Trolleybuses in Naples

Trolleybuses in Naples
Trolleybuses in Naples
	An AnsaldoBreda F19 of ANM at Piazza Carlo III
Operation
Locale	Naples, Campania, Italy
Open	ANM (ex-ATAN) system: 8 May 1940; CTP (ex-TPN) system: January 1964
Close	ANM: Not applicable (still operating); CTP: 6 August 2015 (suspended indefinitely; CTP was subsequently dissolved, in 2022);
Routes	ANM: Currently 4 (2023); formerly multiple; CTP: Formerly 3 (of which not more than 2 in operation simultaneously);
Owner(s)	ANM (Naples); CTP (Naples)
Operator(s)	same as owners
Infrastructure
Electrification	750 V DC overhead lines (both systems)
Overview

Trolleybuses in Naples (Italian: Rete filoviaria di Napoli) provide a portion of the public transport service in the city and comune of Naples, in the region of Campania, southern Italy. From 1964 to 2015, two independent trolleybus systems were in operation, both publicly owned, but only that of Azienda Napoletana Mobilità (ANM) remains in operation. The ANM system opened in 1940, whereas the smaller trolleybus network of Compagnia Trasporti Pubblici di Napoli (CTP) opened in 1964.

CTP was dissolved in 2022 as a result of longstanding financial difficulties, and the last trolleybus operation on that system occurred in August 2015. Its trolleybus route was transferred to AIR Mobilità, but AIR has not reinstated the long-suspended trolleybus service, and this does not appear to be planned.

As of 2023, the ANM trolleybus system has four routes. Until the closure of the CTP system, Naples had been (since 2006) one of only two metropolitan areas possessing two independent trolleybus systems, the other being São Paulo, Brazil.

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