GTT - Gruppo Torinese Trasporti

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GTT - GRUPPO TORINESE TRASPORTI

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The GTT local transport company employs 5,500 personnel and transports 190 million passengers every year.

The group manages the following public transport networks:

• The Turin urban and suburban networks (1 metro, 8 tram lines and 100 bus lines operating 200 km of tramline network and 1,200 km of bus network).
• The out-of-town bus network (70 bus lines operating 3,600 km).
• The rail network (2 lines in concession covering 80 km and 1 line managed on behalf of the Italian Railway company, Trenitalia, covering 36 km). The Turin – Caselle Airport – Ceres GTT line links the city with the international airport of Caselle; there are two junction stations in Turin itself, Dora and Madonna di Campagna, connecting with other means of public transport. The Dora - Caselle Airport route takes 19 minutes.

The local public transport service provides urban and suburban transport services in Turin and in other 26 neighbouring towns. The system is used by 640.000 passengers daily, with 55.5 million km operated each year by 1,200 buses and 230 trams.

The out-of-town bus service is used by 51,000 passengers daily and includes 320 buses connecting to 220 towns and operating 13.4 million km each year in the provinces of Turin and Alessandria, Asti and Cuneo to the south. The train service (Ferrovie Canavesana and Turin-Ceres) stops in 33 towns in the province of Turin, carries 12,000 passengers/day and operates 38 carriages for a total of 1.2 million km annually.

GTT is currently building line 1 for the Turin underground, already operating from Collegno to Porta Nuova.

GTT also operates the “blue line” parking spaces (50,000 parking slots), closed and covered car parks for an overall total of 9,000 parking slots.

In addition, the company manages a number of tourist services including the Sassi-Superga rack tramway, the lift to the Mole Antonelliana and the Turismo Bus Torino line and boat service for tourists along the River Po’.