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:
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 Bus Crossway, Irisbus Crealis Neo, Iveco Daily Way bus, BredaMenarinibus Monocar 240, BredaMenarinibus Zeus, BredaMenarinibus Vivacity, BredaMenarinibus Avancity, BredaMenarinibus Citymood, CAM BusOtto, CAM Alè, Setra S 419 UL, Volvo 7700, MAN Lion's City, Neoplan Centroliner, Van Hool A300, Solaris Trollino, Solaris Urbino.

Deposits

TPER oversees three bus deposits 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 deposits from FER: Bologna Roveri, Ferrara Porta Reno and Rimini Clementini, which then was ceded to START Romagna together with its bus services.

Bus Routes Bologna Basin

Bologna Urban Routes

Routes Serving Bologna

Bologna Urban and Interurban

Prontobus routes are some bus routes which require reservation at least 24h before for some, most or all of their services:

Ferrara Urban Routes

Interurban Routes Serving Ferrara