Trolleybuses in Cagliari

When trolleybus Cagliari is the only system of its kind on the Italian Mediterranean island of Sardinia. It consists of three lines and is operated by the Consorzio Trasporti e Mobilità (CTM ). During its greatest extent in 1952 that had opened seven lines network.

• 4.1 current fleet
• 4.2 Former Fleet

Lines

The current O bus network consists of three lines, one of which diameter and two radial lines. The latter have a largely identical lines. The central node of the network is the Piazza Matteotti at the traffic from all lines harbor promenade Via Roma. Here is also the southwestern terminus of the lines 31 and 32 through the Via Roma and Viale Bonaria to the junction at Cimitero Monumental Bonaria runs the used by all trolleybus lines main line of the system.

Line 5 begins in the north of the city center, where they reached the terminal in Via Giovanni Cinquini by means of a long-range drive loop counterclockwise about Via Diego Cartello, Via Monsignor Ernesto Piovella. Then it's back on Via della Quirra, Via and Via Ciociaria Is Mirrionis. This it follows from the branching point of the loop past the university sports grounds to Public Gardens. On the Viale Luigi Merello it then goes through the city, to splits at the end of the track due to one-way channels. In the area of the railway station ( Stazione FS ) hits the line 5 on other trolleybus lines. Southeast of the main line then runs along Via Milano, Via della Pineta and over the Ponte Vittorio. It follows the branch of the southeastern, also traveled counterclockwise loop block. Across the street Viale San Bartolomeo, the last stop Vergine di Lluc is achieved. On the Viale del Poetto it goes back towards the center.

The lines 30 and 31 extend out from the end of the original route of the Via del Cimitero and Via Dante Alighieri to the north and then take the Via San Benedetto and Via Guglielmo Marconi to the northeast of the city. After a short overland section follows on the Via I Maggio branching of both sides navigable Wendeschleife by Selargius and Sant 'Elena. In the center of Selargius the overhead lines for the two directions of travel for one-way lead guided tours through different streets ( Via Istria and Via Daniele Manin ). About Via Carlo Rosselli and Via Sassari Brigade, the loop continues to the neighboring Sant Elena. On the Guglielmo Marconi it goes from there back towards Cagliari. During line 30, the loop is traveling in clockwise direction, passing line 31 in the opposite direction. At the Piazza Repubblica is transitional way to Metrocagliari.

History

In December 1952, the line was electrified between Piazza D' Armi 5 and Piazza Amsicora. East of the station follows the former route mostly still while but did not go earlier on the Via Roma along the harbor, but by the Via Manno in the old town. Soon after followed the line 6, which ran through the narrow old streets of the Castello to Piazza Palazzo on Via Roma and past the Basilica in Bonaria to Borgo Sant'Elia where near the sea a turning loop was set up. Line 7 began on the station square Piazza Matteotti and Via Manno led over to the then developing area in the northern Via Dante Alighieri.

The early 60s, two other trolleybus lines added: Line 10 from Piazza Yenne to the beach after Calamosca followed it over long sections of the existing line 6 while the line 11 starting from di Crocicchio Sant'Avendrace ( now Piazza Trento) on via Manno and Via Garibaldi and Via Rossini, the then urban development area Largo Genari opened up.

1962 was achieved with the setting of the road train from Cagliari about Pirri, Monserrato and Selargius by Sant Elena and the resulting establishment of the overland trolleybus lines C rosso (red) and C nero ( black), the largest expansion of the network. The route took it directly from Cagliari to Selargius and Sant 'Elena, Pirri and Monseratto received a connection by bus. While the red line ran through Selargius and ended in front of the church in Sant Elena, opened up the passing of Selargius black line and the East Sant'Elenas by a route to Piazza IV Novembre.

From the early 1970s, the network then shrank rapidly. First, the lines 10 and 11 were set. By the end of the decade was followed by the lines 6 and 7, so that a residual network consisting remained from the line 5 and the two rural routes. From 1990, then the last city distance set and Quartu Sant Elena was given in 1993 leading through the center line to Piazza IV Novembre in favor of the loop guide still exist today in both directions. With only two lines that were designated IBD and CES as part of the setting, the network had reached the highest decrease.

As of 1998, the operator CTM decided again to place greater emphasis on electric vehicles. After a large portion of the overhead lines of the old system were stuck on the operating conditions, put the recovery on the section between the Piazza d' Armi and Piazza Amsicora line 5 with the inclusion of contact wires of the old 6 no major problems dar. 2000, the route to San Bartolomeo extended to the southeast, and 2002 in the northern part of the city a new loop guide. Although multiple reflections also the line 6 were available to electrify again, the old lines in 2012 were initially removed.

Facilities and Technology

Depot

The Depot Santa Maria is located at Viale Francesco Ciusa and is connected by two operating routes to the O- bus network.

Single-track sections

A special feature in the O- bus Cagliari were a total of three sections, which were equipped with only an overhead line for both directions:

• In the center of Cagliari, in the Castello ( In the area of ​​Piazza Independencia )
• In the south east of Cagliari on the Via Calamosca ( between the Virgin of Lluc and at the terminus Calamosca )
• In Sant Elena in Via Merello ( between Via Guglielmo Marconi and Via Sant'Antonio )

During the contact wires had already disappeared in the Castello and in Calamosca longer existed, the section in Sant Elena still until 2012. The air course was still present here. Since the abandonment of the turning loop Piazza IV Novembre, however, the track was not functional.

Non-functional sections

For years witnessed numerous catenary remains set lines that got stuck or were not completely degraded by the former greatness of the O- bus network. While catenary remains were quickly disappeared in the city center, they were able to hold on the roads of the city for a long time. Last existed from the former city network following non-functional sections:

• Via Sant'Elia ( between the former turn loop of line 6 on the Via dei Navigatori and Viale San Bartolomeo )
• Via della Pineta Via Enrico Pessina ↔ ( between Piazza della Repubblica and Ponte Vittorio )
• Via Dante Alighieri (northern section to Via Cao di San Marco without the previously remote loop of line 7 in the Via Sant'Alenixedda )
• Via Francesco Petrarca Via Pergolesi ↔ ↔ Via Pierluigi da Palestrina (including turning loop of line 11 on Via Arrigo Boito → Via Gioacchino Rossini )

In Sant Elena remained following sections hang the upper line:

• Via Armando Diaz → → Via Sicilia Via Guglielmo Marconi ( driving distance and intermediate reversing loop line Cn)
• Via Merello ( single-track section including turning loop of line Cn on Via Fiume → Piazza IV Novembre → Via Sant'Antonio )

2012, the operator decided to remove the remaining lines in order to save maintenance costs.

Fleet

Current fleet

Today there are 32 solo vehicles available for operation:

Former fleet

Since inception exclusively Italian car production were used. Some vehicles, such as the Allen F140 or SOCIMI 8839 were employed here only in Cagliari.