Gargano Puglia San Giovanni Rotondo, in the village of St. Pius in the company of Centra Another stage of my journey Puglia has been in San Giovanni Rotondo, where I met a little 'snow causes a beautiful snowfall that hit the country the night before my arrival. The service is managed by the Urban Center, a company bus services, bus and minibus hire, founded in 1956 as a sole proprietorship. The Center is a very special, because the country travel only two circular lines running normally during the day, while five other lines, called lines "on call", enter into service only when needed.
ready to take up their cars parked in the parking lot where there's too many tour buses discharging passengers, who take the bus number of Centra (regular ticket € 0.80, € 1.00, while ticket on board) to go to the shrine of Padre Pio or in various hotels in the country. In addition to parking, there is the terminus for suburban transport in Piazzale Forgione. Here come the means of most SITA (Italian automobile transportation) from Foggia, San Severo, San Marco in Lamis, Manfredonia, Monte S. Angelo and Sannicandro Garganico. I spend a few words for SITA, a company that has some very interesting gem.
SITA exerts local transport services, urban and suburban lines, long distance, rental services and other complementary activities. The Company belonging to the State Railways Group since October 1993, is headquartered in Florence and is organized into regional directorates, Basilicata, Campania, Puglia, Tuscany, Veneto. In addition to these SITA also provides intercity connections from southern Italy to various towns in Central / North, and international lines, which weave in particular Germany, Austria and Croatia.
start with the various pictures taken at various media Center and located in the town of San Giovanni Rotondo.
SCANIA L94 UB OmniCity
As the car ready to take up to one of five dedicated lines to hotels, we find this first series led by Scania Omnicity sig.Centra in person. When the tour buses coming from the opposite side of the park, tourists and pilgrims used these scans to reach the monastery or the various hotels where he stayed. This Omnicity, unlike another first ever series, is almost entirely film.
SCANIA N270 UB OmniCity
on a circular line was fixed, as well as on line 2, this new Scania Omnicity second series. Purchased new in 2007, this car, like the first version seen in the previous photo, is almost entirely film, except the front.
BREDAMENARINI 230 MU
in late morning and arrived at the parking lot, ready to load passengers, the BMB 230 MU with doors to manual. The ship was purchased by the province of Caserta, and formerly belonged to the TRAIN of Siena. Upon arriving at the Centre, BMB230 was not in good condition. Only after extensive work in the workshop many issues were resolved. Compared to other versions of BMB230 other cities, I found this very well, without many problems, as did happen for example in Rieti.
FIAT 314 MENARINI (ACQUIRED FROM PRIVATE TO HIS STAFF)
outside the country, with great surprise we find this gem: a Fiat 314 with bodywork still Menarini social with the number 6, sold by the Center to a private party, which currently uses it as a chicken coop! With sig.Centra we found this 314 was bought used from the town of Lucera (FG). Unfortunately, some windows were destroyed, as the front bumper, but the means, overall, is quite well developed. The picture is even more beautiful and characteristic with a sprinkling of snow fall the previous night in San Giovanni Rotondo and the surrounding area.
SCANIA I4 IRIZAR
This new Scania Irizar I4 effected Bari-Barletta-Convento Cappuccini. Until some time ago on this line could also find some Setra S315 UL, alternating with Irizar Century of 2007, which now dominate the province of Foggia. Among them we spotted the car 4520, Irizar Century, remained in San Giovanni Rotondo. It 'possible that they have exchanged with Foggia this car with something else.
IVECO 380.12.35 EUROCLASS
from San Marco in Lamis, arriving to Piazzale Forgione also Euroclass this first series with a manual gearbox, purchased in 1995. In my opinion, as well as other fans of the place, are the best means Euroclass purchased by SITA, together naturally to 370S turbo bodied Orlandi. The Euroclass them we can find in Monte Sant'Angelo, Foggia, Manfredonia.
IVECO 391.12.30 EuroRider
The EuroRider are quite present in San Giovanni Rotondo. 290 hp from an engine before the cursor. In addition to this car we have seen two others. These vehicles were purchased in 1999 and beyond to San Giovanni Rotondo we find them also in San Severo, Lucera, Motta Montecorvino (FG) and Volturara Appula (FG). Models identical to this we also run in Lazio, Formia precisely at the Autoservizi Riccitelli.
VECO 370.12.30 TURBO ORLANDI
Also from San Marco in Lamis, comes one of the old glories of SITA: This Iveco 370S Turbo bodywork from Orlando. Despite almost twenty years of honorable service, the 370S is still going well compared to other models recently purchased. This means, after unloading passengers at Piazzale Forgione, she returned to garage where we could see another 370S SITA, car 933. In Puglia they were: three in San Marco in Lamis, San Giovanni Rotondo 2, 1 and embroidery, and at least 2 to Foggia
