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Since 2022 the buses system in Florence has switched from ATAF (Busitalia) to Autolinee Toscana.

As of this moment (summer 2023), there doesn't seem to be a comprehensive map of the routes available from Autolinee Toscana, but the map below is an older version from ATAF - most of the lines are the same by number, and on the Autolinee Toscana website you can check the routes for individual stops, which this map does not show (it just shows the end points of each line).

It also shows the Autostazione (bus station) as Busitalia (SITA) which it no longer is - it is the bus depot of Autolinee Toscana - as well as an "ATAF" point at the train station, which is also gone.

If the map below is too small to read you can download a PDF version here.

The SITA bus station is just a couple of hundred meters from the Santa Maria Novella train station in Florence (the main station), where you can check schedules and buy tickets. They have a website, but it is not working at the moment so I am not going to frustrate you by posting the broken link (they seemed to have changed their domain name and have some big mess going on - we will update this page when the situation changes). SITA buses run inter-city routes mostly to the south (think Chianti) and east of Florence - if you want to head to Siena and other towns on the way, then SITA is probably a good choice. They also have some tourist itineraries.

Image below courtesy of Google Maps: (this is the Autolinee Toscane bus depot!)

ATAF is the local bus company in Florence - their ubiquitous orange buses (and some are now red too) are everywhere - some are big, some are small, some run on natural gas, and some run on electricity. From their website:

"ATAF, Azienda Trasporti Area Fiorentina, represents a consortium of nine municipalities: Bagno a Ripoli, Calenzano, Campi Bisenzio, Fiesole, Florence, Impruneta, Scandicci, Sesto Fiorentino, and Vaglia, that cover a total territorial surface area of 538 square km with a population of about 600,000 residents."

Update: If you have an Italian cell phone you can also send a text to get a ticket - pretty handy. Text "ATAF" to 488 0105 and you should get a confirmation back in moments.

At some time in late 2021 the bus system for Florence and the region of Tuscany changed over to Autolinee Toscane. The old SITA bus depot (called the "FIRENZE AUTOSTAZIONE" in Italian) on via Santa Caterina, close to Firenze SMN (the train station) is now used by Autolinee Toscane, and is still the location for many regional buses, like the line to Siena, but the local Florentine buses have beginning and end points at their various stops throughout Florence - not at this station.

It appears most of the sites below are no longer active and/or just place holders for the former companies.

Unfortunately the Autolinee Toscane website does not have route maps, just a very annoying system of timetables - but that is where you can find information on all of the local lines.

Here are some important links for rail and bus transportation into and out of Florence and the surrounding area:

• Trenitalia: https://www.trenitalia.com This is the main train company in Italy
• Italo: https://www.italotreno.it Are high speed only trains with limited (but still substantial and covering all the major cities) lines
• Autolinee Toscane: https://www.at-bus.it The bus company that took over for ATAF and others, locally and regionally in Florence and Tuscany.
• ATAF: http://www.ataf.net
• SITA (Busitalia): http://www.fsbusitalia.it the only service they have remaining in Tuscany is The Mall bus
• CAP: http://www.capautolinee.it (Prato, I Gigli)
• Lazzi: http://www.lazzi.it (Arezzo, Lucca, Montecatini Terme, Prato, Viareggio)
• Piubus: http://www.piubus.it

And here is a map showing the location of the autostazione: