the nine VanHool Exquicity 18T trolleybuses purchased to run on the line, operations used traditional buses.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Metromare services were suspended on 21 March 2020.[50] [51] Following a request by the provincial government,[52] services resumed on 25 July 2020 with reduced capacity. After a further pandemic-induced delay,[53] the first trolleybus was delivered to Rimini on 12 June 2020, and the vehicles entered service in October 2021.

In May 2023, it was reported that the new Line E of Rome Metro, connecting Rome to Ostia, would be branded as Metromare. PMR's president said that they had registered the Metromare name and logo in January 2021, and did not plan to bring legal action.[54]

Extension to Rimini Fiera

In January 2020, Paola De Micheli, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, announced that 49 million euros would be made available for the 4.2km (02.6miles) northwards extension of Metromare to Rimini Fiera.[55] The municipal government considered an option to run the extension on the road network,[56] [57] [58] raising concerns about its impact on traffic.[59] It ultimately chose to run the extension beside the railway, citing a quicker project execution, as required by the deadlines of the central government funding.[60] [61]

The intermediate stops (from north to south) are Fiera di Rimini Est-Teodorico; Popilia; Sacramora; Rivabella; San Giuliano; and Principe Amedeo. The route is double-tracked between Rimini Fiera and Rivabella, and single-tracked from after Rivabella to Rimini Station. An additional six trolleybuses will be purchased to run the service, and the journey from Rimini Fiera to Ceccarini Riccione Station will take 31 minutes. Among the districts served will be the historic fishing quarter of Borgo San Giuliano, the coastal Rivabella suburb, the Monumental Cemetery of Rimini near the Sacramora stop, and the Rimini Fiera exhibition centre.

The works contract is due to be awarded in December 2023, with construction starting in the summer of 2024. The project requires two new bridges over water, four new vehicular underpasses, and two new and three refurbished pedestrian underpasses. The extension is expected to be completed by 2026.

Future expansions

From its inception, proposals have suggested that the system could be expanded as a regional network, running the length of Romagna's coastline from Ravenna to Cattolica.[62] [63] [64] At Metromare's launch, the regional president suggested that the line could extend as far north as Comacchio.[65] Closer to Rimini, a northern extension to the school campuses in the suburb of Viserba has been proposed, either running adjacent to the or as a branch exiting at the Sacramora stop and running along existing roads.

The third stage of the Metromare is expected to be a southern extension to Misano and Cattolica.[66] [67] The extension is opposed by some Misano municipal councillors.[68] Renata Tosi, the Mayor of Riccione from 2014 to 2022, campaigned for the extension to follow existing roads and functionally connect important coastal districts rather than areas along the railway line,[69] [70] also to counteract the "urban disfigurement" that the first stage had caused. In October 2022, Riccione's new municipal administration ordered technical studies to evaluate the options of running the extension along the railway or along the principal seafront avenue.[71]

Several officials and political parties support connecting the Metromare to inland towns, including Santarcangelo and Morciano di Romagna.[72] [73] [74]

Controversies

Opposition to construction

Many local politicians have criticised the project's 78-million-euro construction cost as well as its protracted planning and construction phases, which spanned a quarter of a century.[75] [76] [77] Some considered the project to be outdated.[62] [78] [79] Responding to demands that the project be stopped in March 2013, the general manager of Rimini's mobility agency estimated that it would cost 51 million euros.[80] Opponents likened the project to a Italian: [[Turin–Lyon high-speed railway|TAV]] romagnola.[81]

At a protest at a construction site in 2014, a protestor produced an anonymous document claiming that Agenzia di Mobilità (AM), the agency overseeing the construction works, was filling excavation sites in Riccione with untreated sludge, and she asked representatives about the veracity of the claim. The protestor was sued by AM for defamation; in November 2019, the Court of Rimini overturned her initial conviction, citing her protected constitutional right to critique.[82]

The demolition of properties to make way for the line attracted local opposition.[83] [84] [85] [86] The project required 680 expropriation decrees, many relating to land containing buildings and garages.[87] Via Serra in Bellariva was particularly affected, becoming a flashpoint of community opposition.[88] In total, 96 appeals were filed against expropriation orders, all of which were won by PMR.

Riccione

Opposition to Metromare's construction was particularly pronounced in Riccione, straining the relationship between Riccione's municipal government and the other public agencies involved in the project.[89] [90] The approval of the Metromare system in 2011 by then-mayor Fabio Ubaldi created a climate of disapproval among many local residents. Following a request from Riccione's municipal administration,[91] in April 2013, its financial commitment to the project was limited to 6.28 million euros.[92] The June 2014 municipal elections saw the election of centre-right Renata Tosi as Mayor of Riccione. Tosi was an outspoken critic of the Metromare,[93] who campaigned to block the line from reaching the Italian: comune and cancel the entire project, appealing directly to Matteo Renzi, the Prime Minister.

The construction of a retaining concrete wall along the track, up to six metres high, caused notable consternation.[94] [95] An open letter from Riccione's hoteliers association warned against the disfigurement it would create. To avoid the wall, in June 2014, Tosi's administration presented an alternative route to run the line in Riccione along existing roads nearer to the seafront;[96] this was rejected by the project's coordination committee,[97] leading to the direct intervention of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.[98] Both the regional administrative court and the Council of State rejected Riccione's appeal against the committee's decision.[99] [100] In September 2015, an engineer hired by Tosi's administration concluded that the proposed route would not reduce journey times by using smart traffic lights,[101] [102] and could reduce construction costs by 7 million euros. The proposal was backed by the city's hoteliers association, a Rimini-based industrial trade association, and the provincial president of, an association of commercial enterprises.[103] [104] The coordination committee rejected the engineer's findings, projecting that the proposal would increase journey times and construction and operating costs while decreasing road safety.[105]

Community tension shrouded the felling of over 200 pine trees in Via Portovenere.[106] In April 2014, a demonstration outside the town hall decried the felling.[107] In June, Tosi attended an occupation of the construction site and issued an injunction to halt the works,[108] [109] which was later overturned. 200 protesters regathered at the site,[110] and the felling was supervised by around 70 police officers.[111] For her part in the protest, the carabinieri charged Tosi with complicity in the interruption of public works, criminal damage, and abuse of public office.[112] Via Portovenere returned to local news in April 2015 after residents were given short notice to evacuate their courtyards and garages for works on the line.[113] [114]

