L'Aquila: The ARPA and the other suburban. L'ARPA (Autolinee Regionali Pubbliche Abruzzesi) è l'azienda principale della regione Abruzzo che gestisce il trasporto pubblico regionale e interregionale, con sede a Chieti. L'ARPA è nata verso la fine degli anni 70, quando assorbì 65 aziende pubbliche e private che all'epoca gestivano il trasporto pubblico abruzzese.
According to 2008 estimates, the ARPA has the beauty of 580 buses, divided into suburban classic orange livery with ministerial and inter-city, blue livery with the new livery with ministerial or gray with blue crest ARPA, divided in the various deposits scattered 'throughout the Abruzzo. Small curiosity: unlike for example the COTRAL, where all vehicles are automatic transmission, the means here in Abruzzo, apart from the suburban all with automatic transmission, are almost all or sequential manual gearbox. The easiest to find, oddly, is the Iveco Fiat 370.12.25 Cameri, that despite the nearly 30 years of life (making the service more cars registered in 1982 / 1983) still grinding miles on most of the Abruzzo region. This is followed by another half almost historical: the Fiat 570.12.20, present in 2 versions, the first series with the windshield to spur dated 1981, now remained only a few copies circulating in Pescara, Chieti and Avezzano, and the second series, 1982/1983 dated more than 50 birds in nearly all the Abruzzo region, with the exception of L'Aquila.
ARPA also manages the online quickly by highway from Rome, Naples and Salerno, and live in Pescara, Chieti, L'Aquila, Teramo and Avezzano, made primarily with coaches or lines for the high turnout Setra S431DT 2 floors. In my humble opinion if you want to make a trip to Abruzzo e venite da Roma, ricordatevi dell'ARPA, perchè a livello di prezzi siamo più o meno al livello di FS, ma la durata del viaggio è molto ridotta.
Ecco qualche foto scattata naturalmente dal sottoscritto a L'Aquila il 16/11/2010:
TEMSA Tb162R SAFARI 12
Questo è il pullman che ci ha portato a L'Aquila. Si tratta di un Temsa Safari RD acquistato da ARPA nel 2007. Appena arrivati, venivano utilizzati come collegamenti regionali, come Sulmona - L'Aquila, ma ora li possiamo trovare anche sui collegamenti autostradali diretti come Roma L'Aquila. Molto comodi e confortevoli.
IVECO 370.12.25
ARPA is a company that always amazes us more fans, and because of circular means rare to see both the means for age ha. In fact, a meeting room in a 370 Iveco Abruzzo is very easy, as many as 100 copies are still resistant to 12 meters and 10 meters. These 12-meter long versions are divided in almost all deposits of Abruzzo, and also manage to make trips of many miles, despite their nearly 30 years of operation. By their very steep climbs and descents are not a problem!
IVECO 370.10.25
Like "big brother" by 12 meters, even the 370 shorts from 10 meters we see them very often, especially in L'Aquila and Pescara. Unfortunately their end is near, as recently began circulating since the beginning of 2010 25 new Irisbus Crossway 10 meters to replace its 25 Iveco 370 10 meters of 1982/1983.
NEOPLAN N122 / 3 SKYLINER
arrive in the mid-'90s, Neoplan bipiani these were mainly the line-Rome motorway Chieti-Pescara. With the advent of the new Setra S431DT and S428DT, ARPA decided to move them and put them on regional lines, as in this case, the L'Aquila - Avezzano. Recently the company decided to repaint the cars, putting the new livery coat with gray blue blue instead of the usual ministerial.
IVECO 370 PADANA MX
ARPA never ceases to amaze! Towards the 90 buys ten Iveco Padane MX 370 for the regional service. Exceptional vehicles, especially for me I love the bodywork Valley. We can meet in L'Aquila and Pescara, and also got the repainting them. This we see, car 1025, already has the new livery of gray, while the others are still with the old blue livery ministry.
IRISBUS Arway COTRAL-LAZIO-
Let the other companies who come to L'Aquila. In some times also in the evening, we can find some of the car COTRAL incoming bus station. He arrived in L'Aquila from Borgorose (RI) and about 7 times a day at a time from the capital city of Abruzzo Lazio. Even in Avezzano car we can find some of COTRAL, this comes from Borgorose.
SETRA S215-PAOLIBUS-
Paolibus The company is very interesting. Until this summer, had a fleet of Coach Setra mainly the very old. It 's the case of this car, leaving from L'Aquila. Setra S215 This despite over 25 years, still running at large and, as for the 370 ARPA, manages to make lines very difficult. Paolibus also operates the motorway Rome-Tiburtina Pratola Peligna-Sulmona, where up to 2009 was done with a Setra S315 HD 1994, but with the renewal of the fleet beginning this year, these old stars will end their career
