Local transport

The Trieste local public transport system is run by Trasporti S.p.A..

Schedule

On their website you can find the updated schedules for all the bus lines. The schedule usually changes at the beginning of June (Summer schedule in force) and in mid September (Winter schedule in force)

Bear in mind that:

• orario feriale means that the schedule is valid from Mondays to Fridays.
• orario sabato means that the schedule is valid on Saturdays only.
• orario domenica e festivi means that the schedule is valid on Sundays and during other public holidays.
• If there's no schedule for Saturdays or Sundays this usually means that the Mon to Fri schedule applies unless otherwise noted (e.g. solo feriale means that the line is not active during sundays, public holidays and saturdays, nel festivo sospesa means that the line is not active during sundays or public holidays)
• Almost all lines end their schedule at around 21. Some lines start their schedule at around 21 and stop at around midnight (lines A, B, C, D).

Tickets

Where to find them

Trieste Trasporti tickets can be bought in Tobacco shops, at the newspapers sellers, or using automated emitters. In Miramare tickets are sold at the Adriatico Guest House. In Basovizza there is an automated emitter and near via Stock (going towards viale miramare) there is a newspaper seller and then a tobacco shop.

Tickets cannot be purchased directly on the bus. Tickets must be validated on the bus using the orange validator nearby entrance door

On the Trieste Trasporti website you will find:

• A list of all automated emitters. The first column shows the place and the second one the bus lines passing nearby.
• A list of all the shops that currently sell tickets and their location.

Kind of tickets available

There are different kind of tickets, the most common are:

• Standard ticket (biglietto): it expires in one hour after you validate it.
• 10 trip carnet (carnet da dieci biglietti): it can be used 10 times as a standard ticked.
• Monthly or half monthly ticket (abbonamento mensile, abbonamento quindicinale): there are two kind of these (intera rete (suggested) -> means that you can take whichever line you want; tratta -> means that you have to fill in the number of the bus line you want to use and that you can take only that one). Pay also attention that regardless of the day you buy or validate it for the first time a monthly ticket expires the last day of the month and a 15 day tickets expires the 15th day of the month (if you have validated it from the 1st to the 15th day of the month) or the last day (if you have validated it from the 16th to the last day of the month).
• Annual ticket (abbonamento annuale): this expires exactly after one year since it has been issued.

Special warnings and tips

Monthly and half monthly tickets should be validated before the first trip of the month and of the half month AND shall be filled with your name, surname and with the name of the month as detailed in the example below. Half monthly tickets requires also the customer to fill in the period (1-15 or 16 - end of month) in which the ticket is being used. Remember that if you are not using an intera rete ticket you should also fill in the bus line number you wish to travel with (we strongly recommend to buy intera rete tickets). Failing to fill all these info can give rise to a fine (up to 50 euros).

Monthly and half monthly tickets are usually sold only by tobacco shops and they run out of tickets in a few days (especially those near the train station). I.e. take always with you some emergency one trip ticket, just in case.

Annual tickets are sold only by the trieste trasporti customer care department.

Fares for 2009

You can find all the fares on the Trieste Trasporti web site. Fares are updated once a year (1st day of January), since the day in which ticket fares are updated old tickets cannot be used any longer and must be changed (you are entitled to pay only the difference between the old fare and the new one).

Kind of ticket	Price in €
Standard ticket	1,05
10 trip carnet	9,45
Half monthly ticket - intera rete	17,85
Monthly ticket - intera rete	27,65
Annual ticket - intera rete	276,50