In October 2014, AM threatened Tosi's administration with legal action for failing to regulate traffic flows to allow works in Riccione to proceed.[115] The works had already been postponed by one month on the municipality's request.[116] Tosi believed that the threat was politicised to bend Riccione against backing down. In March 2015, the coordination committee elected to replace Riccione's representative on the committee with an ad hoc commissioner for matters relating to road regulations.[117] Local politicians described the move as anti-democratic and authoritarian.[118] In May 2015, AM and the municipal administration further clashed on the closure of an underpass in Via Puccini.[119]

In May 2015, over a thousand residents formed a human chain protest at a construction site in Viale Rimini,[120] where 89 trees were felled.[121] After a municipal ordinance to stop works in Viale Rimini was overturned in August 2015, the municipal administration accused the regional administrative court of a "now prejudicial attitude" against its concerns.[122] The administration also protested against the felling of trees in Via delle Magnolie, citing conservation laws.[123]

Local politicians criticised Tosi's administration for its stubborn opposition to the project and causing unnecessary, costly delays.[124] In January 2021, the preliminary hearing judge of the Court of Rimini indicted Tosi for abuse of office, relating to ordinances she issued to obstruct Metromare's construction. PMR had sued Tosi for civil damage claims of 2.35 million euros.[125] Riccione municipal councillors from across the political system expressed their solidarity with Tosi.[126] Tosi, who retired at the 2022 municipal election,[127] was acquitted at the trial in July 2022.[128]

Uninvolved municipalities

In October 2015, Cattolica's municipal administration protested against invoices produced by AM totalling 72,000 euros for the planning phase of Metromare's southern extension.[129]

In March 2021, the administration of Bellaria – Igea Marina, north of Rimini, protested that the municipality was asked to absorb an increase in provincial transport costs that they attributed to Metromare. The councillors reaffirmed that the project had increased the investment gap between Rimini's northern and southern suburbs, and that Metromare was prioritised for regional funding. The municipality said that it was initially agreed that areas that would not benefit from Metromare would not be asked to contribute to its construction, but that this was later rescinded on the justification that the project was a coastal service.

Vehicular delays and provisional launch

The project envisaged a fleet of nine articulated trolleybuses to run on the system. In November 2014, the Dutch APTS group that had been contracted in 2010 by Balfour Beatty Rail[26] to supply trolleybuses of its Phileas design ceased trading,[130] [131] and the contract passed to ATI, a group formed by transport vehicle manufacturers Van Hool and Kiepe Electric. The first APTS Phileas trolleybus for Rimini had already been completed and was delivered in 2014, but the dissolution of APTS led to uncertainty over who would build the remaining vehicles and what design would replace the Phileas design. By 2017, it had been agreed that Van Hool would replace the original order with one for nine of its ExquiCity 18T trolleybuses.[31] (And the prototype Phileas vehicle was sold to a dealer in secondhand vehicles.)[130] The fleet was supposed to be delivered between August 2019 and January 2020, but this delivery was delayed. PMR levied a penalty of 1,000 euros per vehicle per day of delay.[39] It declined an offer from the suppliers to use four experimental vehicles.[62]

In August 2019, the coordination committee decided to launch Metromare provisionally with buses.[132] [133] Local politicians criticised the replacement buses as polluting and incompatible with the platform for wheelchair users.[62] [134] Some also accused the provisional launch of being an electoral stunt ahead of the regional elections. The provisional launch was projected to cost 1.1 million euros, including 640,000 euros in management costs, 188,000 euros for the installation of signalling systems inside the vehicles, and 57,000 euros for vehicle leases.[135]

Riccione's municipal government formally objected to the provisional launch of the Metromare using alternative means,[47] and sought legal advice to overturn the legitimacy of the decision.[38] The municipal Democratic Party said that Riccione's mayor was acting "like that last Japanese with the helmet that continues to fight a battle lost from the start".[136] At a hearing in Rimini's municipal council in October 2019, a councillor objected to the provisional launch going ahead without Riccione's consent, while another asked why the provisional launch was necessary given the existing alternative provided by the route 11 trolleybus.[62]

Riccione's municipal government filed a legal appeal to suspend the provisional Metromare services on grounds of safety deficiencies relating to the route, replacement vehicles, and workplace standards; it lost the case in December 2019.[137] In January 2020, Start Romagna drivers cited the dangerousness of the Metromare among their reasons for striking.[138] The event of a bus collision along the track was simulated in an emergency exercise later that month, which Riccione politicians said should have been carried out before the launch.[139] After the COVID-19 pandemic closed Metromare, Riccione's municipal government voted against resuming services until the trolleybuses could enter service.[140]

The first trolleybus arrived on 12 June 2020.[141] Testing began in July 2020 and the vehicles were approved in September 2021,[142] [143] entering service the following month.

Indirect airport connection

The Miramare Airport stop of the Metromare is located some 825m (2,707feet) by road away from the main entrance of Federico Fellini International Airport. The city council plans to transform the surrounding land into an urban park and a 200-space car park to serve the airport and seafront.[144] [145] [146] To reach the airport, passengers descending from the Metromare need to go south along the Via Cavalieri di Vittorio Veneto, past the roundabout with Viale Losanna/Viale Felice Carlo Pullè, then northwest along the busy SS16 Via Flaminia state road.[147] Moreover, at the time of Metromare's launch, the SS16 could not be crossed by foot near the airport. Instead, the route 9M bus, also operated by Start Romagna, connects the stop to the airport.

Local politicians have criticised the lack of a direct connection as an oversight of the project's planning.[148] In September 2020, the Mayor of Riccione proposed a direct connection from the airport to the city's southern spa district.

In October 2019, PMR's president suggested that a moving walkway could be installed between the airport and the Metromare stop.[149] [150] The municipal council launched a feasibility study into the moving walkway in September 2023.[151] The suggestion was derided by local politicians as fanciful and much costlier than a shuttle service.[152] [153] [154] A feasbility study concluded that the covered walkway would cost 13.7 million euros, with annual operating costs of 288,000 euros.[155]

In September 2021, the municipal council approved the replacement of the three-way directional interchange between the SS16 and the Via Cavalieri di Vittorio Veneto with a roundabout. The project would include lit segregated pedestrian walkways and a pedestrian crossing of the SS16 controlled by traffic lights.

