Trolleybuses in Lugano
Lugano trolleybus no. 126 in 1994.
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| Locale | Lugano, Switzerland | ||
| Open | 25 April 1954 | ||
| Close | 28 June 2001 | ||
| Status | Closed | ||
| Routes | 4 (max) | ||
| Operator(s) | 1954–1969: Azienda Comunale del Traffico (ACT); 1969–1999: Azienda Comunale dei Trasporti della Città di Lugano (ACT); 2000–2001: Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi (TPL) |
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| Electrification | 1,000 V DC | ||
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The Lugano trolleybus system (Italian: Rete filoviaria di Lugano) was a trolleybus system that formed part of the public transport network of Lugano, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, for nearly half a century. Opened in 1954, the system had progressively replaced the Lugano tramway network by 1959, and was significantly expanded between 1975 and 1981. However, it was closed in 2001, and the overhead wires had been completely removed by the summer of 2002.
At its height, the system consisted of four lines. From its opening until the end of 1999, it was operated by Azienda Comunale dei Trasporti della Città di Lugano (ACT) (which was called the Azienda Comunale del Traffico (also ACT) until 1969). Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi S.A. (TPL) took over on 1 January 2000.
The Lugano trolleybus system was one of the last trolleybus systems to be opened in Switzerland. Only the Montreux/Vevey system (1957) and the Schaffhausen system (1966) were opened later.
Initially, the Lugano system was made up only of routes converted from tramway lines. The first trolleybus route, opened on 25 April 1954, ran from the centre of Lugano to Cinque Vie, which is located in a hilly area. Another trolleybus route was put into operation in the autumn of 1959, between central Lugano and Castagnola. At the end of that year, a route to Paradiso was opened (its turning loop was put into operation a year later). Also in 1959, a route was opened to Cornareda, at which a trolleybus depot was built. Not until 1963, with the opening of the Massagno–Crocifisso route (later extended to Vezia), did the system expand to include a route that had not previously been powered by overhead wires.
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