Orange trams retire in 2023: “Let’s set one as a memorial at Piazza Caio Mario.”

Historic orange tram at Piazza Caio Mario. Torino Bellissima councillor Pietro Abbruzzese proposes turning the stop in front of the old Fiat into an open-air mini-museum. “The Municipality must assist in the expenditures of installing the vehicle and its illumination, to boost the work as much as possible,” said the minority exponent.

Abruzzese then requested that historic line 7 increase weekend trips to daily. A majority of the Mirafiori-Santa Rita District accepted a similar proposal by 2 Raffaella De Maria.

Orange trams retire
GTT and the Associazione Tram Torinesi Storici have committed to the project. Two to three Hitachi Railways will replace the orange trams each month this year. “We cannot keep so many old automobiles in storage, the others are demolished,” Corso Turati said. So, the Group will offer a 2800 series “orange” from 1958-1960.

From Atts
“The Att’s president Roberto Cambursano said situating the tram in Piazza Caio Mario, Turin’s tram hub, is a great idea. Turin, Rome, Trieste, and Bologna have 15 ancient trams “. The organisation might arrange Turin school visits. The last “Trolley Festival” drew 10,000 people, proving the city loves trams.

Turin invented trams.
Turin invented trams. The City launched Italy’s first horse-drawn carriage service on rails on January 1, 1872, ahead of Naples, Trieste, Rome, and Milan. Three days earlier, on December 29, 1871, the test journey between Piazza Castello and Piazza Carducci took occurred.

Upgrading and every day passing line 7 are more complicated. “It has loads—they said from GTT—not very high, of 500-600 persons on the weekend: this would not enable us to utilise it every day”.

credit to Cinzia Gatt (Italian Journalist)