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RESULTS OF THE SURVEY:

“TROLLEYBUS SYSTEMS IN ITALY”

1st City-Industry-Summit TROLLEY

21st October 2010, Parma


21st October 2010, Parma 2

WHO WE ARE

ASSTRA was born the 1st January 2001 from

the combination of two associations that

practised the profession for over 50 years.

FENIT Federazione

Nazionale

Imprese

Trasporti

Is the National Association of Local Public Transport in Italy

By 1946 By 1947



ASSTRA represents a network of more than 200 companies runningnot only urban and suburban public transport services on:

•buses,

•tramway,

•trolleybuses,

•metropolitan railway,

•light rail (Except those operated by Trenitalia S.p.A.),

•waterborne transport,

•tourist and school services,

•parking areas,

•towing away of vehicles.

WHO WE ARE



WHAT IT DOES

Acts to create awareness of policy-makersand public opinion on the social,economical and environmental role of localpublic transport according to the principlesof sustainable development.

Offers its members awide spectrum ofservices such as legal,economic-financial andtax advice along withcounselling in mattersrelating to trade unions,insurance, railways andtechnological progress.

Represents the interest of its members in front ofgovernmental authorities, policy-makers, Trade Unions,economical, political and social organizations, bothnational, European and international.



THE PRINCIPAL ASSTRA DATA

9 billion €Turnover

5,2 billionPassengers per year

5.000Served councils

100.000Employeds

1,65 billionProduced kilometers

210.000 kmNet extent

830 trainsRegional Common

35.000Public Transport Fleet

75%Quotes of market extra-urban transport

95%Quotes of market urban transport

205Associate members

THE PRINCIPAL ASSTRA DATA

[Source: ASSTRA, Yearbook Year 2008]



THE OFFER OF VEHICLES OF

PUBLIC LOCAL TRANSPORT

35.700TOTAL

CNT 2006-071.298Underground

CNT 2006-07957Tram

ASSTRA437Trolleybus

ASSTRA (2006) 34.375Bus

SOURCEN. CARRIAGESTYPE PARK

3,0%

-1,0%

2,9%

-1,9%

0,0% 0,0%

-3,0%

-2,0%

-1,0%

0,0%

1,0%

2,0%

3,0%

4,0%

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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ntu

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AnniYEAR

FLEET DYNAMICS

(2003-2008, percentage change)



SURVEY

ASSTRA presents the resultsof the survey ‘TROLLEYBUSSYSTEMS’ aimed at paintinga picture of the Italiansituation referred to 2009.

� Sample :

13 Companies, i.e. 100% of the entire universe

� Population:

ASSTRA Universe

(13 Filobus Companies )



THE COMPANIES

CITY/COMPANY

ANCONA/CONEROBUS

CAGLIARI/CTM

GENOVA/AMT

IMPERIA/RT

LA SPEZIA/ATC

MILANO/ATM

MODENA/ATCM

NAPOLI/ANM

NAPOLI/CTP

PARMA/TEP

RIMINI/TS

ROMA/ATAC-TRAMBUS



THE QUESTIONNAIRE

SECT. 1: GENERAL INFORMATION

SECT. 2: VEHICLE

SECT. 3: FIXED INSTALLATION

SECT. 4: POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS



SECTION 1

GENERAL INFORMATION



TROLLEYBUS NETWORK

Operating Network

Average

26,9 km

Service Network

Average

1,83 km

The diagram shows for each transport company the length of

the operating and service networks. The service networks exist

in 11 companies.

13,94

36,9

14,228

30,2

13,1

81,62

23,828 27,035

18,113,5

22,6

2,77

9

1,3 0,3 0,43,14 1,2 1 0 0,5 0,4 2

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

[km]

Company

OperatingNetwork [km]

ServiceNetwork [km]



The diagram points out the low number of exclusive lanes for trolleybuses

expressed in kms. Indeed, exclusive lanes amounts to 23% of the entire

network (except for ATM Milan, and ATAC Rome that exceed 40%).

