Autolinee Toscane

Autolinee Toscane S.p.A. (also known as AT) is a private Italian company, wholly owned by RATP Dev, active in the local public transport sector. It manages several urban and suburban bus lines in Tuscany for a total of 1.7 million kilometres travelled annually.

Autolinee Toscane
ParentRATP Dev
Founded9 October 1996
HeadquartersBorgo San Lorenzo
Service areaRegione Toscana
Service typePublic transportation
Chief executiveGianni Bechelli
Operational ManagerJean-Luc Laugaa
Websitewww.at-bus.it/it/

It is part of a temporary association of companies ColBus[1] together with MAS+, the latter owned by F.lli Alterini, S.A.M. and F.lli Magherini, and holds 33% of the company Li-nea,[2] also owned by ATAF Gestioni and Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi.

In 2016 the company was provisionally awarded a tender announced by the Regione Toscana for being responsible of the local public transport service throughout the region. However, following several appeals lodged by the outgoing 22 operators, the takeover of local operators has been postponed several times until 1 November 2021.[3]

Assets

Autolinee Toscane operate the following transporting assets as of 1 November 2021:[4][5]

  • 5,164 employees
  • 2,680 buses
  • 37,538 bus stop
  • 35 booking offices
  • 3,000 ticket dealers
  • 440 urban bus routes
  • 565 suburban bus routes toward 307 comuni
  • 24,527 km of lines
  • 110,865,333 km to cover yearly
  • 2 Funicular (Montenero funicular and Certaldo funicular)

Routes
Number of routes by Province[6]
Provinces Urban Routes Suburban Routes
Arezzo3052
Firenze9098
Grosseto222
Livorno5727
Lucca1885
Massa-Carrara2848
Pisa3449
Pistoia3428
Prato910
Siena11867
Regional-9

Fleet

Autolinee Toscane fleet is really varied as it derives from the merger of twenty-two transport companies with different needs by territory and routes. AT's plans to complete the renewal of the fleet acquiring 2,095 buses over a period of ten years.

As the average age of the vehicles is higher, about half has more than 15 years of activity,[7] AT decided to purchase immediately new buses in the first year; it will make an investment of 40 million euros to buy 223 new urban and suburban buses.

A few dozen have been already purchased and distributed to the region main cities. The new urban model is the 12 meter-long Mercedes-Benz Conecto, which can carry 108 passengers, of which 26 seated, equipped with a Euro 6 engine. The new livery is completely white and the "Autolinee Toscane" blue logo on the back, front and side it will be applied to the new urban buses.[8]

Four 12 meter-long Merceds-Benz Intouro suburban buses, with a capacity of 50 seats and 25 standing, entered in service on the routes connecting Florence with Siena, Montespertoli and Borgo San Lorenzo. The livery is blue and the "Autolinee Toscane" white logo on the back, front and side will be applied to the new suburban buses.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Azienda e Gruppo". ColBUS. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. "L'Azienda". Li-nea. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. "Tpl, Autolinee Toscane Spa in servizio dal 1 novembre". Toscana Notizie. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. "I numeri di Autolinee Toscane". Autolinee Toscane. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. "AT gestirà il TPL". Corriere Etrusco. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. "Orari". Autolinee Toscane. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. "Presentati i primi quattro bus a Pisa". Autolinee Toscane. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. "Ecco i primi quattro bus per Livorno". Autolinee Toscane. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  9. "Nuovi bus extraurbani". Autolinee Toscane. Retrieved 21 April 2022.

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