In April 2023, Roberta Frisoni, Rimini's councillor for public transportation, argued that the variability of demand for a direct airport connection – dependent on the times of flights – meant that a shuttle connection between the Metromare stop and airport would be more appropriate than a branch of the Metromare. Frisoni further ruled out an underground branch, citing high costs and the geological difficulty presented by the superficial groundwater.[156] [157]

Future of the route 11 trolleybus

See also: Trolleybuses in Rimini. Metromare's route in Rimini parallels that of Start Romagna's route 11 trolleybus, which runs from Rimini's railway station to Riccione's Piazzale Curiel along the principal seafront avenue. At its inception, it was planned that the TRC would replace route 11 once opened,[158] but this decision had been postponed by 2008.[159] Several Rimini and Riccione municipal councillors have expressed concerns about the future of the trolleybus line given the competition provided by Metromare.[62] Metromare has 17 stops compared to the route 11's 49, and a journey time of 23 minutes while route 11's often exceeds 45 minutes. Conversely, route 11 runs closer to the seafront, especially in Riccione, where stops are also more infrequent.[160]

In the provisional phase, usage data suggested that the lines had distinct user bases. On Metromare's fare-less inaugural weekend during the winter period of 2019, usage of the route 11 trolleybus declined by 30%. In March 2020, Frisoni suggested halving the frequency of route 11 services to one every twenty to thirty minutes. The winter timetable for 2022–2023, effective from 15 September to 7 June, adopted a lengthened headway of 36 minutes for route 11, requiring just three vehicles, compared with 20 minutes in previous years.[21] [161] The summer 2022 timetable had an 18-minute headway on route 11, compared with 12 minutes in recent previous summers.[21]

Metromare also competes with the route 9 bus, which runs from the airport to Rimini city centre, Rimini Fiera, and Santarcangelo or San Vito. Being further inland, the route 9 bus runs through, rather than beside, the residential districts in the southern suburbs and also serves the hospital, Colonnella district and Arch of Augustus.[162]

Security

In April 2022, a candidate in Riccione's municipal elections said that the Metromare was "at the mercy of criminals and drug dealers" by night.[163] There are ninety-eight CCTV cameras along the route and emergency intercoms at each station.

