Rome Trolleybus Photos

Roma, Italy

8 JAN 1937 — 2 JUL 1972

23 MAR 2005 — Operating

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Rome's first articulated trolleybus being tested in Budapest — left front view. It is also the first trolleybus for Rome since the 1973. Photo by Haitó Bálint. Submitted by Michael Simon. Date: summer 2003.

Right front view of the first Solaris/Ganz . Photo by Haitó Bálint. Date unknown. Date: summer 2003.

Front view of the first Solaris/Ganz. Photo by Haitó Bálint. Date: summer 2003.

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Construction starts on Rome's new (and second) trolleybus system. Submitted by Daniel Vignola, the photographer. Date: 2003.

Rear shot of Solaris/Ganz 8501in Rome (to be verified). I like the candy-cane top part of the trolley poles. It somehow gives them some class. It and the other trolleys of this order are expected to go into service in January, 2005. Photo by Daniel Vignola. Spring 2004.

Front shot of Solaris/Ganz 8501. Photo by Daniel Vignola. Spring 2004.

New Rome overhead at a bus stop on Route 90, to be converted early next year. Supplied by Mattis Schindler. Photo from the Italian Trolleybus-Forum. Photographed by Daniel Vignola . Exact date unknown. 2004.

New Rome overhead along the express section of Route 90. Photo from the Italian Trolleybus-Forum. Photographed by Daniel Vignola. The exact date is unknown. 2004. Supplied by Mattis Schindler.

Solaris 8512 testing at the terminus of route 90. The word in the destination sign, Collaudo, means "testing". Photo by Omar Cugini. FEB 2005.

Solaris 8509 testing a loop along route 90. Photo by Daniel Vignola. 9 FEB 2005.

Solaris 8511 behind Solaris 8509 testing at the terminal. Photo by Daniel Vignola. 9 FEB 2005.

Solaris 8511 testing on route 90 in a very picturesque Roman neighbourhood. Photo by Daniel Vignola. 9 FEB 2005.

An unidentified Solaris trolley running in battery mode turning into the layover stop at Stazione Termini (Termini railway station), on the route's unwired section. . Photo by Jürgen Lehmann. MAR 2009.

Solaris trolleybus 8505 inbound (to Stazione Termini) on Via Nomentana, just west of Piazza Sempione, crossing the Aniene River. Photo by Steve Morgan. 30 SEP 2007.

Upper photo: 2010 articulated BredaMarinibus being tested in Plzen, where the electrical components are installed. This batch of 45 trolleys have a diesel engine and a super-capacitor. Construction of the overhead has begun in Rome. Lower photo: the Trolley in diesel mode at soe unspecified location. Photos by Zdenek Kresa. July 2011. Courtesy of TrolleyMotion.

Rome-Plan with Map (in Italian).

YouTube video of route 90 (very short video).