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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Rome Trams and Metro - Length: 10:32 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Tram a Roma 1975, 1980, 1990 - Length: 17:36 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Rome, Italy 950mm Interurban Tram May 2010 - Length: 8:21 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Rome Metro - All the Lines (A - B - C) - Metro di Roma - Tutte le Linee (4K) (2020) - Length: 10:52 mins. |
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MAP
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ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: ATAC (Azienda Tranvie ed Autobus del Comune)
| 2 | Flaminio - Via Flamina - P. Mancini |
| 3 | Valle Giulia - Viale Regina Margherita - Porta Maggiore - San Giovanni - Colosseo - Porta San Paolo - Viale Trastevere - Stazione Trastevere |
| 5 | Stazione Termini - Porta Maggiore - Prenestina - Centocelle (P. dei Gerani) |
| 8 | Torre Argentina - Viale Trastevere - Stazione Trastevere - Casaletto |
| 14 | Stazione Termini - Porta Maggiore - Prenestina - Viale P. Togliatti |
| 19 | P. del Risorgimento (San Pietro) - Viale delle Milizie - Via Flamina - Valle Giulia - Porta Maggiore - Prenestina - Centocelle (P. dei Gerani) |
INTERURBAN TRAM ROUTE
Operator: Metropolitana di Roma
| Laziali - Porta Maggiore - Parco di Centocelle - Giardinetti |
METRO ROUTES
Operator: Metropolitana di Roma
| A | Battistini - Ottaviano San Pietro - Flaminio - Piazza di Spagna - Stazione Termini - San Giovanni - Ponte Lungo - Cinecittà - Anagnina |
| B | Rebibbia - Bologna - Stazione Termini - Colosseo - Porta San Paolo (Piramide) - Basilica San Paolo - EUR - Laurentina |
| B1 | Conca d'Oro - Bologna |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways: 40 km.
- Interurban tramway (Rome - Giardinetti): 9 km.
- Metro: 41.5 km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways (horse-drawn) 1 Aug. 1877 - 23 Oct. 1904 (?); (electric): 19 Sept. 1894 - today
- Suburban electric tramway (Rome-Fiuggi-Frosinone) : 12 June 1916 - today
- Suburban electric tramway (Tramvie dei Castelli Romani): 19 Feb. 1906 - 15 Feb. 1980
- Suburban electric tramway (Tramvia Roma-Civitacastellana): 10 Oct. 1906 - 1932
- Suburban (La tramvia a vapore Rome-Tivoli) (steam): 1 July 1879 - 20 June 1931
- Metro lines: 10 Feb. 1955 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways: 1445 mm.
- Suburban (Rome-Fiuggi-Frosinone) interurban line: 950 mm.
- Suburban (Tramvie dei Castelli Romani): 1445 mm.
- Suburban (Tramvia Roma-Civitacastellana): 1000 mm.
- Steam tramway (Rome-Tivoli): 1435 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Buckley, R. "Rome: A tramway raised from ruins", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2006 (69: 824), p.302-305.
- Kalla-Bishop, P.M. & Alasdair Munro, S. "Rails to lead to Rome", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Review, Jan. and March 1969 (32: 373 & 375), p.7-13 & 82-87.
- Walker, A. "The ATAC tramways", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Dec. 1983 (46: 552), p.411-418.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Roma - Eternal city with a bright future", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. and Oct. 2000 (63: 752 & 754), p.288-291 & 372-374.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Roma: Light rail policy is a muddle", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2004 (67: 802), p.372-375.
- Young, T. "Systems Factfile: Roma, Italy", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2008 (71: 845), p.187-189.
WIKIS
- Azienda per i Trasporti Autoferrotranviari del Comune (ATAC)
- Ferrovia Roma-Civitacastellana-Viterbo
- Ferrovia Roma-Fiuggi-Alatri-Frosinone
- Ferrovia Roma-Lido
- Rete tranviaria di Roma (Trams of Rome)
- Rome–Giardinetti railway
- Rome Metro / Metropolitana di Roma
- Tramvie dei Castelli Romani (The Castelli Romani tramways)
WEB SITES
- ATAC
- COTRAL (Compagnia Trasporti Laziali SPA)
- Metropolitana di Roma
- Roma (on UrbanRail.Net)
- RomaTram
- Tram e trasporto pubblico a Roma (Trams and public transportation in Rome)
Also, thanks to Manuel Tão in Lisbon for information obtained through personal communication.
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