ATAC SpA

ATAC
ATAC
Native name
Azienda Tramvie e Autobus del Comune di Roma
FormerlyAATM, ATM, ATAG
Company typeSocietà per azioni
IndustryPublic transport
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909) in Rome, Italy
FounderErnesto Nathan
HeadquartersVia Prenestina, 45,
Rome
,
Italy
Area served
Rome and Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
Key people
Revenue838,000,000 Euro (2019) Edit this on Wikidata
7,612,009 Euro (2019) Edit this on Wikidata
OwnerRoma Capitale
Number of employees
Decrease 10,531[1] (2022)
WebsiteATAC S.p.A.
ATAC ticket vending machines at a bus stop in Rome
Graphics of a typical bus stop sign, in particular the "X" stands for express line, "u" for urban line, "e" for exact line, "n" for night line

ATAC S.p.A. (Azienda Tramvie e Autobus del Comune di Roma, EN Tramway and Bus Agency of the City of Rome) is an Italian publicly owned company running most of the local public transportation services, paid parking and incentive parking lots in Rome. More specifically, the company handles, on behalf of Roma Capitale Authority, the entire tramway, trolleybus network and metro lines, as well as most of the bus lines in the city.[2] It also operates, on behalf of the Administrative Region of Lazio, three railways: Roma-Civita Castellana-Viterbo, Roma-Giardinetti and Roma-Lido.[3] ATAC S.p.A., with its 2,200-kilometer-wide public transport network, its over 8,500 busses and 70,000 parking stalls, is currently one of the biggest public transportation companies in Europe and the largest in Italy.[2][4][5]

Founded in 1909 as AATM (Autonomous Municipal Tramway Company)[6] in a bid to municipalise public means of transport in Rome, the company was reformed for the first time in 2000, when it was split into two separate components and turned into a mobility agency for the purpose of planning and coordinating public and private mobility in Rome. It was reorganised once again in 2010, when it was joined with the other two companies, Trambus and Met.Ro., both founded in 2000, back then also involved in public transportation in the city.[7][8] Over the next few years, the company was deprived of some of its branches: Roma Patrimonio, the owner of the company's estate, then put into liquidation,[9] and Roma Servizi per la Mobilità, which subsequently served as mobility agency of the municipality.[10] In 2018 ATAC S.p.A., being under financial distress, was admitted to the procedure of composition with creditors for the purpose of paying the debts it incurred with other companies, authorities, suppliers and credit institutions so as to avoid its failure.[11][12]

  1. ^ "Bilancio di Esercizio ATAC 2022" (PDF). ATAC. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Company". Atac. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. ^ "LE FERROVIE REGIONALI GESTITE DA ATAC" (PDF). AIIT - Associazione Italiana per l’Ingegneria del Traffico e dei Trasporti. September 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-28.
  4. ^ "Roma, entrati in servizio altri 60 nuovi bus Atac. Raggi: "Col mio mandato più di 900 bus"". Il Riformista (in Italian). 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  5. ^ "Mercedes-Benz to deliver 100 Citaro hybrid buses to Atac in Rome". Green Car Congress. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  6. ^ "Our history". Atac. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  7. ^ "Approvata l'Atac "allargata": dal primo gennaio 2010 biglietto a 1 euro e 20?". RomaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  8. ^ "Atac Roma, un secolo di debiti, indagini e autobus che ritardano". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  9. ^ "Il patrimonio di Atac tra svendita e riqualificazione". DINAMOpress (in Italian). 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  10. ^ "2010 IL BILANCIO DI UN ANNO DI ROMA SERVIZI PER LA MOBILITÀ" (PDF). Roma Mobilità. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-01.
  11. ^ "Atac, via libera al concordato preventivo anche dalla Giunta". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). 8 September 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  12. ^ "Concordato Atac, c'è il via libera del Tribunale fallimentare". RomaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-10.