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'''Roma servizi per la Mobilità''' is the municipally-owned public transport agency which is in charge of programming bus routes and providing [http://muovi.roma.it real-time information] and services to the user.<ref name=rsm_mission>[http://www.agenziamobilita.roma.it/organigramma/2.html Roma servizi per la Mobilità mission]</ref>
 
'''[[ATAC SpA|Atac]]''' (formerly an acronym for ''Azienda del Trasporto Autoferrotranviario del Comune di Roma'', "Company for rail and road transport of the city of Rome") is the municipally-owned public transport company which operates most of the public transport lines in the city.<ref name=mission>[http://www.atac.roma.it/index.asp?p=52 Atac mission]</ref>
 
'''Roma TPL''' is a private company which operates a minority of bus lines.
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=== Rome Metro ===
{{main|Rome Metro}}
The Rome Metro is the [[rapid transit]] system serving the city with three underground lines. The first track opened in 1955. The total length of the network is {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} with 73 stations. There are three lines ''A'', ''B'' - plus a branch called ''B1'' - and ''C''. Lines A and B intersect at [[Roma Termini station]]; line C is completely automated but is not yet connected to the rest of the network.
 
A fourth line, line ''D'', is under development. It will have 22 stations over a distance of {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}}.
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===Buses===
{{see also|Trolleybuses in Rome}}
Rome has a comprehensive [[bus]] network, including two [[Trolleybuses in Rome|trolleybus]] routes (with additional trolleybus lines under construction). The Metrebus integrated fare system allows holders of tickets and integrated passes to travel on all companies' vehicles, within the validity time of the ticket purchased.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tickets and Passes|publisher=ATAC SpA|url=http://www.metrebus.it/index.asp?p=14|accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref>
 
==Railways==