Trolleybuses in Lugano

The trolleybus Lugano, Italian filoviaria rete di Lugano, was the trolley system of the Swiss city of Lugano. The transport company Azienda Comunale dei Trasporti della Città di Lugano ( ACTL ), known until 1969 Azienda Comunale del Traffico (ACT ), operating it between 1954 and 2001. The last year and a half was under the leadership of the 1 January 2000 the newly founded public- legal corporation Trasporti Public Gardens Lugano SA, short TPL. The first trolleybus replaced until 1959 successively opened in 1896 in Lugano Tramway, in 1975 to 1981, the network was expanded considerably. Nevertheless, the electric traction was replaced about two decades later by buses and the catenary completely degraded within a year up to the summer of 2002.

A special feature of the trolley bus network was Lugeneser the high driving voltage of 1000 volts DC, this one took over from the tram. This was due in both cases, the points of contact with the railway Lugano - Tesserete, the railway Lugano - Cadro Dino and the railway Lugano - Ponte Tresa, thus we avoided voltage problems.

History

The trolleybus Lugano was one of the last trolleybus which were opened in Switzerland. According to him, only followed the trolley - Vevey Villeneuve (1957 ) and the trolleybus Schaffhausen ( 1966). First, the tram routes have been converted and extended simultaneously. In 1963, with the compound of Massagno - Savosa Crucifix (later extended to Vezia ) a power supplement that was previously not electrically operated. 1972 major adjustments on catenary power were due to changes in traffic conditions ( one-way traffic in the city center ) is necessary. The line network consisting of three lines with a cumulative line length of 13.4 kilometers, it presented itself as follows:

As a network change, the diameter line 3/4 in 1993 was divided, also gave you the ride directional line numbers:

Rolling stock

For the trolleybus Lugano following 36 cars were purchased over the years: