Trolleybuses in Parma

Parma trolleybus system

Menarini trolleybus 039 at Piazzale Barbieri
Operation
Locale	Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Open	1953 (1953)
Routes	4
Operator(s)	TEP (Parma)
Statistics
Route length	18.6 km (11.6 mi)
Overview
Website	TEP (in Italian)

The Parma trolleybus system (Italian: Rete filoviaria di Parma) forms part of the public transport network of the city and comune of Parma, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. In operation since 1953, the system presently comprises four urban routes.

When the Parma trolleybus system commenced operations on 25 October 1953, it consisted of three routes:

One month later, on 25 November 1953, the trolleybus system's predecessor, the Parma tramway network, was closed.

In 1968, trolleybus route 1 was extended to the cemetery at Orzi di Baganza. In 1972, route 2 was extended, but was also simultaneously transformed into a diesel bus route. This has been the only closure of a trolleybus route in Parma.

In recent decades, the trolleybus system has been expanded: in 1987, route 1 was extended from Orzi di Baganza to strada Farnese; in 1989 bus route 4 was converted into a trolleybus route, and in 1998, bus route 5 was similarly converted.

The routes comprising the present Parma trolleybus system are:

The following trolleybuses previously used in Parma have since been withdrawn from service:

Parma's current trolleybus fleet is as follows:

Parma trolleybuses nos. 014 and 017 are preserved as heritage vehicles, at the TEP "I° maggio" depot.

This article is based upon a translation of the as at March 2011.