Īs of 2022, the route has been finalised for completion at the end of 2023, with new stops at Lavagnini, Poliziano, Parterre, Libertà, Cavour and Piazza San Marco. However, after the recent revisions, the line will probably not pass in Duomo and will run partly underground (4 stops). From here, the line should run through the city center in two different branches, also serving the Duomo in the initial planning. Line 2 currently runs from the airport to Santa Maria Novella railway station, where it interchanges with line 1. The new terminus will be near an exit of the A1 motorway. Stops are located at a distance of 300–400 metres (980–1,310 ft).įuture plans Map of the planned tramway Line 2 LineĪn expansion from Scandicci towards Casellina and Pontignale is planned. The rolling stock of Line 1 consists of 19 AnsaldoBreda Sirio, already in use in other cities in Italy and around the world. On 16 July 2018 the line was extended from Florence Santa Maria Novella railway station to the current northern terminus, Careggi. The first part of Line 1, at Scandicci, was the first rail public transport service in the area.ĭuring the first 10 months of service, the total passenger served were 7 million, a result considered a success. Line 1 started operation on 14 February 2010. Construction works were expected to last for 1,000 days, but eventually it took more than 1,800 days to complete the line. ![]() Works on the first line started in December 2005. Modern tramway (2010) ĭuring the early 2000s, the Florence administration decided to restore the tram service. However, after few years the infrastructure was deemed too old and inadequate, and the tramway was definitively closed on 20 January 1958. From the end of the war the tramway was managed by ATAF. ĭuring the Second World War the tramway was severely damaged, and the network was fully restored only in 1951. In 1934 the company responsible for the service went out of business. In 1926 the tram was considered already obsolete, and the first bus routes started. In 1898 the company bought out Tranvia del Chianti company and in the same year the lines were electrified. The tramway was managed by Società dei Tramways Fiorentini. One year later the original line was extended to reach Prato and Poggio a Caiano. The first horse-drawn tramway in Florence was inaugurated on 5 April 1879. The current network operator is GEST ( Gestione Servizio tramviario), a subsidiary of the French RATP. The first line in the present network was opened in 2010 to link the city center with the neighboring comune of Scandicci the second line opened on February 11, 2019, linking the city center with Florence Airport. ![]() It consists of two operational light rail lines.įlorence, like many other Italian cities, closed down its old tramway network at the end of the 1950s, but has come back to trams in recent years to find a solution to the rising car traffic in the city. The Florence tramway network ( Italian: Rete tranviaria di Firenze) is an important part of the public transport network of Florence, Italy. Tram system in Florence, Italy Trams in Florence
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