Incidents

On New Year's Eve 2019, a bus was forced to break at the Alba stop after a drunk trespasser jumped onto the track. Four passengers were taken to emergency care with minor injuries and the trespasser broke his collarbone.[164] A disabled passenger broke both her legs and required home care services for at least two months.[165]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5 April 2023 . Metromare Stazione-Fiera, il progetto passa in commissione. Lavori al via nell'estate del 2024 . Metromare Stazione-Fiera: The project goes to commission. Work to start in the summer of 2024. . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  2. Web site: 5 April 2023 . Metromare, in III commissione la presentazione del progetto della tratta Stazione Fs-Rimini Fiera . Metromare: The presentation of the project of the Station FS-Rimini Fiera stage is in the third commission . 13 June 2023 . Comune di Rimini.
  3. Web site: 11 March 2021 . Il Comune su tutte le furie: "I costi del Trc sulle spalle dei cittadini di Bellaria: inaccettabile" . The Municipality is furious: "The costs of the TRC on the shoulders of the citizens of Bellaria is unacceptable" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  4. Web site: 27 October 2021 . Il Metromare elettrico al 100%, in linea i nuovi mezzi . The 100% electric Metromare: The new vehicles are live . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  5. Trolleybus Magazine No. 368 (March–April 2023), pp. 74, 77. National Trolleybus Association (UK).
  6. Web site: Metromare Summer 2023 Timetable . 11 June 2023 . Start Romagna.
  7. Web site: Metromare Winter 2022–23 Timetable . 11 June 2023 . Start Romagna.
  8. Web site: 16 November 2019 . Metromare, 100 telecamere per la sicurezza dei viaggiatori . Metromare: 100 security cameras for passengers' safety . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  9. Web site: 19 November 2019 . Il Metromare costato 92 milioni, Pmr: "Bilancio eccezionale: rispettate le previsioni di costo" . The Metromare cost 92 million. PMR: "Exceptional budget: respected the cost estimates." . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  10. Web site: 16 January 2023 . Dopo una lunga attesa sono in funzione, attivi gli ascensori alle fermate del Metromare . After a long wait, the lifts at the Metromare stops are live . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  11. Web site: 21 July 2020 . Riparte il servizio del Metromare, bus sanificati ogni giorno e corse fino alle 2 . The Metromare service starts again: Buses sanitised every day and services until 2 am . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  12. Web site: 25 July 2020 . Il Metromare torna in funzione: ripartono i collegamenti tra Rimini e Riccione . The Metromare is back in operation: Connections between Rimini and Riccione restart . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  13. Web site: 20 November 2019 . Metromare, ufficializzate le tariffe della tratta Rimini-Riccione . Metromare's Rimini-Riccione fares are officialised . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  14. Web site: Rail SmartPass . 11 June 2023 . Start Romagna . en-GB.
  15. Web site: 31 August 2023 . Ora sul Metromare si potrà salire anche con la bicicletta, scatta la fase sperimentale del servizio . Now you can come aboard the Metromare even with your bicycle: The experimental phase of the service launches . 23 October 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  16. Web site: 22 June 2020 . Rimini, consegnato il primo filobus Van Hool Exqui.City per il Metromare . Rimini: The first Van Hool Exqui.City trolleybus for the Metromare is delivered . 11 June 2023 . Autobus Web . it-IT.
  17. Web site: 26 July 2021 . Metromare in Rimini, trolleybuses have arrived. Testing is underway on the vehicles . 29 June 2023 . Sustainable Bus . en-US.
  18. Web site: 11 March 2020 . Omologazione per i nuovi mezzi di Metromare, il Comune ipotizza di ridurre la Linea 11 . Approval for the new Metromare vehicles: The Municipality suggests reducing the Route 11 . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  19. Web site: 21 November 2019 . Metromare, Gnassi: 'L'entusiasmo dei bambini spegne vent'anni di polemiche' . Metromare, Gnassi: "The enthusiasm of children extinguishes twenty years of polemics." . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  20. Web site: 14 June 2021 . Trolleybuses in Italy, many projects on the launching pad. Kiepe Electric at the forefront . 29 June 2023 . Sustainable Bus . en-US.
  21. Trolleybus Magazine No. 366 (November–December 2022), p. 251.
  22. Trolleybus Magazine No. 369 (May–June 2023), p. 123. National Trolleybus Association (UK).
  23. Web site: Brunelli . Alessandro . 19 December 2019 . Start Romagna: Rimini Metromare, è attivo il TRC . Start Romagna: Rimini Metromare, the TRC, is activated . 29 June 2023 . www.tplitalia.it . it.
  24. Web site: 18 November 2022 . Col Metromare 10mila auto in meno sulle strade tra Rimini e Riccione . With the Metromare, 10,000 fewer cars on the roads between Rimini and Riccione . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  25. Trolleybus Magazine No. 208 (July–August 1996), p. 102.
  26. Trolleybus Magazine No. 291 (May–June 2010), p. 67. National Trolleybus Association (UK).
  27. Web site: 14 August 2011 . Brevi cenni di storia del TRC. Gli esordi del progetto (1994-96) . Brief history of the TRC. The beginnings of the project (1994-96) . 24 June 2023 . newsrimini.it . it.
  28. News: . 3 February 2018 . Il Trc cambia il nome: si chiamerà "MetroMare" . it . The TRC's name changes: It will be called 'MetroMare' . . dead . 23 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180207011541/https://www.corriereromagna.it/news/rimini/24418/il-trc-cambia-il-nome-si-chiamera-metromare.html . 7 February 2018.
  29. Web site: 21 August 2011 . Brevi cenni di storia del TRC. Parte l'iter, e anche le proteste (1994-96) . Brief history of the TRC. The process starts, and so do the protests (1994-96) . 24 June 2023 . newsrimini.it . it.
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  32. News: . 7 December 2017 . Metropolitana di costa, ecco i test. Prime prove sul tracciato pronto . it . Coastal metro, here are the tests: The first tests on the completed roadway . . dead . 27 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171207173834/http://www.corriereromagna.it/news/rimini/23404/metropolitana-di-costa-ecco-i-test-prime-prove-sul-tracciato-pronto.html . 7 December 2017.
  33. News: Mulazzani . Simona . 6 December 2017 . Gli autobus del trasporto pubblico testano il tracciato del TRC . it . Public transport buses test the TRC alignment . newsrimini.it . live . 27 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171208173723/http://www.newsrimini.it/2017/12/gli-autobus-del-trasporto-pubblico-testano-tracciato-del-trc/ . 8 December 2017.
  34. Web site: 3 January 2018 . Trasporto Rapido Costiero, al via i lavori l'installazione delle fermate . TRC: Works to install the stops are underway . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
