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 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 (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
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 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.
Urban Fleet
Minibuses
2306-2310 Mercedes-Benz O413 Sprinter
2311-2316 Iveco 70C14 CNG Sitcar Cititour
2317-2323 Mercedes 516 CDI Sprinter Atlas Cityline (formerly of Kautra, Kaunas (LT)) 2144-2416 BMB M 200 E ZEUS 9640-9643 Mercedes O416 CDI Sprinter 9644 Iveco 50C14 CNG