Avellino

Chronology

01.02.2024	UPD: Following the decision not to reinstate second generation trolleybus system operation announced 11.2023, according to some news sources the reverse decision might had been made in early January, to reopen the trolleybus system after all. As of the date of this notice the operation of the 'Metro Leggera' line remains suspended. https://transphoto.org/photo/1896356/#3217620
15.11.2023	It was officially announced on 11.2023 that the trolleybus operation suspended since 07.07.2023 will not resume. A longer rapid transit corridor between the cities of Atripalda — Avellino — Mercogliano is now envisioned instead, with the transportation mode employed yet unspecified. The contract for installation of trolleybus overhead support poles for extensions of the current line to Atripalda and Mercogliano has been canceled. Thus trolleybuses of the second generation system operated in Avellino for a total of 80 days (excluding Sundays and holidays). https://transphoto.org/search.php?cid=1714
07.07.2023	The trolleybus service has been suspended due to work on the municipal sewage system in Corso Umberto I, only three months after the 'Light Metro' began service. It is scheduled to return to service on 10 September 2023.
03.04.2023	The "Metro Leggera" ("Light Metro") trolleybus route has been finally put in service at 7:30 in the morning after 20 years of planning and construction. Trolleybuses operate between 7:30-16:55 Monday to Saturday. The route length is 11 km. The new line has 15 stops. The fare is 1.20 Euro. https://transphoto.org/photo/1736247/#3083451 https://www.avellinotoday.it/green/mobil...ra.html
28.03.2023	The latest updated yet another very final date of the official system's opening is now April 3rd: https://transphoto.org/photo/1736247/#3080884 https://www.avellinotoday.it/attualita/a...23.html
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×	Mercogliano-Avellino-Atripalda 16 sptember 1947 — 1 november 1973	List of the models Vehicles without photos
○	AIR Campania Metro Leggera (trolleybus) Planning started in 2000 Finally opened in 03/04/2023 Out of service since 07/07/2023	List of the models Vehicles without photos
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Montevergine funicular

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AIR Campania, S.p.A.

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The Avellino trolleybus network was built on the initiative of Carmine De Martino , parliamentarian and owner of the Southern Industrial Agricultural Society (SAIM), who in 1946 set up the Irpina Filoviaria Society (SFI), for the construction and management of the line.

The original project envisaged a single line, from the center of Avellino to the railway station , and from there to the neighboring municipality of Atripalda; this segment opened on 19 September 1947.

Work began immediately on the second line, to serve the hamlet of Pianodardine, which was opened in 1949.

In 1956, after years of discussions, the extension from Avellino to Mercogliano was inaugurated. But already in 1959 the balance sheets began to show a deficit, and the situation continued to worsen until the company was placed in receivership by the Ministry of Transport in 1971.

The trolleybus operation ceased on 1 November 1973.

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