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{{Short description|Swiss local railway company}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi SA
| native_name      = 
| type             = 
| logo             = Fart logo.png
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| image            = Fart in Ascona.jpg
| image_caption    = FART bus in [[Ascona]]
| image_size       = 
| foundation       = {{Start date and age|1961|06|30|df=yes}}
| location_city    = [[Locarno]], [[canton of Ticino|Ticino]]
| location_country = Switzerland
| industry         = Bus and rail transport
| revenue          = 
| net_income       = 
| assets           = 
| equity           = 
| num_employees    = 
| key_people       = 
| divisions        = Passenger
| homepage         = {{URL|https://fartiamo.ch/en/}} {{in lang|en}}
}}
[[File:Karte Ferrovie autolinee regionali ticinesi 2025.png|thumb|right|Route map (as of December 2024)]]
The '''Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino''' ({{langx|it|Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi SA}}, known by its Italian initials '''FART''') is a limited company in the Swiss southern [[canton of Ticino]], which provides the urban and suburban bus network in and around [[Locarno]] in [[Switzerland]]. It also operates the cable cars between [[Verdasio]] and [[Rasa, Ticino]], and between [[Intragna]]–[[Pila, Switzerland|Pila]]–[[Costa, Switzerland|Costa]] on behalf of the owning companies. Together with the Italian company {{ill|Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie|de|Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie}} (SSIF) they operate the railway between {{rws|Locarno}} and {{rws|Domodossola}}, known as the {{lang|it|Centovallina}} in Switzerland and {{lang|it|Vigezzina}} in Italy.

FART is a member of the [[Arcobaleno (tariff)|Arcobaleno]] tariff network.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.arcobaleno.ch/it/32/le-imprese-di-trasporto.aspx | title = Le imprese di trasporto | trans-title = The transport companies | publisher = Comunità tariffale Ticino e Moesano | language = Italian | access-date = 2012-07-13 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120727173711/http://www.arcobaleno.ch/it/32/le-imprese-di-trasporto.aspx | archive-date = 2012-07-27 }}</ref>

==Bus lines==
{| class="wikitable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
!Line
!Type
!Route
!Stops
!Distance (in km)
!Time (in min)
|-
|style="background:#E52324; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''1'''
|Local bus
|[[Gordola]] Centro Professionale – [[Losone]] Sottochiesa
|style="text-align:center;" | 38
|style="text-align:center;" | 14
|style="text-align:center;" | 43
|-
|style="background:#FFCC00; color:#000000; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''3'''
|Local bus
|[[Locarno]] Stazione – [[Brione sopra Minusio]] Chiesa
|style="text-align:center;" | 25
|style="text-align:center;" | {{0}}9
|style="text-align:center;" | 27
|-
|style="background:#EF7D00; color:#000000; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''4'''
|Local bus
|[[Locarno]] Delta Maggia – [[Brione sopra Minusio]] Chiesa
|style="text-align:center;" | 20
|style="text-align:center;" | {{0}}6
|style="text-align:center;" | 28
|-
|style="background:#D2DA4D; color:#000000; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''5'''
|Local bus
|[[Ascona]] Sonnenhof – [[Ascona]] Monte Verità
|style="text-align:center;" | 20
|style="text-align:center;" | 
|style="text-align:center;" | 
|-
|style="background:#4A9BD5; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''7'''
|Local bus
|[[Locarno]] Piazza Stazione – [[Losone]] Zandone
|style="text-align:center;" | 19
|style="text-align:center;" | {{0}}6
|style="text-align:center;" | 21
|-
|style="background:#D2DA4D; color:#000000; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''8'''
|Local bus
|[[Brissago TI|Brissago]] Municipio – [[Ronco sopra Ascona]] Posta
|style="text-align:center;" | 25
|style="text-align:center;" | 
|style="text-align:center;" |
|-
|style="background:#9B9B9A; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''311'''
|Regional bus
|[[Locarno]] Rotonda – [[Bellinzona]] Stazione
|style="text-align:center;" | 47
|style="text-align:center;" | 21
|style="text-align:center;" | 50
|-
|style="background:#9B9B9A; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''312'''
|Regional bus
|[[Locarno]] Rotonda – [[Mergoscia]] Posta
|style="text-align:center;" | 32
|style="text-align:center;" | 13
|style="text-align:center;" | 40
|-
|style="background:#9B9B9A; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''314'''
|Regional bus
|[[Locarno]] Stazione – [[Ronco sopra Ascona]] Chiesa
|style="text-align:center;" | 23
|style="text-align:center;" | {{0}}9
|style="text-align:center;" | 23
|-
|style="background:#9B9B9A; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''315'''
|Regional bus
|[[Locarno]] Stazione – [[Cavergno]] Paese
|style="text-align:center;" | 30
|style="text-align:center;" | 30
|style="text-align:center;" | 55
|-
|style="background:#9B9B9A; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''316'''
|Regional bus
|[[Locarno]] Stazione – [[Brissago TI|Brissago]] Co’ di Campo
|style="text-align:center;" | 23
|style="text-align:center;" | 12
|style="text-align:center;" | 30
|}

