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Rimini's Bus Network
The public transport system in Rimini is run by AM, or Agenzia Mobilità (formerly known as TRAM). It has a ticket office/ customer service point in Via Dante, just a couple of paces from the entrance to Rimini's train station.
Tickets
where to buy them
Tickets are obligatory for all AM buses - surprise, surprise! They should be purchased, in advance, from an AM ticket point (for example in Via Dante), or in any shop/bar that displays the 'bus ticket' sticker. In practice this means most Tabacchi and many bars. You may find that shops sell the tickets without displaying the sticker, so it's always worth asking. To ask in Italian : Posso comprare un biglietto/ biglietti per l'autobus qui? - Can I buy a ticket/tickets for the bus here?.
According to AM's official information, tickets can also be purchased on board buses where traffic conditions allow. You will, though, have to pay an increased fare. The best advice is to buy a couple of tickets in advance at the start of your stay, and carry them with you.
How to use them & Cost
Once you have a ticket, you have to make sure that you validate it at the start of your journey. There are machines on board the buses, and often at the bus stops as well. Insert your ticket into the machine, and it will be stamped with a date/time. Without this stamp, your ticket is not valid, and should a ticket inspector come onboard you'll be subject to a fine.
A basic urban ticket costs 1 and is valid, from the moment you stamp it, for 90 minutes. You can hop on and off buses going in any direction within the urban zone during that time.
You can buy a group of 10 tickets for a reduced price of 8, while if you try to buy a ticket on board a bus it will cost 1.50.
A number of the lines operated by AM go between Rimini and other towns in the province. Tickets for journeys outside the Rimini urban area cost 1.50 and are valid for 120minutes from the time of their stamping. A group of 6 tickets for these journeys can be bought for 6, while tickets bought on board buses will cost 2.
Routes
We've gathered together here some of the most used routes, both within the Rimini urban area, and outside. We list a destination, and then the AM bus number that will get you there.
Also, throughout www.visit-rimini.com we include 'how to get there' info where appropriate for monuments/destinations, including the bus route details.
Rimini Urban Area Routes
- The Train Station
Most routes include the train station, for example Buses #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 18 & 19 - Arco D'Augusto [Augustus Arch]
Buses #1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 21 - Rimini Hospital Buses # 8, 9, 18, 19, 124, 175
- Piazza Fellini / The Grand Hotel
Buses # - The Aviation Park
Bus # 7 - Italia in Miniatura theme park
Bus # 8 - Rimini Stadium
Bus # 9 - Airport Federico Fellini
Bus # 9 - Marino Centro
Buses # 2, 11, 18, 19, 170 - Bellaria
Bus # 4B, 4 - Fiera Rimini Trade Fare
Buses # 5, 9, 10 - Piazza Ferrari (for Piazza Ferrari & Piazza Tre Martiri)
Buses #1, - Piazzale Gramsi (Food market)
Buses #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
Routes outside the Rimini Urban Area
- Riccone (Train Station)
Buses # 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 124 - Sant Arcangelo (Train Station)
Buses # 9, 31, 90, 114, 164, 169 - San Marino
Bus # 114 - San Leo
Bus # 165 - Saludeccio
Bus # 175 - San Patrignano (bivio)
Bus # 33 - Cattolica (Autostazione)
Buses # 125, 134, 175 - Montegridolfo
Bus # 175 - Pennabilli
Bus # 161 - Gabbice (Mare)
Buses #134, 175 - Misano (Municipio)
Bus # 134 - Verucchio (Piazza Malatesta)
Buses # 160, 164
The Blue Line
During the summer months a special series of night time buses are in operation - The Blue Line, which run along the most popular stretches of nightlife along the Adriatic riviera. You can go clubbing all along the coast, and inland, and catch the bus home afterwards
Check back here for details for the Summer of 2007