TPER

Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia-Romagna

Company type	Società per azioni
Predecessor	ATC
Founded	Bologna, Italy
Headquarters	Bologna , Italy
Area served	Emilia-Romagna
Services	Bus and train lines operation
Number of employees	2,500 (2019)
Website	www.tper.it

Trasporto Passeggeri Emilia-Romagna (TPER, Italian for Emilia-Romagna passenger transportation) 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 also 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 (FER).

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

Trolleybus Iveco Crealis (Emilio) serving on line 13, part of Bologna trolleybus network

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

Fleet

Bus in Ferrara

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 (Battindarno depot, Due Madonne depot and Ferrarese depot), one in Imola (BO), one in Prati di Castel di Casio (BO) (upper Reno valley), one in Ferrara (Trenti deposit) and one in Comacchio (FE). 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.