Trolleybuses in Lecce
The trolleybus Lecce is an account opened in 2012 and consisting of three lines of O- bus system in the Apulian city of Lecce in the Italian peninsula Salento that of the Società Gestione Multipla SpA is operated.
Line network
Since inception of the diameter line 29 on January 12, 2012 and the commissioning of the two ring lines on 2 February 2013, the line network now consists of a total of three lines (as of July 2013):
Line 29 begins at the station and reached via the Viale Oronzo Quarta the city ring she is traveling to the intersection of Viale Gallipoli Polo Viale Francesco Lo Re and. Here the path forks off to the city, where into town driving cars on the Viale Otranto, Piazza Italia, Viale Felice Cavallotti and Via San Francesco D' Assisi the Giardini Publici reach while moving towards the station trolley buses from here operate on the Viale XXV Lugilo, Piazza Filippo Bottazzi and Viale Francesco Lo Re.
From Giardini Publici the line again follows a common path through the Viale Pietro de Michele, on which it rejoins the ring in the northwest of the city center on the Piazza del bastions. By means of a short stub ride on the highway Brindisi - Lecce operate from coming trolley station which stops Foro Boario and City Terminal, which are surrounded by a large park-and- ride facilities outside the center. Then it goes back to the ring road, where south of the Piazza del bastion is achieved at the Porta Napoli, the last stop.
The ring lines 30 and 31 also begin on the station forecourt and run from there via the Viale Oronzo Quarta to the northeast Viale Gallipoli. From there, the existing from the streets Viale Università, Via Francesco Calasso, Viale Ugo Foscollo, Viale Japigia, Viale Gioacchino Rossini, Viale Vittorio Alfieri and Viale Marche City ring is operated with line 30 This is followed by counter-clockwise, while line 31 clockwise wrong. In Via Università, there is also a 700 -meter-long catenary -free section, which has to be bridged with auxiliary drive. The city approved in this area no catenary.
Another, currently unused catenary on the route of today's line 27 leads from the southwestern city ring to a center outside of Lecce campus Ecotekne the Università del Salento: About Via Università Viale Armando Diaz is achieved on the crosses under the railway line Lecce - Brindisi will. By Bortone Via and Via Guglielmo Massaglia Via Monteroni is achieved where the route leaves the town. Before crossing the ring road ends at the roundabout in the driveway, the contact line, so that the location about half way to Monteroni di Lecce last stop on the university campus Ecotekne can only be achieved with auxiliary drive. Currently come on line 27 diesel buses still used, a conversion to O- Bus operation is provided.
History
Planning
In 2005 it was decided in Lecce for the introduction of O bus as an environmentally friendly transport means. It was planned electrification of three lines:
- Line 1: Station ↔ inner ring road in both directions (approximately 6 km)
- Line 2: Station ↔ university campus Ecotekne ( 6 km)
- Line 3: Railway City Terminal ↔ P R ↔ Porta Napoli (3 km )
In the same year, the bid for the construction and supply of electrical equipment and vehicles. It won the company IMET, Sirti (installation of overhead lines and poles ) Van Hool (vehicles ) and Vossloh Kiepe ( electrical components).
The acquisition of the total costs in the amount of 22,029,965 Euros were allocated as follows:
In connection with the financing of the O- bus system were later judicial inquiries, which also led to an arrest.
Construction
Already on 11 May 2007 was a first test drive rather than in the still unfinished network, which was also Mayor Adriana Poli Bortone and her deputy Paul Perrone took part.
By 2009, the remaining overhead lines have been installed and applied for the reduction of the network by the building contractors company.
Commissioning
On 12 January 2012, planned as a line 3 line was taken from the station through the city center to the Porta Napoli with a delay of about four and a half years under the line number 29 in operation. Reason for the massive delay were, among others, a change in local politics, and various delays in policy decisions and a last unsecured finance pushed the opening of the system out again and again.
Around a year later, on 2 February 2013, the start of operations on the line first with the line numbers 30 and 31 are also the original name of the former diesel-powered ring lines was maintained.
Rolling stock
For use, twelve vehicles of the Van Hool A330T with electrical equipment by Vossloh Kiepe, which is also the current collector system Kiepe OSA has 311 supplied. As a traction motor, a force-ventilated rotary Strohm asynchronous type Škoda is 23 ML 3550 K / 4 used. An auxiliary drive with 80 kW power allows the use catenary -free sections at a speed up to 60 km / h The 12 meters long, 2.55 meters wide and about 13 ton cars were designed as vollniederflurige buses with three double doors. Furthermore, in addition to 27 seats and 44 standing passengers is also a storage space for wheelchairs or pushchairs available. The twelve vehicles are fully air-conditioned and have received a light blue livery.
The first car was delivered on 29 March 2007 and presented to Lecce Mobility Tech to the public in the course of the O -Bus session. The other trolley buses were delivered gradually from autumn 2007. Start of operations in 2012, eight cars were delivered, four more were at this time at Van Hool in Belgium.
Capital equipment
The O- Busplanungen included the construction of a depot northwest of the Piazza del bastions at Via Antonio Perilli. For the operating voyages from and to the depot no overhead lines are provided so that this is the auxiliary drive for use.