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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Tram storici della città Torino - Length: 14:33 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Torino by Tramway - The Boulevard Tour - Length: 1:27 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Sassi - Superga rack tramway, Turin - Torino, Italy - Length: 12:22 mins. |
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MAP
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP
| C | Castello | PRM | Ponte Regina Margherita |
| CA | Carlo Alberto | PS | Ponte di Sassi |
| OMV | Ospedale Maria Vittoria | SPS | Stazione Porta Susa |
| PB | Piazza Bernini | VE | Vittorio Emanuele II |
| PN | Porta Nuova | VV | P. Vittorio Veneto |
| PR | Piazza della Repubblica |
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ROUTES
Operator: Azienda Tranvie Munizipali (ATM)
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 1 | Via Fidia - Corso Francia - Stazione Porta Susa - Vinzaglio - Re Umberto - Porta Nuova - Deposito Nizza - Corso Maroncelli |
| 3 | Vallette - Largo Toscana - Tassoni - Rondò Forca - Piazza della Repubblica - Rossini - Ponte Regina Margherita - Hermada |
| 4 | Largo Gottardo - Piazza della Repubblica - Castello - Porta Nuova - Tazzoli - Caio Mario |
| 9 | Stampalia - Largo Toscana - Tassoni - Ospedale Maria Vittoria - Piazza Bernini - Piazza Adriano - Vinzaglio - Porta Nuova - Vittorio Emanuele II - Torino Esposizione |
| 10 | Via Massari - Stazione Dora - Rondò Forca - Stazione Porta Susa - Vinzaglio - Duca Abruzzi - Orbassano - Stadio Communale - Corso Tazzoli |
| 12 | Vanaria - Stampalia - Stazione Dora - Rondò Forca - Piazza della Repubblica - Castello - Porta Nuova - Duca Abruzzi - Orbassano - Stadio Communale |
| 13 | Piazza Campanella - Ospedale Maria Vittoria - Stazione Porta Susa - Castello - Carlo Alberto - P. Vittorio Veneto - P. Gran Madre |
| 15 | Via Brissogne - P. Sabotino - Vinzaglio - Porta Nuova - Castello - Carlo Alberto - P. Vittorio Veneto - Farini - Tortona - Ponte di Sassi - Sassi - Coriolano |
| 16 | P. Sabotino - Torino Esposizione - P. Vittorio Veneto - Rossini - Piazza della Repubblica - Rondò Forca - Tassoni - Ospedale Maria Vittoria - Piazza Bernini - Piazza Adriano - P. Sabotino [Circular route, both directions] |
| 18 | Piazza Sofia - Rossini - Carlo Alberto - Deposito Nizza - St. Lingotto - Passo Buole - Caio Mario - Fiat Mirafiori |
RACK TRAM ROUTE
| Sassi - Basilica di Superga |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways:ca. 103 km.
- Rack tramway: 3.1 km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways (horse-drawn) 1871 - ? ; (electric): 1898 - today
- Mountain tramway: (funicular) 24 May 1886 - 1932; (electric rack tramway) 16 Apr. 1935 - today.
- Metro (VAL-type automated): 4 Feb. 2006 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways: 1435 mm.
- Rack tramway: 1435 mm.
- Metro: ? mm.
SOURCES
- Accattatis, A. Linee tranviarie a Torino [Tram routes in Turin] Firenze: Phasar, 2007.
- Bryant, J.A. "Light rail for Torino", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Nov. 1979 (42: 503), p.385-392.
- Cross, B. "The Sassi-Superga rack tramway", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Feb. 1995 (58: 686), p.36-37.
- Cross, B. "The urban trams of Torino: The last thirty years", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Feb.-March 1995 (58: 686-687), p.31-35 & 59-61.
- Hamilton, J.G. & Price, J.H. "Torino - Rete '82", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, June 1983 (46:546), p.195-204.
- Russell, M. "Classic Trams: Torino - Inspired heritage operation", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2011 (74: 883), p.284-285.
- Thompson, A. "Transforming Torino", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2024 (87: 1043), p.413-416.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Torino: A new role for the tramway", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2002 (64: 772), p.128-131.
WIKIS
- ATM (Torino)
- GTT (azienda)
- Metropolitana di Torino
- Rete tranviaria di Torino
- Tranvia Sassi-Superga
- Trasporti a Torino
WEB SITES
- GTT
- Torino (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Tram di Torino
- Tram Filobus e Metropolitana a Torino - Una lunga storia delle reti di trasporto a impianto fisso
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