TPER


Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia-Romagna is a public company overseeing public transportation in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in the province of Ferrara and in parts of the provinces of Modena and Ravenna, Italy.
It owns part of Trenitalia Tper, which operates train services in the wider Emilia-Romagna region, on railway lines overseen by both Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Ferrovie Emilia Romagna.

History

The current company was born on 1 February 2012 from the merger of the transport division of ATC, which at that time operated public transportation services in the Bologna and Ferrara basins, with the transport division of Ferrovie Emilia Romagna.
In the early months of 2014, the company became the reference shareholder of SETA, a company that provides local public transportation services by road in the provinces of Modena, Reggio Emilia and Piacenza.
As of December 2014, TPER holds shareholdings in 13 companies, mainly operating in the passenger and freight transport sector.

Company structure

The share capital is divided as follows among the various public bodies of Emilia-Romagna and 3 provinces of Lombardia:
  • Emilia-Romagna Region: 46.13%;
  • Municipality of Bologna: 30.10%;
  • Metropolitan City of Bologna: 18.78%;
  • ACT Reggio Emilia: 3.60%;
  • Province of Ferrara: 1.01%;
  • Municipality of Ferrara: 0.65%;
  • Province of Parma: 0.04%;
  • Province of Reggio Emilia: 0.04%;
  • Province of Modena: 0.04%;
  • Ravenna Holding Spa: 0.04%;
  • Province of Rimini: 0.04%;
  • Province of Mantova: 0.0132%;
  • Province of Lodi: 0.0132%;
  • Metropolitan City of Milan: 0.0136%

    Services

  • Urban bus lines in Bologna, Ferrara, Imola
  • Suburban bus lines in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, province of Ferrara, province of Modena, province of Ravenna
  • Parking management in Bologna and Imola
  • Car sharing service Corrente in Bologna, Rimini, Ferrara and Casalecchio di Reno
  • Bike sharing service in Bologna and Imola

    Current fleet

The bus fleet inherited from ATC consists of 1200 vehicles.
The fleet circulating in Bologna is composed of: Mercedes-Benz Citaro, Mercedes-Benz Cito, Mercedes-Benz Integro, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Iveco CityClass, Irisbus Citelis, Iveco Bus Urbanway, Iveco Crossway, Iveco Crealis Neo, Iveco Daily Way, BredaMenarinibus Monocar 240, BredaMenarinibus Zeus, BredaMenarinibus Vivacity, BredaMenarinibus Avancity, BredaMenarinibus Citymood, Autodromo BusOtto, Autodromo Alè, Setra S 419 UL, Volvo 7700, MAN Lion's City, Neoplan Centroliner, Van Hool A300, Solaris Trollino, Solaris Urbino.

Urban Fleet

Minibuses

Minibuses

TPER operates three bus depots in Bologna, one in Imola, one in Prati di Castel di Casio , one in Ferrara and one in Comacchio. Moreover, several proprietary car parks are scattered in the area managed by the company, along the main suburban and extra-urban lines.
TPER has also inherited three railway depots from FER: Bologna Roveri, Ferrara Porta Reno and Rimini Clementini, which then was ceded to START Romagna together with its bus services. The Rimini Clementini depot was soon after turned into a car park

Rolling Stock

Electric Trainsets

These are now part of the Trenitalia-Tper service basin.
  • 001-002 ALe 088 FIREMA trainsets
  • 001-002 Le 088 FIREMA semi-pilot coaches
  • 001 Le 096 FIREMA coach
  • ALe 054 trainsets
  • ALe 228 trainsets
  • 001-004 ALe 122 Ansaldo/Casaralta
  • 001-012 and 101-114 ETR350 Stadler Rail/Ansaldo
  • 001 and 006 ETR 243 ALFA 2 TFA Titagarh FIREMA Adler

    Electric Locomotives

  • E.464.901-906 and E.464.890-893

    Carriages

  • Corifer Vivalto semi-pilot coaches, and regular coaches