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Gruppo Torinese Trasporti

Turin's public transport company, formed in 2003 from the merger of ATM and SATTI: trams, buses, an automated metro line and parking, controlled by the City.

The Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT) is the joint-stock company that runs public transport in Turin and much of its surrounding belt: trams, urban, suburban and extra-urban buses, the automated metro line, on-street and off-street paid parking, and some tourist services. With around two hundred million passengers a year, it ranks as a leading Italian company in the mobility sector; it is controlled by FCT Holding S.r.l., the financial arm of the City of Turin.[1] It was created on 1 January 2003 from the merger of two historic companies, ATM and SATTI.[2]

A century of companies

The photo gallery with which GTT told the story of a hundred years of public transport covers the period 1907-2007, from horse-drawn trams to today's vehicles, comparing the present-day company with the firms that preceded it: Belga, ATM and SATTI.[3] The preserved historic cars tell that story: tram no. 116, built in 1911 by the Diatto workshops of Turin in a series that originally numbered 130 units, was restored in 1976 by ATM's central workshop to its 1920s appearance and since 2006 has been the oldest tram still running in the historic fleet; the cars of series 2500, built in 1932-1933 by Fiat Materfer and the Moncenisio workshops, were Turin's first high-capacity trams, designed to replace motor-and-trailer sets.[4]

The first great modern reorganisation was «Rete '82», which came into operation on 2 May 1982 and is described by historians of Turin's trams as the first major transformation brought about by the new Turin transport consortium. It was followed by the conversion of the cars from trolley pole to pantograph, approved in March 1990 and completed in September 1991, and, at the start of the new millennium, by the arrival of the 34-metre articulated trams, the last ones built by Fiat Ferroviaria.[2] In 1978 the Documentation Centre was founded; it now holds more than 46,000 documents, including books, magazines and ATM and GTT technical papers: among other things it preserves the 1980s studies for a light-rail network, the 1977-1980 modernisation plans for the Turin-Ceres railway and the Canavese line, and the legal files from the 1930s on the Sassi-Superga line.[5]

The 2003 merger and the metro

The merger of ATM and SATTI, effective from 1 January 2003, brought the urban network and the extra-urban and railway lines together under a single company.[2] Its first great test was the metro: on 4 February 2006, on the eve of the Winter Olympics, the first stretch of Line 1 opened, between Fermi, in Collegno, and XVIII Dicembre, near Porta Susa: Italy's first automated metro.[6] The service run during the Games has also entered the company's photographic memory.[3] The line uses the driverless, automatically guided VAL system; it reached Porta Nuova in 2007 and Lingotto on 6 March 2011, covering more than 13 kilometres and 20 stations.[7] In twenty years it has carried more than 635 million passengers, with a peak of 42 million in 2019.[6] In 2010 the company was split between operations, which stayed with GTT, and infrastructure, entrusted to the newly created InfraTo.[2]

Trams, buses and the Superga rack railway

GTT runs one of the most extensive tram networks in Italy (see Trams of Turin). In May 2020 it signed a contract with Hitachi Rail for 70 new 28-metre trams, with a first batch of 30 cars worth 63.4 million euros;[8] the first ones entered service on line 9 on 11 September 2023, with a capacity of up to 200 passengers and total ministerial funding of 175 million euros.[9] The then mayor Chiara Appendino marked the signing by saying that «since the day we took office we have regarded public transport as a priority for Turin's present and future».[8]

Among its tourist services is the Sassi-Superga tramway, which climbs to the basilica: opened on 26 April 1884 as an Agudio-system funicular and converted in 1934 into a rack tramway, it covers 3,100 metres and a 425-metre change in elevation, with an average gradient of 13.5% and peaks of 21% on the final stretch, still using its original cars.[10]

Among the goals stated by the company are a more sustainable service, with more electric and natural-gas vehicles, intermodal integration with other public and private mobility services, and the use of technology to simplify access to services and ticket purchases.[1] On the bus side, the switch to electric is the main direction. As of May 2026, 313 electric vehicles were in service, 40% of the fleet, with an average age of 6.5 years; 248 electric buses were purchased with PNRR funds. At the Gerbido depot, a 3.5-million-euro facility combines photovoltaic panels, 4,500 kWh of batteries and 50 charging points for 79 12-metre electric buses.[11]

«Producing and storing clean energy means reducing dependence on fossil-fuel market fluctuations, cutting emissions, and reinvesting the savings in the quality of service for citizens»

Antonio Fenoglio, chairman of GTT, May 2026

The company today

At the top sit chairman Antonio Fenoglio and chief executive Guido Mulè.[1] As of April 2026 the company had 3,841 employees, of whom 1,739 were urban bus drivers; 129 had been hired in the first four months of the year, in a country short of around eight thousand drivers.[12] The 2025 Mobility Charter describes a service linking Turin with 25 municipalities in the metropolitan belt, whose punctuality, reliability and satisfaction indicators are shared with the Piedmont Mobility Agency and consumer associations.[13]

