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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Tram storici della città Torino - Length: 14:33 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Timelaps Metro Torino - Length: 2:06 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
| B | Bertola | PN | Porta Nuova |
| C | Castello | PR | Piazza della Repubblica |
| CSM | Corso San Maurizio | PS | Ponte di Sassi |
| CT | Corso Tortona | RU | Re Umberto |
| M | Matteotti | SPS | Stazione Porta Susa |
| OMV | Ospedale Maria Vittoria | VE | Vittorio Emanuele II |
| PB | Piazza Bernini | VV | P. Vittorio Veneto |
I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
Operator: Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT)
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 3 | Vallette - Largo Toscana - Tassoni - Rondò Forca - Piazza della Repubblica - Corso Tortona |
| 4 | Falchera - Stazione Stura - Scotellaro - Ospedale Giovanni Bosco - Piazza della Repubblica - Bertola [back: Matteotti] - Porta Nuova - Sommelier - Caio Mario - Strada del Drosso |
| 7 | Castello - P. Vittorio Veneto - Vittorio Emanuele II - Porta Nuova - Re Umberto - Vinzaglio - Bertola - Castello [Circular route, clockwise; touristic (heritage) line] |
| 9 | Stampalia - Largo Toscana - Tassoni - Ospedale Maria Vittoria - Piazza Bernini - Piazza Adriano - Vinzaglio - Re Umberto - Porta Nuova - Vittorio Emanuele II - Torino Esposizioni |
| 10 | Statuto - Vinzaglio - Duca Abruzzi - Orbassano - Caio Mario - Corso Settembrini |
| 13/ | Rondò Forca - Statuto - Bertola - Castello - P. Vittorio Veneto - P. Gran Madre |
| 15 | Via Brissogne - P. Sabotino - Duca Abruzzi - Re Umberto - Matteotti [back: Bertola] - Castello - Carlo Alberto - P. Vittorio Veneto - Corso Belgio - Ponte di Sassi - Stazione Sassi - P. Coriolano |
| 16 | P. Sabotino - Duca Abruzzi - Sommelier - Torino Esposizioni - Vittorio Emanuele II - P. Vittorio Veneto - Corso San Maurizio - Piazza della Repubblica - Rondò Forca - Tassoni - Ospedale Maria Vittoria - Piazza Bernini - Piazza Adriano - P. Sabotino [Circular route, both directions] |
RACK TRAM ROUTE
| 79 | Stazione Sassi - Basilica di Superga |
METRO ROUTE
| M1 | Lingotto - Porta Nuova - Vinzaglio - Piazza Bernini - Fermi |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways: 84 km.
- Rack tramway: 3.1 km.
- Metro: 13.2 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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