Trolleybuses in Sanremo

The trolleybus Sanremo - Sanremo Italian rete filoviaria or Filovia della Riviera dei Fiori - is a trolleybus operation in northern Italy. In and around Sanremo, the transport company Riviera Trasporti (RT ) operates three lines electrically, the city is one of the smallest Italian cities with a trolleybus system. As a special case, the two interurban lines on the Via Aurelia apply along the Ligurian coast, the third line compresses it in the city area:

Note: the line labeled " U" stands for Linea Urbana, including the inner city line

The trolleybus in Sanremo runs since April 21, 1942, at the time he took over from the local interurban streetcar. Former name of the operating company was Società Trasporti Elettrici Ligurian (STEL). After two line extensions in 1948 ( route to Taggia ) and 1951 ( section of Ospedaletti to Ventimiglia ) today's network length is 29 kilometers. However, the line to Taggia due to road construction since 20 December 2001 exclusively operated with diesel buses. Shortly before the end of the line also had a part of the catenary are degraded. Furthermore, the line will serve 2 for several years in mixed operation with diesel buses, only a maximum of five of the nine courses are equipped with trolleybuses. This was due to a destroyed as a result of a flood sub-station in Ventimiglia.

Fleet of cars

On vehicles are only 14 two-axle single vehicles of three different types are available, as well as a museum cars from the 1950s: