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Metrosassari
Metrosassari at railway station
Overview
Locale	Sassari, Italy
Transit type	light rail
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	8
Operation
Began operation	27 October 2006
Operator(s)	ARST
Technical
System length	4.331 km (2.691 mi)
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in)
Minimum radius of curvature	40 m (130 ft)
Electrification	750 Volts DC
System map

Metrosassari, also called Sassari tramway, Sassari tram-train or Sassari metro-tramway (Italian: Metrotranvia di Sassari or Metropolitana leggera di Sassari) is the commercial name of a tram-train line in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, operated by the regional public transport company ARST (Azienda Regionale Sarda Trasporti).

Despite having been built in the early 2000s, in the urban section the line was built with single track and narrow gauge, to connect with the same 950 mm (3 ft 1+3⁄8 in) gauge used in the secondary railway lines in Sardinia.

Rolling stock

Tram vehicles were designed by Pininfarina and built by AnsaldoBreda "Sirio".

Route

The 2.45 km (1.52 mi) tramway part of the line (Stazione - Emiciclo Garibaldi) opened in October 2006, linking the railway station with the city centre via the hospital district.

On 27 September 2009 the line was extended into the peripheral district of Santa Maria di Pisa, running on the electrified portion of the Sassari–Sorso railway.

Projects

The main part of the network is in 2013 in advanced development phase. Currently is under construction is the extension of the line from Santa Maria di Pisa to Li Punti and Baldinca, and the electrification of the railway to Sorso, 10 km from Sassari.

It is also planned to convert and electrify the 28 km Sassari-Alghero railway to allow the trams to reach the village of Olmedo, Fertilia Airport and the town of Alghero.

References

1. (in Italian) ARST - Metrosassari
2. (in Italian) Azienda Trasporti Pubblici Sassari - Informazioni Archived 1 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
3. (in Italian) Andrea Spinosa - Progetto tram-treno Archived 9 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. (in Italian)Comune di Benevento - SCHEDA n° 2 Sassari, Italia, Tram Treno
5. (in Italian) Elena Molinaro, Linee guida tram treno, Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti, atti del 5º convegno nazionale Sistema Tram, Roma, 1 gennaio – 1 febbraio 2013.
6. "Metros January 2007". Railway Gazette International. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
7. (in Italian) Lestradeferrate.it - Stazione di Santa Maria di Pisa
8. (in Italian) Tram oltre Sassari. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 320 (November 2009), p. 8.

Bibliography

• Gian Guido Turchi: A Sassari arriva il tram. In: ″I Treni″ Nr. 224 (March 2001), p. 14–17.

External links

Media related to Trams in Sassari at Wikimedia Commons

• Timetable (pdf)

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• Tram transport in Italy
• Railway lines in Sardinia
• Sassari
• 950 mm gauge railways in Italy
• Railway lines opened in 2006
• 750 V DC railway electrification