EXCLUSIVE LANES [kms]

% of exclusive

lanes/total lanes

23% (average

value)

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

16%

4%

38%

2%

24%

48%

7%

13%

0%

23%

29%

44%

% Exclusive lines/total



TROLLEYBUSES OPERATED LINES

TOTAL: 30 OPERATED LINES

TRAVELLER/YEAR

(Mean Value)

5.410.643

NO. STOPS

1179

MIDDLE DISTANCE

265 m

ATAC ROMA

EXSPRESS LINE

MIDDLE DISTANCE

750 m

Incremento

2007-2008

16%



PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL KM

TRAVELLED BY TROLLEYBUSES [%]

The percentage of

actual km travelled

by trolleybuses is

rather high in most

cases. Indeed, for

only 3 companies it

lies below 40%.

0,0

10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

50,0

60,0

70,0

80,0

90,0

100,0

99,6

69,2

98

22

89

100

31,4

89 93

79,1

35,0

96[%]

Company

Actual kms travelled bytrolleybuses [%]



ACTUAL KMS TRAVELLED BY

TROLLEYBUSES [km]

TROLLEYBUS SERVICE DURATION:

� 92% of companies: ALL YEAR ROUND

�8% of companies: ON SCHOOLDAYS

The diagram shows

the number of actual

km travelled in one

year (2008).

Please note that

almost all companies

operate the service

all year round.

0

500.000

1.000.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2.500.000

3.000.000

3.500.000

4.000.000

4.500.000

5.000.000

107.680

1.001.771

740.000

379.000

265.909

4.920.000

335.953

1.518.156

561.631

800.331

870.000

1.200.000

[km]

CompanyActual kms travelledby trolleybuses [km]



SECTION 2

VEHICLE



FLEET/AVARAGE AGE

AVARAGE AGE

15,5 years

VEHICLE LENGHT:

�70% = 12 m

�30% > 12 m

21%

TROLLEYBUSES WITH

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

9

32 34

1714

138

29

87

13

34

17

3024 20,12

7

1620

14 14,86

6 5

19,29

31

4

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Fleet

Avarage Age[years]



TYPES OF MOTORS

The diagram shows the types of motors in regular service vehicles

and it specifies the number of vehicles with a DC current system and

of those with a 3-phase asynchronous system for each company.

3

32

15 14

103

13

2017

6

34

2

3429

87

1314

30

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

DC current system [n.]

3-phase asynchronoussystem [n.]



TYPES OF CONTROL SYSTEMS

The diagram shows

the number of

vehicles equipped

with rheostatic,

Chopper or Inverter

control systems.

The most widely

used is the Inverter

type.

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

17

40

1017

3

15

15 14

63

103

34 2

34

29

87

13

14

30

Company

Inverter [n.]

Chopper [n.]

Rheostatic [n.]



AUTONOMOUS MARCH SYSTEM

OF REGULAR TROLLEYBUSES

VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AUTONOMOUS

MARCH SYSTEM OF ONLY EMERGENCY

32

15 14

103

1417

34

17

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

ANCONA/CONERO

BUS

CAGLIARI/CTM

GENOVA/AMT

IMPERIA/RT

LA SPEZIA/ATC

MILANO/ATM

MODENA/ATCM

NAPOLI/ANM

NAPOLI/CTP

PARMA/TEP

RIM

INI/TRAM

SERVIZI

ROMA/ATAC

[n.]

Aut. March. Emer. (battery) [n.] Aut. March. Emer. (Thermic engine) [n.]



VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AUTONOMOUS

BIMODAL MARCH SYSTEM

AUTONOMOUS MARCH SYSTEM

OF REGULAR TROLLEYBUSES

9

30

1713 15

87

13 14

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

[n.]

Aut. Bimodal march (battery) [n.] Aut Bimodal march (Thermic Engine) [n.]



SECTION 3

FIXED INSTALLATION



SWITCHES-DEPOTS

DEPOTS� 14 Depots

� 33 TROLLEYBUS/DEPOT

Please note that

only AMT Genoa

and Tram Servizi

Rimini use radio

controlled switches.

7

24

11

8

40

24

20

12

19

6

0

3

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

SWITCHES

Power launch switches [n.]

Radio controlled switches [n.]



SECTION 4

POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS



POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS

Projects%

Companies

Quantity

(TOTAL VALUES)

Modernization of installation 25 % Km of line: 12

Fleet replacement 50%No. of vehicles:

84

New rolling stock (increase) 27%No. of vehicles :

61

Purchase of specific equipment and control

systems 25%SSE systems and

driving aids

Network extension 42%Km of network :

48,6

The table shows the ‘works in progress’ in Italian companies. They

involve mainly the fleet (84 new vehicles) and the network (to be

extended by 48,6 km).



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