==Centovallina/Vigezzina railway==
Centovallina/Vigezzina railway line through the Swiss [[Centovalli]] and the Italian [[Valle Vigezzo]] connects the [[Gotthard railway|Gotthard trans-Alpine rail route]] at [[Locarno railway station]] with the [[Simplon railway|Simplon trans-Alpine route]] at [[Domodossola]], [[Italy]]. There are 10 stations on the Swiss side of the frontier and 12 stations on the Italian side, the complete rail journey takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Apart from being an important public service, the route of the railway is very scenic and popular with tourists.

{| class="wikitable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
!Line
!Type
!Route
!Stops
!Distance (in km)
!Time (in min)
|-
|style="background:#9B9B9A; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" valign="middle" |'''620'''
|[[Domodossola–Locarno railway line|Centovalli railway]]
|{{rws|Locarno FART}} – [[Centovalli]] Camedo
|style="text-align:center;" | 14
|style="text-align:center;" | 20
|style="text-align:center;" | 40
|}

===Rolling stock===
Traffic on the Centovallina and Vigezzina is fully in the hand of electric motor coaches. A series of 12 articulated [[electric multiple unit|EMUs]] ABe 4/6, built in 1992 by ''[[Vevey Technologies]]'' made up most through workings until 2007, often working in pairs. 8 ABe 4/6 51-58 are owned by FART, 4 ABe 4/6 61–64 by SSIF.

Nine articulated railcars from 1959–1968, three-element ABe 8/8 21-24 and two-element ABe or ABDe 6/6 31-35 cannot work in MU but can pull a trailer or two (101...111 and 201 from 1923, 120-123 from 1964, 130 from 1948).

[[Image:20080720Y855 FART ABe 56 PoBr.jpg|thumb|ABe 4/6 56 multiple unit at Ponte Brolla station]]2004 SSIF ordered three three-car panoramic multiple units from the Officine Ferroviaire Veronesi and [[Škoda Works]]. Soon the order was changed to three four-car trains. Delivery took place in 2007.
* Driving motor, Domodossola direction: ABe&nbsp;4/4&nbsp;Pp 81, 83, 85
* Driving motor, Locarno direction: Be&nbsp;4/4&nbsp;Pp 82, 84, 86
* Non-driving motor: Be&nbsp;4/4&nbsp;Pi 87, 88, 89
* Trailer: Rimorchiata&nbsp;P 810, 811, 812
Classifications ABe and Be don't match with classes available in every vehicle. In July 2008 the following consists were working:
* 85 - 812 - 89 - 86 1st class at the Locarno end (whole coach 86)
* 83 - 87 - 810 - 82 1st class at the Domodossola end (coach 83)
* 81 - 88 - 811 - 84 1st class at both ends (end compartment of coaches 81 and 84)
[[File:InnoTrans2024, Berlin (IMG 2453).jpg|thumb|Stadler low-floor trains for the FART at InnoTrans 2024]]
Off-season, these consists may be reduced to three vehicles. As a replacement, SSIF had ABe&nbsp;8/8 24 fitted with a new cabody, looking very similar to the new trains. However, number of seats is much smaller than in a new train, thus it must be followed by an ABe 4/6 to allow transporting all passengers.

===History===
A formal request for the licensing of a rail network was made by the mayor of Locarno, Francesco Balli, in 1898, but although construction of the Centovalli Railway was begun in May 1913, the collapse of the financing bank later that year, together with the intervention of the [[World War I|First World War]] meant that construction was not resumed until August 1921, with the line being constructed from each end and meeting on 27 March 1923 and public service being inaugurated on 25 November 1923. On 12 November 1918 Italy and Switzerland had signed a contract<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c0_742_140_345_41.html| title = Fedlex}} </ref> about the construction of a [[Domodossola–Locarno railway|narrow gauge railway, Locarno - Domodossola]]. This contract fixed the cross acceptance of Italian vehicles in Switzerland and vice versa without needing a second approval.

==See also==
* [[Transport in Switzerland]]
* [[List of bus operating companies#Switzerland|List of bus operating companies in Switzerland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi|Regional Bus and Rail Company of Canton Ticino}}
* [http://www.centovalli.ch/ Centovalli Railway website (in Italian, German and English)]
* [http://www.vigezzina.com/ SSIF website (in Italian)]

{{Urban public transport in Switzerland|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Railway companies of Switzerland|FART]]
[[Category:Transport in Ticino]]
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1923]]
[[Category:Swiss companies established in 1923]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 1923]]