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  36. Web site: 10 May 2019 . Estate senza Trc, slitta di mesi la partenza del Metromare . Summer without the TRC: Metromare's launch postponed by months . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  37. Web site: 18 September 2019 . Metromare: The authorisation for the experimental phase arrives from the Ministry and Santi confirms the October launch . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  38. Web site: 17 October 2019 . Metromare, slitta l'inaugurazione del servizio e Santi dà una stoccata a Riccione . Metromare postpones the inauguration of the service and Santi gives a jab to Riccione . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  39. Web site: Colasanto . Lina . 21 October 2019 . Metromare, decisa la nuova data per la partenza del servizio: ecco quanto è costato . The new date for Metromare's launch has been decided: Here's how much it cost . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  40. Web site: 26 July 2018 . Trc, 1 milione di euro per le opere complementari di riqualificazione . Trc: 1 million euros for the complementary redevelopment works . 24 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  41. Web site: 9 October 2018 . Riccione, viale D'Annunzio: partiti i lavori di rifacimento dei nuovi marciapiedi . Viale D'Annunzio in Riccione: The renovation work on the new sidewalks has started . 24 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  42. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 11 January 2022 . Cinque parking alle fermate del Metromare: "L'iter è al Ministero, chiesti 13 milioni per 1.400 parcheggi" . Five parking slots at the Metromare stops: "The procedure is up to the Ministry: 13 million requested for 1,400 parking spaces" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  43. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 14 April 2022 . Svolta per i parking alle fermate del Metromare. "Abbiamo i fondi, il ministero ha sbloccato 13 milioni" . Breakthrough for parking lots at the Metromare stops. "We have the funds; the Ministry has released 13 million." . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  44. Web site: 21 September 2023 . Metromare da Santarcangelo a Cattolica e nuovi parcheggi, gli stakeholder fanno il punto sulla mobilità . Metromare from Santarcangelo to Cattolica and new parking spaces: Stakeholders take stock of mobility. . 23 October 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  45. Web site: 5 July 2022 . Il Metromare porta una nuova piazzetta in via dei Martiri . Metromare brings a new piazzetta in Via dei Martiri . 11 June 2023 . Comune di Rimini.
  46. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 2 August 2023 . Al mare mancano i parcheggi, una sfida da affrontare. "I cinque hub avanzano, si parte con 256 posti" . Parking spaces are missing at the seaside: it's a challenge to face. "The five hubs are underway, starting with 256 spaces." . 23 October 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  47. Web site: 17 September 2019 . Metromare, Santi tira dritto con il sopralluogo e Riccione fa scattare la diffida contro la partenza . Metromare: Santi goes straight with the inspection and Riccione triggers the warning against the launch . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  48. Web site: 25 November 2019 . Primo fine settimana di fuoco per il Metromare: circa 17.000 utenti in 142 corse . First weekend of fire for Metromare: About 17,000 users in 142 runs . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  49. Web site: 4 December 2019 . Il Metromare tira le somme della prima settimana e fa partire le nuove promozioni . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  50. Web site: Metromare sospeso, autobus ridotti al minimo fino al 3 aprile: circoleranno con gli orari festivi . Romagna Noi . 4 December 2020 . 25 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025042714/http://www.romagnanoi.it/news/news/1241075/Metromare-sospeso--autobus-ridotti-al.html . dead .
  51. Web site: 11 July 2020 . RIMINI: Il Metromare torna in servizio da metà luglio, niente mezzi nuovi | VIDEO . TeleRomagna24 . it.
  52. Web site: 26 June 2020 . La Provincia chiede ai Comuni di Rimini e Riccione la riattivazione di Metromare . The Province asks the municipal councils of Rimini and Riccione to reactivate Metromare . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  53. Web site: 7 April 2020 . Metromare, istituita la linea ferroviaria a trazione elettrica: i mezzi fermi in Belgio per l'emergenza . The electric traction line on the Metromare has been established: The vehicles are stopped in Belgium for the pandemic . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  54. Web site: Oliva . Andrea . 27 May 2023 . La Roma-Lido diventa Metromare "Copiati, ma non faremo causa" . The Rome-Lido line becomes Metromare: "Copied, but we won't sue" . 24 June 2023 . . it.
  55. Web site: Colasanto . Lina . 20 January 2020 . Metromare fino alla Fiera: il Ministro annuncia la tratta e il finanziamento di 49 milioni . Metromare up to the Fiera: the Minister announces the route and 49 million euros of funding . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  56. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 13 May 2022 . Secondo tratto Metromare, verso la modifica del tracciato. "Valutiamo di costruirlo lungo la ferrovia" . Second section of the Metromare: Towards the modification of the route. "Let's consider building it along the railway." . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  57. Web site: 17 April 2019 . Il Trc arriverà fino alla Fiera e correrà tra ponti, strade e sottopassi . The TRC will arrive up to the Fiera and run along bridges, streets and underpasses . 24 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  58. Web site: 13 May 2022 . E' ufficiale: il Metromare fino alla Fiera cambia tracciato e correrà lungo la ferrovia . It's official: Metromare to the Fiera changes route and will run beside the railway . 12 June 2023 . Riminiduepuntozero . it-IT.
  59. Web site: 28 March 2022 . Metromare, la Lega scettica: "Il progetto della Fiera va rivisto, così la viabilità peggiorerà ulteriormente" . The sceptical Lega on the Metromare: "The Fiera project needs to be reviewed, as it will worsen traffic further" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  60. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 23 August 2022 . Nuova linea Metromare fino alla Fiera, da Roma ok al progetto. Passerà a fianco della ferrovia . New Metromare line to the Fiera: Rome okays the project. It will run beside the railway. . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  61. Web site: 16 September 2022 . Metromare fino alla Fiera, c'è il progetto di fattibilità. L'opera dovrà essere conclusa entro il 2026 . Metromare up to the Fiera: The feasibly project is here. The work must be concluded by 2026. . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  62. Web site: 22 October 2019 . Trc, la sperimentazione non convince e l'opposizione attacca: "Opera vecchia, cara e sbagliata" . TRC. Experimentation is not convincing and the opposition attacks: "Old, dear and wrong work" . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  63. Web site: 31 October 2019 . Sacchetti (Pd): "Metromare grande vittoria nonostante il 'no' di Riccione" . Sacchetti (PD): "Metromare a great victory in spite of Riccione's 'no'" . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  64. Web site: 4 February 2020 . Trasporti, le sfide: "Sviluppo dell'Alta velocità e potenziamento del Metromare" . The transportational challenges: "Development of the high-speed train and upgrade of the Metromare" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  65. Web site: 30 October 2019 . Metromare, arriva il via libera da Amr: partenza ufficiale il 23 novembre . AMR gives the green light to Metromare: Official launch on 23 November . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  66. Web site: 29 October 2020 . La Tosi scrive a Misano e Cattolica: "Gli errori e il fallimento del passato col Trc non vanno perpetuati" . Tosi writes to Misano and Cattolica: "The errors and failures of the past with the TRC should not be perpetuated" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  67. Web site: 11 November 2020 . Allungamento Metromare, Rimini aderisce al protocollo d'intesa per il tratto Fiera-Cattolica . Extension of Metromare. Rimini adheres to the Memorandum of Understanding for the Fiera-Cattolica section. . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  68. Web site: 7 September 2020 . Prolungamento Metromare a Cattolica, Guagneli: "Non si faccia ulteriore scempio del territorio" . Metromare extension to Cattolica. Guagneli: "Do not make wreack havoc on the land" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  69. Web site: 4 September 2020 . Per il Metromare Riccione propone "un'altra strada" . For the Metromare, Riccione proposes "another road" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  70. Web site: 4 November 2020 . Metromare in zona sud, Tosi: "Si al trasporto avveniristico, non i vecchi pali del tram" . Metromare in the southern area. Tosi: "Yes to futuristic transport, not the old tram poles". . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  71. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 6 October 2022 . La nuova giunta di Riccione ci crede, tavolo tecnico per ampliare il Metromare fino a Cattolica . The new Riccione administration believes in it: Technical timetable for extending Metromare up to Cattolica . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  72. Web site: 12 February 2021 . Metromare, il sindaco Parma chiede di farlo arrivare fino a Santarcangelo . Metromare: Mayor Parma asks for it to reach Santarcangelo . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  73. Web site: 21 February 2020 . Tavolo dei sindaci della Valconca sul trasporto pubblico: "Poche corse e tariffe troppe alte" . Table of mayors of Valconca on public transport: "Few rides and fares too high" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  74. Web site: 27 August 2022 . Metromare, i Giovani Democratici: "Garantire una prosecuzione del servizio dalla fiera a Santarcangelo" . Young Democrats on Metromare: "Guarantee the service's continuation from the Fiera to Santarcangelo" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  75. Web site: 23 October 2019 . Metromare, l'attacco di Uil: "Parte o non parte? La politica deve fare chiarezza" . UIL attacks Metromare: "Is it launching or not launching? Politics must clarify." . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  76. Web site: 10 November 2022 . Raffaelli a gamba tesa sul Metromare: "Costi elevati e i risultati non compensano lo sperpero di milioni" . Raffaelli speaks out on the Metromare: "High costs and results do not compensate for the squandering of millions" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  77. Web site: Lombardi . Marco . 15 March 2013 . Lombardi (Pdl): "Il Trc sarà la tomba politica delle Amministrazioni di Rimini e Riccione" . Lombardi (PDL): "The TRC will the political tomb of the administrations of Rimini and Riccione" . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  78. Web site: 4 April 2013 . Lombardi (Pdl) contro il TRC: "E' l'ultima realizzazione della prima repubblica" . Lombardi (PdL) against the TRC: "It is the last achievement of the First Republic" . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  79. Web site: Genovese . Rosario . 3 May 2013 . Il Psi al sindaco Pironi: "Vogliamo una sola risposta, lo stop al Trc" . The PSI to Mayor Pironi: "We want only one answer: a stop to the TRC" . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  80. Web site: 27 March 2013 . Fermare il Trc è difficilissimo: costerebbe 51 milioni di euro . Stopping the TRC is very difficult: It would cost 51 million euros . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  81. Web site: Daluiso . Gianluca . 9 June 2014 . Ballottaggi, a Riccione dopo quasi 70 anni vince il centrodestra. Tosi batte il Pd . Elections: In Riccione the centre-right wins after almost 70 years. Tosi fights the Democratic Party. . 13 June 2023 . . it-IT.
  82. Web site: 6 November 2019 . "Fanghi" nel cantiere del Trc, Lucia Baleani assolta dall'accusa di diffamazione . "Mud" in the TRC construction site: Lucia Baleani acquitted of defamation . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  83. Web site: 15 February 2023 . TRC, le proteste dei residenti. Lombardi (Mir): "Fermare quest'opera" . TRC: Residents' protests. Lombardi (Mir): "Stop this work". . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  84. Web site: 15 February 2013 . TRC, l'Agenzia Mobilità: "Gli espropri sono tutti legittimi" . The Agenzia Mobilità on the TRC: "The expropriations are all legitimate" . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  85. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 22 October 2013 . Trc: buffera nel cantiere di via Serra. M5S interviene a favore di un cittadino . TRC: buffer at the construction site in Via Serra. M5S intervenes in favour of a citizen. . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  86. Web site: 26 October 2013 . Giulia Sarti (M5S) interviene in via Serra. "Bloccheremo questo cantiere del Trc" . Giulia Sarti (M5S) intervenes in Via Serra: "We will block this construction site of the TRC" . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  87. Web site: 27 August 2019 . Metromare, contro gli espropri il Consiglio di Stato rigetta i ricorsi dei residenti di Bellariva . Metromare: the Council of State rejects Bellariva residents' appeals against the expropriations . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  88. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 30 October 2023 . Cantiere Trc di via Serra: iniziata la demolizione dello stabile della famiglia Moretti . TRC construction site in Via Serra: Demolition of the Moretti family's building begins . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  89. Web site: 11 November 2019 . Metromare, Santi lancia una stoccata a Riccione sull'investimento per Natale e riceve commenti d'odio . Metromare: Santi jabs Riccione on its Christmas investments and receives hateful comments . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  90. Web site: 18 March 2015 . Trc, Agenzia Mobilità attacca il Comune di Riccione: "Non si riesce a collaborare" . The Agenzia Mobilità attacks Riccione's municipal administration on the TRC: "You can't manage to collaborate" . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  91. Web site: 9 April 2013 . Riccione, Trc: nuove determinazioni riguardo la realizzazione . TRC in Riccione: New determinations regarding the construction . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  92. Web site: 24 April 2013 . TRC, vittoria di Riccione: si modifica l'accordo di programma . Victory for Riccione on TRC: The program agreement is modified . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  93. Web site: 4 July 2014 . Trc, interviene Emma Petitti (Pd): "L'opera va completata nel più breve tempo possibile" . Emma Petitti (PD) intervenes on the TRC: "The work must be completed as soon as possible" . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  94. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 24 September 2015 . Guerra in casa del Pd per la realizzazione del Trc, presentata interrogazione a Roma . War in the Democratic Party's house for the creation of the TRC: Question presented in Rome . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  95. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 14 October 2015 . Gli albergatori di Riccione scrivono una lettera al ministro Delrio contro il Trc . Riccione hoteliers write a letter to Minister Delrio against the TRC . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  96. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 26 June 2014 . Riccione, il sindaco Tosi all'attacco del Trc: presentate le tre ipotesi di varianti al progetto . Riccione. Mayor Tosi attacks the TRC: Three possible variants to the project are presented. . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  97. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 2 July 2014 . Trc, il Comitato sbatte la porta in faccia al Comune di Riccione . TRC: The Committee shuts the door in the face of Riccione's municipal government . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  98. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 7 July 2014 . Nonostante le forze dell'ordine, nuova invasione del cantiere Trc a Riccione . Notwithstanding the forces of the law, a new invasion of the TRC construction site in Riccione . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  99. Web site: 30 October 2014 . Trc, il Tar dell'Emilia Romagna rigetta il ricorso presentato dal Comune di Riccione . TRC: Emilia Romagna's Regional Administrative Court rejects the appeal presented by the Municipality of Riccione . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  100. Web site: 11 February 2015 . Trc, dopo il Tar anche il Consiglio di Stato boccia il ricorso del Comune di Riccione . TRC. After the TAR, the Council of State also rejects the appeal of Riccione's municipal administration. . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  101. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 29 September 2015 . Perizia sul Trc: la variante non modifica i tempi di percorrenza e consente un notevole risparmio . Expertise on the TRC: The variant does not change the journey times and allows for considerable savings . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  102. Web site: 2 November 2015 . Trc, il sindaco Tosi a Gnassi: "Basta scuse, modifiche mantengono promesse" . TRC. Mayor Tosi to Gnassi: "Stop the excuses: modifications keep promises". . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  103. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 28 October 2015 . Trc: Unindustria Rimini 'benedice' la proposta di variante presentata da Riccione . TRC: Unindustria Rimini 'blesses' the variant proposal presented by Riccione . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  104. Web site: 27 October 2015 . Trc, Confcommercio appoggia Riccione: "Spostare il tracciato da sopraelevato a raso" . TRC. Confcommercio supports Riccione: "Move the track from elevated to level ground" . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  105. Web site: 25 November 2015 . Trc, ennesimo botta e risposta tra Agenzia Mobilità e Comune di Riccione . TRC: Yet another question and answer between the Mobility Agency and the Municipality of Riccione . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  106. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 3 July 2014 . Nello scontro sul Trc entrano gli ambientalisti: no all'abbattimento degli alberi . Environmentalists enter the clash over the TRC: No to the felling of trees . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  107. Web site: 30 April 2014 . Trc a Riccione, protesta in Municipio: "No all'abbattimento dei pini in via Portovenere" . Trc in Riccione: Protest in the Town Hall. "No to the felling of pine trees in Via Portovenere." . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  108. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 17 June 2014 . Monta la protesta dei No Trc: invaso il cantiere a Riccione per evitare i lavori . The protest of No TRC grows: The construction site in Riccione is invaded to stop works . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  109. Web site: 19 June 2014 . Trc, il Tar annulla l'ordinanza del sindaco: appena due giorni di stop per i lavori . TRC. The TAR cancels the mayor's order: just two days off for the works. . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  110. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 27 June 2014 . Cantiere Trc: a Riccione ricomincia la protesta, in 200 per bloccare le ruspe . TRC construction site: Protests restart in Riccione. 200 people block the bulldozers. . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  111. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 8 July 2014 . Addio ai pini di via Portovenere: il cantiere del Trc fa piazza pulita . Farewell to the pines of Via Portovenere: the TRC construction site makes a clean sweep . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  112. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 9 August 2014 . Scontri nel cantiere riccionese del Trc, indagato il sindaco della Perla Verde . Clashes in the TRC's Riccione construction site: The mayor of the Perla Verde is placed under investigation . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  113. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 28 April 2015 . Trc Riccione, Pompignoli (LN): "i residenti costretti a sgomberare cortili e garage" . TRC in Riccione. Pompignoli (LN): "Residents forced to clear courtyards and garages". . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  114. Web site: 29 April 2015 . Sensoli (M5S): "A causa del Trc disagi per i residenti di via Portovenere" . Sensoli (M5S): "Residents of Via Portovenere are inconvenienced by the TRC" . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  115. Web site: 6 October 2014 . Trc a Riccione, Agenzia di Mobilità diffida il Comune. Il sindaco: "Forzata irresponsabilità" . TRC in Riccione: Mobility Agency warns the municipal adminisrtation. The mayor: "Forced irresponsibility". . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  116. Web site: 2 September 2014 . TRC, il sindaco Tosi la spunta: slitta ad ottobre il cantiere a Riccione . Mayor Tosi wins on the TRC: The construction site in Riccione is postponed to October . 13 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  117. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 16 March 2015 . Si scatena la guerra del Trc: Rimini parte all'attacco della Perla Verde . The TRC war is stirred up: Rimini sets out to attack the Green Pearl . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  118. Web site: 17 March 2015 . Trc, la Lega al fianco del sindaco di Riccione: "L'arroganza del Pd la fa da padrone" . Lega supports the mayor of Riccione on the TRC: "The arrogance of the Democratic Party is king" . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  119. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 19 May 2015 . Riccione e Trc, il Comune: "Il sottopasso di via Puccini deve restare aperto e percorribile" . Riccione and the TRC. The municipal administration: "The underpass of via Puccini must remain open and passable". . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  120. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 14 May 2015 . Una lunga catena umana per protestare contro la realizzazione del Trc . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  121. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 11 May 2015 . Ripartito il cantiere del Trc a Riccione, abbattuti 89 alberi in viale Rimini . The TRC construction site in Riccione restarts: 89 trees felled in Viale Rimini . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  122. Web site: 3 August 2015 . Trc, il Tar rigetta il ricorso presentato dal Comune di Riccione sul cantiere di via Rimini . TRC: The TAR rejects the appeal presented by the Municipality of Riccione on the construction site in Viale Rimini . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  123. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 6 October 2015 . Il Comune di Riccione: 'non abbattete quegli alberi, sono un monumento tutelato per legge' . Municipality of Riccione: 'Don't cut down those trees: they are a monument protected by law' . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  124. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 1 October 2015 . Pruccoli (Pd): 'i costi per i ritardi del Trc li paghi il sindaco Tosi che li ha causati' . Pruccoli (PD): 'The costs of the TRC's delays should be paid by Mayor Tosi who caused them' . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  125. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 24 November 2017 . Ostacoli al cantiere del Trc, indagata il sindaco di Riccione Renata Tosi . Obstruction at the TRC construction site: Mayor of Riccione Renata Tosi is indicted . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  126. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 14 January 2021 . Accusata di aver ostacolato la costruzione del Trc, Renata Tosi rinviata a giudizio . Accused of having hindered the construction of the TRC, Renata Tosi is indicted . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  127. Web site: Oliva . Andrea . 13 June 2022 . Elezioni Riccione 2022, risultati delle Comunali. Angelini festeggia la vittoria . Riccione elections 2022: Results of the Municipalities. Angelini celebrates victory. . 11 June 2023 . il Resto del Carlino . it.
  128. Web site: 14 July 2022 . Metromare, assolta l'ex sindaco di Riccione Renata Tosi . Metromare: The former mayor of Riccione, Renata Tosi, is acquitted . 11 June 2023 . . it.
  129. Web site: 1 October 2015 . Trc, tanto tuonò che piovve: dal Comune di Cattolica chiede 72mila euro . TRC. It thundered so much that it rained: From the Municipality of Cattolica they ask for 72 thousand euros. . 23 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
