A trolleybus southbound in Via Tedesco near the railway station in July 2023
Operation
Locale
Avellino, Italy
First era: 1947 (1947)–1973 (1973)
Status
Closed
Routes
2
Operator(s)
1947–1973: Società Filoviaria Irpina[1]
Electrification
600 Volts DC[1]
Route length
13.44 km (8.35 mi) (1960)[1]
Current era: since 2023 (2023)
Status
Opened on 3 April 2023 (2023-04-03); service suspended since 7 July 2023 (2023-07-07)[2]
Routes
1
Owner(s)
Comune di Avellino
Operator(s)
AIR Campania
Electrification
750 V DC
Route length
Approx. 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
The Avellino trolleybus system (Italian: Rete filoviaria di Avellino) forms part of the public transport network of the city of Avellino and the province of Avellino, in the region of Campania. Trolleybuses originally served the city from 1947 to 1973,[1][3] on a route that also extended outside the city to the neighbouring towns of Atripalda and (from 1956) Mercogliano, and then the system closed. However, in the 2000s work to build a new trolleybus system got under way and new vehicles were purchased for it in 2007, and were delivered in 2014. The project experienced several delays after the start of construction in 2009, but most issues had been resolved by 2020 and construction was largely completed by 2021. Throughout its planning and construction, it was inaccurately referred to as the "metropolitana leggera" (light metro, or light rail), when in fact it was never planned to be a rail line, and always planned to be a trolleybus line.[4][5] The last round of testing took place in December 2022 and January 2023, and the new trolleybus system opened for service on 3 April 2023.
^ abcdGregoris, Paolo; Rizzoli, Francesco; Serra, Claudio (2003). Giro d'Italia in filobus [Tour of Italy by Trolleybus] (in Italian). Cortona: Calosci Editore. pp. 37, 239. ISBN 88-7785-193-7.
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^Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. p. 69. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
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