Trams in Messina

Messina Tramway
Tram no 06T in Messina.
Operation
Locale	Messina, Sicily, Italy
Open	3 April 2003 (2003-04-03)
Routes	1
Operator(s)	ATM (Messina)
Statistics
Route length	7.7 km (4.8 mi)
Overview
Website	[1]

The Messina tramway (Italian: Tranvia di Messina) serves the city and comune of Messina, in the region of Sicily, Italy. In operation since 2003, it is presently 7.7 km (4.8 mi) long, and comprises one line, linking Gazzi with Annunziata.

History

Trams returned to Messina on 3 April 2003, after a long gestation and construction period. Messina's earlier urban tramway network had been disposed of more than half a century earlier, following the closure of its last line in 1951.

The new tramway line replaced the former bus line no 28.

The southern terminus of the new tramway, at Gazzi, was activated later; initially, the tram stop at Bonino marked the southern end of the line.

Rolling stock

The tram service is provided by 15 modern 5-element Alstom Cityway articulated trams.

See also

	Trains portal
	Italy portal

• Messina Centrale railway station
• List of town tramway systems in Italy
• History of rail transport in Italy
• Rail transport in Italy

Sources

• Brignole, Claudio; Schwandl, Robert (2010). Metros in Italien / Metros in Italy. Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 978 3 936573 22 0.  (German) (English)
• Formigari, Vittorio; Romano, Giulio (2001). 123 anni di tram a Messina [123 years of trams in Messina]. Cortona: Calosci. ISBN 9788877851758.  (Italian)

External links

Media related to Trams in Messina at Wikimedia Commons

• Associazione Ferrovie Siciliane - AFS (Messina), Rail and maritime transport, modelling, culture, ... (Italian)

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at March 2011.