It is the first “connected tram” in Italy, with a network that provides information on the next stop, on museums and places to visit for tourists but also on offices for citizens.
He launched it today at Naples Anm, which is relaunching the tram line and together with Tim is testing a single vehicle for three weeks on a network that will soon be extended to the entire fleet of 20 trams in circulation.
"We have held this collaboration with Tim for the first national tram to do this experimentation very dear," explains Pierpaolo Di Martino, Anm manager of the tram sector. "We wanted it as part of the relaunch of increasingly green transport in Naples and we are now considering with the Municipality to extend this technology to the entire tram fleet, while we work to get to Piazza Vittoria and then Piazza Sannazaro with the PNRR funding."
The tram that leaves from the eastern area of Naples will arrive in Piazza Vittoria within a year, at the end of the work already underway to modernize the tracks and make them more welcoming for modern trams with a line called “materassino” that allows for fluid circulation.
“The Tim technology arrives – explains Di Martino – while we are also waiting for the arrival of the new trams that are included in the Municipality's PNRR funds: the tender will close soon which will bring another 2023 trams to Naples in 12, longer, which carry more passengers” The project includes an infotainment portal shown on board the tram on 16:9 screens, also accessible via smartphone using the free 5G Wi-Fi network on board.
Passengers will be able to have real-time access to geolocalised information on means of transport, news, weather, historical information, places and points of interest (monuments/squares/museums), benefiting from an improvement in the classic public transport experience, enriched with an 'intelligent' service.
5G services may also be used in a second phase to collect data on the near and remote context of any vehicle, collect passenger data such as attendance and ticketing, and integrate additional data and alerts from sensors in the urban context.
Article published on 13 October 2022 - 15:30
