(English: Neapolitan Mobility Company, or Mobility Company of Naples), more commonly known simply as ANM, is a municipally controlled public company that is the primary provider of urban

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ation in the city of

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, and also provides a portion of the surface transit service in surrounding municipalities. In addition to a network of

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

and

motorbus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used i ...

routes, ANM operates the

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system and four urban

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s. The

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system and funiculars were operated by a different company from 2001Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009-2010'', pp. 190–191. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK):

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. . to 2013, when they again became part of ANM.

History and description

ANM was formed on 1 July 1995Isgar, Carl (Nov.-Dec. 2008). "In the Shadow of Vesuvius - Part 1". ''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 282, pp. 122–129. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452. through a reorganization of its predecessor, the (ATAN) (English: Naples Tramway-Bus-Trolleybus Company), which was also a municipal authority. ANM became a

joint-stock company A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareho ...

(

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in Italian) on 30 March 2001. As of 2009, the company operated three

lines (see

Trams in Naples The Naples tramway network () is located within the city and ''comune'' of Naples, in the Regions of Italy, region of Campania, southern Italy. In operation since 1875, the network has waxed and waned in size and vitality over the years, and is no ...

), six

lines (see

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) and around 140 motorbus routes. The operating fleet at that time included approximately 50 trams, 63 trolleybuses (with 24 more in storage) and a large number of diesel buses. In 2015, the fleet of surface-transit vehicles included 52 trams, 87 trolleybuses, 656 diesel buses and 70

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buses.

Napoli Sirio tram 1115 on Via Nuova Marina in 2007

ANM also operates four municipally owned

s and the

. In 2001, operation of these was transferred from ANM to a 2000-established

named

Metronapoli Metronapoli SpA was an Italian company responsible for the provision of public transport in the city of Naples, and its primary function was the operation and maintenance of the Naples Metro system. It was founded on 26 July 2000 and became opera ...

, but in November 2013 Metronapoli was merged with ANM, under the ANM name. The company provides some bus service to areas outside the city of Naples proper (). However, most suburban bus service is provided by other companies, mainly CTP, which until 2008 was half-owned by the city of Naples and half by the

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but has been fully owned by the province since August 2008.''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 283 (January–February 2009), p. 18. ANM's service includes both express and local bus service connecting Naples' main airport, Capodichino Airport, with the city center and

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(at Piazza Garibaldi). The express service is called ''Alibus''. As of 2014, total annual patronage (boardings) on the ANM system was approximately 138 million, with 92 million on bus routes and 46 million on the rail network.

References

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History and description

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