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The Bologna tramway network () was an important part of the public transport network of
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
, Italy. It was established in 1880 and discontinued in 1963.
History
The first plans for sixhorsecar
A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is a tram or streetcar pulled by a horse.
Summary
The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public transport, public rail transport, ...
lines were approved by the town council in 1877:Francesco Ogliari, Franco Sapi, ''Ritmi di ruote – Storia dei trasporti italiani volume 10°. Emilia-Romagna'', Milano, 1969.
* Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Bologna Centrale railway station
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
* 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
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
to Piazza Maggiore
Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese dialect, Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, largely preserving its 15th century layout. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno wit ...
, began in September 1880. Service began on Saturday, 2 October 1904.
The first two electrified lines began operating on 11 February 1904.
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.
Routes
1902 to 1910 Network
*Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Via Indipendenza-Bologna Centrale railway Station
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
*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
1910 to 1932 Network
*1 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Bologna Centrale railway Station
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
*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
*7 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-San Vitale
*8 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zamboni
*9 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Lame
*10 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Zucca
*11 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Sant'Isaia
*12 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Castiglione
1932 Network
*1 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele-Bologna Centrale railway Station
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
*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
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
*2 Bologna Centrale Railway Station
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
-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
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
*18 Piazza Malpighi-Littoriale-Casalecchio di Reno
Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
History
Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
*19 Piazza Malpighi-Littoriale-Casalecchio di Reno
Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
History
Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
- Connected with Casalecchio-Vignola Railway
Network as of 1952
The post-Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
period in Bologna caused the change of some road names and some routes merging with other ones. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Became Piazza Maggiore
Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese dialect, Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, largely preserving its 15th century layout. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno wit ...
. The tramway network served San Lazzaro di Savena for the first time.
*1/5 Bologna Centrale railway Station
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
-Via Indipendenza- Porta Saragozza
*2/8 Via D'Azeglio-Via Zamboni
*3 Via Montegrappa-Via Saffi-Scala-Borgo Panigale
Borgo Panigal ...
*4 Via Orefici-Via Mazzini
*6
Borgo Panigal ...Piazza Maggiore
Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese dialect, Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, largely preserving its 15th century layout. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno wit ...
-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
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologna, Italy. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and the home of Bologna FC 1909, Bologna FC. The stadium was designed by Giulio Ulisse Arata and inaugur ...
*12 Bologna Centrale railway Station
Bologna Centrale is the main railway station in Bologna, Italy. The station is situated at the northern edge of the city centre. It is located at the southern end of the Milan-Bologna high-speed line, which opened on 13 December 2008, and the ...
- San Michele in Bosco
*13 Piazza Maggiore
Piazza Maggiore (''Piâza Mażåur'' in the Bolognese dialect, Bolognese language) is a central square in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, largely preserving its 15th century layout. The Northwest corner opens into Piazza del Nettuno wit ...
-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
Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
History
Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
*20 Via Orefici-San Lazzaro di Savena
San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.
Geography
The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic ...
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
San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.
Geography
The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic ...
See also
*List of town tramway systems in Italy
This is a list of town tramway systems in Italy by Regions of Italy, 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 c ...
* History of rail transport in Italy
The Italian railway system is one of the most important parts of the infrastructure of Italy, with a total length of as of 2011.
Origins
The first Railways were introduced in Italy when it was still a divided country, a few decades before t ...
* List of tram and light rail transit systems
The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. In other words, this list only includes systems which ...
* Trolleybuses in Bologna
The Bologna trolleybus system () is part of the public transport network of the city and ''comune'' of Bologna, in the Regions of Italy, region of Emilia-Romagna, northeast Italy, northern Italy. While being in operation since 1991, the current ...
References
External links
{{Urban public transport in ItalyBologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
Transport in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
Railway lines in Emilia-Romagna
1880 establishments in Italy