On-board safety is a recurring theme: between January and August 2026 the «Safe Tram, Safe Bus» surveillance service checked more than 76,000 passengers on around 3,600 vehicles; created for weekday evenings, in September 2026 it was extended to daytime hours too.[14] In the same days, a joint check by the Carabinieri and GTT on public vehicles found that one passenger in four was travelling without a ticket, with more than a hundred fines issued in a single evening.[15] That same week the company took part in European Mobility Week, allowing bicycles to travel free of charge on the Sassi-Superga line.[16]

GTT also features in the city's urban-planning projects: the pedestrianisation of via Roma envisages, at the junction with piazza Castello, shortening the stopping bay and moving the traffic-light poles.[17] Beyond the city's borders, since 2025 the company and the City have sent 40 buses, along with spare parts and components, to Kharkiv, Ukraine; mayor Stefano Lo Russo called it «concrete help, a sign of closeness that continues over time».[18]

The GTT Junior card now arrives at home (September 2026)

From September 2026 the GTT Junior card, free for children aged 3 to 11, is delivered directly to their home, without any further need to go to the ticket offices.

September 2026 fare-dodging check

A check by GTT and carabinieri of the San Carlo company, carried out on the evening of 18 September 2026 on seven bus and tram lines (18, 67, 55, 56, 4, 13 and 61) in central Turin, found that one passenger in four was travelling without a ticket: of 450 passengers checked, more than a hundred fines were issued.

The «Safe Tram» and «Safe Bus» service

GTT extends to daytime hours the «Safe Tram» and «Safe Bus» service, operating since July 2025 on tram line 4 and later extended to lines 2 and 11, with security staff on board alongside customer assistants; between January and August 2026 the service led to the checking of more than 76,000 passengers on around 3,600 vehicles.

Evening checks by carabinieri and GTT: one passenger in four without a ticket (September 2026)

On the evening of 18 September 2026, carabinieri from the Turin San Carlo company and GTT staff carried out extraordinary checks on public transport in central Turin, between piazza Madama Cristina, via XX Settembre and piazza Vittorio Veneto, as part of coordinated efforts against petty crime in nightlife areas. Of 450 passengers checked on board seven buses and trams on lines 18, 67, 55, 56, 4, 13 and 61, more than 100 fines were issued for travelling without a ticket, around one passenger in four; the servicemen identified 45 people, 41 of them foreign nationals, and carried out two personal searches for drugs.

Anti-fare-dodging and safety checks on vehicles (September 2026)

In the same period GTT extended to daytime hours the «Safe Tram» and «Safe Bus» surveillance service, previously active only in the evening (from 5.45pm to 11.45pm) on tram lines 4, 2 and 11: between January and August 2026 the joint activity had led to checks on more than 76,000 passengers on around 3,600 vehicles. In an operation with the state police in the San Donato district, 120 passengers were checked at the Bernini metro stop, with 3 fines, and 119 passengers at the Treviso stop on via Livorno, with 37 fines; during the checks one person was arrested for possession of drugs for the purpose of dealing.3

Timeline

  • — European Mobility Week returns, with Piedmont and GTT promoting initiatives on cycling, walking and health. ANSA Piemonte TorinoOggi
  • — A check by carabinieri and GTT on Turin's public vehicles finds that one passenger in four is travelling without a ticket, with more than a hundred fines issued in one evening. CronacaQui Torino TorinoToday
  • — GTT extends the «Safe Tram» and «Safe Bus» surveillance service on buses and trams to daytime checks, in response to a perceived lack of safety on public transport. → ANSA Piemonte Il Torinese
  • — The City of Turin begins home delivery of the GTT Junior card, free up to age 11, for more than 5,000 girls and boys in the city. → Il Torinese Quotidiano Piemontese
  • — In Turin, the GTT Junior card, free for children aged 3 to 11, now arrives directly at home with no need to go to the ticket offices. → TorinoOggi ANSA Piemonte
  • — GTT desks in Turin's eight districts move from opening fortnightly to opening weekly, starting 1 October. TorinoClick CronacaQui Torino
  • — Piedmont's regional council discusses overcrowding on GTT's extra-urban bus line 3429 between San Benigno Canavese and Chivasso, after a question from PD councillor Alberto Avetta and a reply from the Democratic Party group leader Gianna Pentenero to transport councillor Marco Gabusi's answer. → La Stampa TorinoOggi
  • — In Orbassano and Nichelino, roadworks on the GTT network change several bus routes from 5 October, with temporary diversions and terminus changes until January 2027. → CronacaQui Torino

Related articles: Carabinieri and Gtt inspection on Turin's public transport: one in four passengers without a ticket (18 September 2026), Controlli antievasione e di sicurezza sui mezzi pubblici di Torino (settembre 2026), Extension of Gtt's Safe Tram and Safe Bus Service to Daytime Hours, GTT Junior Card Delivered to Homes of Turin's Children, Joint inspection by carabinieri and Gtt on Turin public transport (September 2026), Trams of Turin

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  2. Tram di Torino (tramditorino.it)
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  6. Torinoclick – Città di Torino — 4 February 2026
  7. MuseoTorino
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