Compagnia Toscana Trasporti Nord, also known as CTT Nord, was a public transport company established on 22 October 2012, with corporate office in Pisa and operational offices in Livorno, Prato, Lucca and Massa Carrara. It was formed after a long process of aggregation, more than ten years, of the several local public transport companies; it became the largest regional public transport company in terms of size and diffusion in the

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extending its activity through the provinces of

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn ...

Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

Lucca Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...

and

Massa-Carrara The province of Massa-Carrara () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, Tuscany, Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province. History The province of "Mass ...

History

Compagnia Toscana Trasporti (CTT) was formed in 2006, with equal capital between public companies as Consorzio Lucchese Autotrasporti Pubblici (CLAP),

Consorzio Pistoiese Trasporti Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typical ...

(COPIT),

Consorzio Pisano Trasporti Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

(CPT),

Azienda Trasporti Livornese Azienda Trasporti Livornese, known as ATL, was a public company that managed the local public transport in Livorno and its province including Elba. History The decision to provide Livorno with a public transport system dates back to 1875 with a ...

(ATL) and private shareholders as Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi (CAP Autolinee) and

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. CTT concentrated in its hands the administrative, the informatics and the commercial services on behalf of the investors. This experience became preparatory to the merger, that took place in September 2012, when was merged into the new ''Compagnia Toscana Trasporti Nord'' (CTT Nord). CTT Nord was owned by sixty-three

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and public transport companies as Azienda Trasporti Livornese (ATL), which was incorporated, Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi (CAP Autolinee), Lucca Holding (Comune di Lucca),

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(SGTM), and subsidiary companies such as

Autolinee Toscana Nord Massa (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa and Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, from the Tyrrhenian Sea. History Massa is mention ...

(ATN), BluBus, Consorzio Pisano Trasporti (CPT), Consorzio Pistoiese Trasporti (COPIT),

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, Mobit,

ONE Scarl Compagnia Toscana Trasporti Nord, also known as CTT Nord, was a public transport company established on 22 October 2012, with corporate office in Pisa and operational offices in Livorno, Prato, Lucca and Massa Carrara. It was formed after a long p ...

, Power Energia, Ti Forma,

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. CTT Nord operated directly the local public transport in the cities of

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and the suburban transport in the

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including

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, with the exception of the southern part of the island operated by

Tiemme Toscana Mobilità Grosseto () is a city and a ''comune'' in the central Italy, Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma region. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain o ...

and, since 1 February 2015, the province of

where Autolinee Toscana Nord (ATN) were taken over. Through its subsidiaries as

(CPT) and

run the local transport in the cities of

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and the suburban transport in almost all the provinces of

and

; Consorzio Autolinee Pratesi (CAP Autolinee) operated in the provinces of

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and partly in that of

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Innovation

CTT Nord invested on the AVM technology tracking all vehicles by satellite to give real time information to the passengers through smart bus stop,

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and introducing electronic payment for tickets through a

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multifunction card (Carta Mobile). CTT Nord carried out 28,669,824 Km travelled, 1,132,621 hours of service, employed 1408 workers and about 800 buses as of 31 December 2020.

Routes

Fleet

CTT Nord began to renew the bus fleet, both urban and suburban, choosing models suitable for the assorted routes of the territory with regard to the hilly one or to the small medieval towns with narrow streets. The majority of the urban models purchased were the

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, while for the suburban vehicle were acquired Iveco Crossway, Setra S412 and Setra S415. Four

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buses were purchased for the urban service of Lucca as the model was already in use, and five suburban Belaus Gianino operated in Massa-Carrara. CTT Nord, in nine years of activity, renewed partially the fleet decreasing the average age of the buses purchasing 220 new vehicles.

Public tender

The

Regione Toscana Tuscany ( ; ) is a region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high cu ...

projected in 2010 the reform of the local public transport by road, to guarantee economic and social sustainability to the sector for the coming eleven years, with a

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, to appoint a sole agent to manage the local

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in Tuscany. The Region and

, the consortium born on 21 December 2017 formed by twelve public transport operators ( ATAF&Li-nea, Autolinee Chianti Valdarno, Autolinee Mugello Valdisieve, BluBus, CAP Autolinee, Consorzio Pisano Trasporti, CTT Nord, Etruria Mobilità, PiùBus,

Siena Mobilità Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...

, Vaibus), signed an agreement on 29 December 2017 to fulfil the transitional period pending the opinion of the

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and the

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for the assignment of the public transport services to a single company occurred with a public tender. Following several appeals, the takeover of local operators has been postponed various times until 1 November 2021 when

Autolinee Toscane Autolinee Toscane S.p.A. (also known as at) is a private Italian-French company, wholly owned by RATP Dev, active in the local public transport sector. It manages several urban and suburban bus lines in Tuscany for a total of 1.7 million kilomet ...

became the single operator in the Region.

References

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