SVAP - Società Valdostana Autoservizi Pubblici

SVAP (Società Valdostana Autoservizi Pubblici, in French Société valdôtaine des autocars publics) is the cooperative company that operates public transport in the city of Aosta and the neighbouring municipalities of the Aosta Valley plain in northern Italy. It was created at the end of 1972 and began operating on 1 January 1973, when it was selected by the regional administration of the Aosta Valley as the concessionaire to serve the Aosta plain. Under the region's special statute, local public transport is a regional responsibility, and SVAP holds the concession for the urban and suburban network around Aosta, while interregional coach services are run by a separate concessionaire, SAVDA. The company is headquartered at Plan-Félinaz in the municipality of Charvensod, just outside Aosta. Its network radiates from the Aosta bus station at the Georges Carrel car park near the railway station (Place Innocent Manzetti), and includes urban and suburban lines numbered 1 to 19 plus shuttle services, connecting Aosta with localities such as Pollein, Brissogne, Sarre, Gignod, Charvensod, Gressan, Jovençan, Quart, Saint-Christophe and Saint-Martin-de-Corléans. SVAP also runs on-demand transport under the AllôBus and AllôNuit brands, the latter covering the night hours from 20:00 to 06:00, and offers special services such as bus rental with driver. SVAP began with a fleet of only about 15 coaches; today it operates more than 40 vehicles with an average age of about 6.5 years. In 2007 it purchased thirteen environmentally friendly natural-gas buses for €3,441,000, with a €3 million contribution from the Aosta Valley region; the new buses were green and carried an image of an ibex, a symbol of the region. The company also provides a mobile app, SVAPP, for passengers to consult timetables and plan journeys, and publishes route changes and service notices on its website. As a cooperative, SVAP is not listed on a stock exchange and is owned by its members rather than by a single corporate parent. It remains the principal urban transit provider for the Aosta conurbation and a key part of the Aosta Valley's regional public-transport system.

SVAP was created at the end of 1972 and became operational on 1 January 1973. It was chosen by the regional administration of the Aosta Valley as the concessionaire company to provide public transport across the Aosta plain, the densely populated lower part of the region around the city of Aosta. This arrangement reflects the Aosta Valley's special autonomous status: under the regional statute, local public transport is a matter for the regional authorities, who organise and award concessions for the network. At the outset the company's coach fleet numbered only about 15 vehicles. Over the following decades SVAP expanded its network of urban and suburban lines radiating from Aosta, serving the city and neighbouring municipalities such as Sarre, Gignod, Charvensod, Gressan, Jovençan, Quart, Saint-Christophe, Pollein and Brissogne. Interregional coach links, by contrast, were entrusted to a different concessionaire, SAVDA. A notable modernisation step came in 2007, when SVAP acquired thirteen environmentally friendly natural-gas buses at a cost of €3,441,000. The Aosta Valley region contributed €3 million towards the purchase. The new buses were painted green and featured an image of an ibex, the emblematic animal of the Aosta Valley. By the 2020s the fleet had grown to more than 40 coaches with an average age of about 6.5 years. SVAP has also developed passenger-facing digital and on-demand services. It operates the AllôBus and AllôNuit on-demand transport services, the latter running from 20:00 to 06:00, and offers special services including bus rental with driver. Its SVAPP smartphone application lets users search for the best travel solution and check timetables. The company's website publishes route changes and service notices, such as diversions caused by roadworks or local events in Aosta. The company remains headquartered at Plan-Félinaz in Charvensod and continues to serve as the main urban transit operator for the Aosta conurbation.

• 2007

  Purchased thirteen natural-gas buses for €3,441,000, with €3 million contributed by the Aosta Valley region.

• 1973

  Began operating on 1 January 1973 as the Aosta Valley region's concessionaire for the Aosta plain.

• 1972

  SVAP created at the end of 1972.

Regional cooperative public-transport concessionaire for the Aosta plain, focused on urban and suburban bus services.

• Urban and suburban bus lines 1–19

  Network radiating from Aosta bus station at the Georges Carrel car park, serving Aosta and neighbouring municipalities.

• AllôBus on-demand transport

  On-demand transport service.

• AllôNuit night service

  On-demand transport operating from 20:00 to 06:00.

• SVAPP mobile app

  App for searching travel solutions and checking timetables.

• Bus rental with driver

  Special service for private hire.

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