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  131. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 28 November 2014 . Trc, la ditta che forniva i mezzi di trasporto costretta a chiudere i battenti . Trc: The company that was providing the means of transport is forced to close its doors . 14 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  132. Web site: 6 August 2019 . Trc: ulteriori ritardi per il via al Metromare, il via slitta al tardo autunno . TRC: More delays for the go-ahead of the Metromare. The start is postponed to late autumn. . 24 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  133. Web site: 22 August 2019 . MetroMare: la struttura è completata, collaudata e pronta alla messa in esercizio . Metromare: The structure is completed, tested, and ready for commissioning . 24 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  134. Web site: 15 January 2020 . Elezioni regionali, Pontis: "Metromare fino a Cattolica? Non con un progetto di vent'anni fa" . Regional elections. Pontis: "Metromare up to Cattolica? Not with a project from twenty years ago." . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  135. Web site: 17 October 2019 . Trc, Riccione boccia la sperimentazione con bus ibridi: "Dispendio di risorse pubbliche" . TRC. Riccione rejects the experimentation with hybrid buses: "Expenditure of public resources". . 24 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  136. Web site: 17 October 2019 . Metromare, il Pd Riccione contro la Tosi: "Il sindaco si sta giocando l'ultima carta della credibilità" . Metromare, PD Riccione against Tosi: "The mayor is playing the last card of credibility" . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  137. Web site: 16 December 2019 . Metromare, il Tribunale rigetta il ricorso di Riccione sulla sospensione del servizio . Metromare: the Court rejects Riccione's appeal on the suspension of the service . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  138. Web site: 17 January 2020 . Elezioni regionali, Pontis: "Gli autisti scioperano anche perché il Metromare non è sicuro" . Regional elections. Pontis: "Drivers strike also because Metromare isn't safe". . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  139. Web site: 31 January 2020 . Simulato grave incidente sul Metromare, Start: "Operazioni svolte con precisione" . Simulated serious accident on the Metromare. START: "Operations carried out with precision". . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  140. Web site: 29 June 2020 . Metromare, semaforo verde alla ripartenza: Riccione contro la nuova sperimentazione . Green light for Metromare's restart: Riccione against the new experimentation . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  141. Web site: 12 June 2023 . Metromare, arrivato il primo dei 9 mezzi ordinati dall'Olanda . Metromare: The first of the 9 buses from Holland arrives . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  142. Web site: 3 July 2020 . Metromare, al via il collaudo dell'opera coi nuovi bus elettrici . Metromare: Testing of the project is underway with the new electric buses . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  143. Web site: 17 September 2021 . I mezzi del Metromare superano le prove di collaudo . The Metromare vehicles pass the acceptance tests . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  144. Web site: 5 January 2021 . Approvato il progetto di riqualificazione della stazione del Metromare Miramare Airport . The redevelopment project of the Metromare Miramare Airport stop has been approved . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  145. Web site: 6 September 2021 . Rimini sud: rivoluzione viabilità tra aeroporto, statale e Metromare . Rimini South: Revolution in the connectivity between the airport, the state road and the Metromare . 10 June 2023 . Corriere Romagna . it-IT.
  146. Web site: 6 January 2021 . Miramare, navetta dal Metromare all'aeroporto Fellini . Miramare: Shuttle between Metromare and the Fellini Airport . 10 June 2023 . . it.
  147. Web site: Rete dei trasporti pubblici del Comune di Rimini . Public transport network of Rimini . 7 June 2023 . Start Romagna . it.
  148. Web site: 23 October 2019 . Metromare, l'intervento di Erbetta: "E' incredibile che non sia stato previsto un collegamento con il Fellini" . Metromare, Erbetta's intervention: "It is incredible that a connection with Fellini was not foreseen" . 10 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  149. Web site: 22 October 2019 . Moving walkway suggested to unite the TRC with Fellini . 10 June 2023 . newsrimini.it . it.
  150. Web site: 22 October 2019 . Metromare-Aeroporto. Frisoni: il collegamento ci sarà, da definire come . Metromare-Airport. Frisoni: there will be a connection; what it will be is yet to be determined. . 10 June 2023 . newsrimini.it . it.
  151. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 6 September 2023 . Maxi tapis roulant all'aeroporto, la giunta ci crede: via libera allo studio di fattibilità . The council believes in the treadmill at the airport: Green light for the feasibility study . 23 October 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  152. Web site: 26 November 2019 . "Il Metromare c'è e non è una burla": Santi risponde a chi vuole impedire l'arrivo a Cattolica . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  153. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 6 September 2023 . Aeroporto, Rinascita Civica: "Ma quale tapis roulant, meglio due navette elettriche con poche spese" . Civic Renewal on the airport: "But what tapis roulant? Better two electric shuttles with fewer costs." . 23 October 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  154. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 8 September 2023 . Aeroporto, Colonna: "Fermate la giunta, quel tapis roulant è come buttare sulla roulette 13 milioni" . Colonna on the Airport: "Stop the council; that treadmill is like throwing 13 million on roulette" . 22 December 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  155. Web site: Zavagli . Stefano . 7 September 2023 . Una passerella sopraelevata che vale 13 milioni di euro. Svelato lo studio del maxi tapis roulant . An elevated walkway worth 13 million euros: The study of the maxi treadmill has been revealed . 22 December 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  156. Web site: 5 April 2023 . Il Metromare non arriverà all'aeroporto ma ci sarà un collegamento . Metromare won't arrive at the airport but there will be a connection . 10 June 2023 . newsrimini.it . it.
  157. Web site: 5 April 2023 . Metromare non sarà esteso fino all'aeroporto di Rimini: la città valuta opzioni alternative . Metromare will not be extended to Rimini Airport: the city evaluates alternative options . 10 June 2023 . altarimini.it . it-IT.
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  160. Web site: Zaghini . Paolo . 21 August 2022 . E chissà se resterà quell'11 fra Rimini e Riccione . And who knows if the 11 between Rimini and Riccione will remain? . 27 June 2023 . Chiamami Città . it-IT.
  161. Web site: Rimini Inverno [winter] 2021–2022: 13th September to 4th June Timetable Booklet ]. Start Romagna . 1 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308064824/https://www.startromagna.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Libretto_I21-22_RN_Agg.7-2-22.pdf . 8 March 2022 . 92–103 . 2022 . dead.
  162. Web site: Rete dei trasporti pubblici del Comune di Rimini . Public transport network of Rimini . 7 June 2023 . Start Romagna . it.
  163. Web site: 30 April 2022 . Metromare, Erbetta: "Di notte è terreno di conquista in balia di delinquenti e spacciatori" . Erbetta on Metromare: "At night, it is a no man's land at the mercy of criminals and drug dealers" . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  164. Web site: Torri . Tommaso . 1 January 2020 . Doppio incidente sulla linea del Metromare nella notte di capodanno . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.
  165. Web site: 5 February 2020 . Ferita nell'incidente di Capodanno sul Metromare costretta a chiedere l'assistenza domiciliare . Injury in the New Year's accident on the Metromare forced to ask for home assistance . 11 June 2023 . RiminiToday . it.

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