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After more than 70 years of service, the Ventotto tram is become a sybol of the city of Milano. In 1996 ATM restored unit 1503 bringing it to the aspect that had during its first time of service without the rear door, following Peter Witt's scheme. This car is used for special trips, but it is sometimes pressed in service on route 27 in no-private traffic Sundays. The photo was taken in the old reversing loop of piazza Fontana on March 26th 2000.

Milano is the most interesting Italian city about electric transport: it has the largest tramway system (177 km in 2001), the largest trolleybus system (40 km) and the largest metro system of Italy (69 km). Milano is the terminal of the last two classic interurban tramways, too (25 km). All these systems are operated by the Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM), founded in 1931.

The urban tramways >>
- Chronology of urban tramway routes >>
- Summer 2003 diversions >>
- Ventotto >>
  - Photo album 1 - Regular units >>
  - Photo album 2 - Special units >>
The interurban tramways >>
- Milano – Desio photo album >>
- Motors cars type Desio >>
- Motor cars type Reggio Emilia >>
- Littorine type Breda, OEFT and OMS >>
- Bloccati series 500 and 800 >>
- Trailers >>
The metro >>
The trolleybuses >>
- Chronology of trolleybus routes >>

Bibliography, links and thanks

Guido Boreani, 100 anni di "perteghetta", from I Treni 142, ETR
1714, Associazione Culturale Trasporti
Marco Felisa, A Limbiate in "Reggio Emilia", from I Treni 182, ETR
Deposito Messina e tram del 15° ACT, Associazione Culturale Trasporti
Il deposito dei tram interurbani di Desio, Associazione Culturale Trasporti
Franco Castiglioni, Il museo di Ranco, from I Treni 127, ETR
Il tram dei depositi, Associazione Culturale Trasporti
Innovazione e modernità, ATM
I rotabili di Desio, Associazione Culturale Trasporti
La storia dell'Eurotram, Associazione Culturale Trasporti
Guido Boreani, Ombre sui tram di Milano, from I Treni 139, ETR
Guido Boreani, Un tram che si chiama Milano, Calosci
Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (official site)
Stefano Paolini, Desio e Reggio Emilia
Stefano Paolini, I Tram, from Photorail
Ambrogio Mortarino, Tram a Milano, from Fotografie ferroviarie
Paolo Zanin, Tranvie extraurbane di Milano oggi, from Italian RAilfans

Thanks to: Associazione Culturale Trasporti - Marco Gerosa (Switzerland) - Andrea Maccagni - Ambrogio Mortarino - Luciano Mortarino - Paolo Pagnoni - Alessio Pedretti - Enzo Porcu - Paolo Zanin