The Sassari Tram-train also known as the Sassari metro-tramway (Italian: Metrotranvia di Sassari or Metropolitana leggera di Sassari) is a tram-train

Tram-train

A tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams run both on an urban tramway network and on main-line railways to combine the tram's flexibility and availability and the train's greater speed...

 system in Sassari

Sassari

Sassari is an Italian city. It is the second-largest city of Sardinia in terms of population with about 130,000 inhabitants, or about 300,000 including the greater metropolitan area...

, Italy

Italy

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. Trams run on urban tram tracks and on the existing suburban narrow gauge railway operated by the Ferrovie della Sardegna

Ferrovie della Sardegna

The Ferrovie della Sardegna , know also as ARST Gestione FdS and with the acronym FdS, is the regional railway network, in the island of Sardinia, Italy....

(Railways of Sardinia).

Rolling stock

Tram vehicles were designed by Pininfarina

Pininfarina

Pininfarina S.p.A. is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder in Cambiano, Italy.Founded as Società anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina, Pininfarina has been employed by a wide variety of high-end automobile manufacturers,...

 and built by AnsaldoBreda.

Route

The 2.45 km (1.5 mi) tramway part of the line (Stazione

Sassari railway station

Sassari is the main railway station of the Italian city of Sassari, the second largest city of Sardinia. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato , the national rail company of Italy, and also by the Ferrovie della Sardegna .-History:...

- Emiciclo Garibaldi) opened in October 2006, linking the railway station with the city centre via the hospital district.

Services over the railway section began in September 2009. This section is 1.881 km long and connects Sassari's railway station with the peripheral district of Santa Maria di Pisa, on the Sassari - Sorso railway line.

The main part of the tram-train network is today under construction or in advanced development phase. Currently is under construction is the extension of the line from Santa Maria di Pisa to Li Punti and Baldinca, and the electrification of the railway to Sorso

Sorso

Sorso is a comune of c. 14,700 inhabitants in the province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 8 km north of Sassari.-Overview:...

, 10 km from Sassari.

It is also planned to conversion and electrify the 28 km Sassari-Alghero railway to allow the trams to reach the village of Olmedo

Olmedo

Olmedo may refer to:Places:*Olmedo, Italy, a town near Sassari in Sardinia*Olmedo, Spain, a town in the province of Valladolid** The First Battle of Olmedo, which took place in the aforementioned town in 1445...

, Fertilia Airport

Fertilia Airport

Alghero Airport is an international airport situated north-northwest of the city of Alghero, in northern Sardinia, Italy. It is also known as Fertilia Airport or Alghero-Fertilia Airport, named for the nearby village of Fertilia...

 and the town of Alghero

Alghero

Alghero , is a town of about 44,000 inhabitants in Italy. It lies in the province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the sea.-History:The area of today's Alghero has been settled since pre-historic times...

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