Florence Tram from Airport to City Center - Baggage Rules

I'm surprised GEST doesn't use the metric system, anyway Is you baggage over 44 lbs or not? If not, just get a 1.5 € ticket.

It also seems odd that prams and strollers for children, small musical instruments, fishing rods, skis and disassembled shotguns and kept in their case are free of charge on the T2 tram.

Is seems obvious that the tram makes intermediate stops between downtown and the airport and GEST allows locals to carry for free some stuff they may need for their daily lives, jobs and hobbies.

I guess the Florentine teens who study at the music school need a way to get home and adding 3 € a day to their budget wouldn't make their parents happy. Same for mothers going to/from the kindergartens and so on.

I am puzzled by the "fishing rods", the Arno River may be cleaner than what I remember!

I had no idea there was a weight limit on bags on the tram, so I'm glad you asked. I'm planning one carry on and one personal item and I already have to watch the weight limits for my flight (TAP). I'm confident I'll have them stuffed to the max though.

I figured this is an appropriate place to add on a question about the tram. Is it easy to find once you get off your flight? Do they have machines from which you can buy a ticket and do you need to validate it like you do train and bus tickets prior to departure? I guess that was more than one question, but it still seems relevant to your original question. :)

The tram network is part of the local transit system and uses the same tickets based on time. All tickets based on time must be time-stamped, to "start" the 90 minutes countdown.

You don't have to buy tickets right before getting on, you can get as many tickets you need the first time you pass by a Tobacconist / newsstands etc. https://www.at-bus.it/it/strumenti/dove-acquistare.html

You can buy as many tickets as you wish at a local tobacconist shop or even using the tabnet app. Once you are on board, if you have a paper ticket, validate the ticket (date stamp) at the yellow machine on board of the tramway or bus. The validated ticket will allow you to travel on any bus or tramway for 90 min from the moment you date stamped it.

Gest uses the metric system in identifying free baggage on board (10kg). It appears that any additional baggage requires an additional 1.5 euro per bag up to 2 bags. I've never encountered in my years traveling in Europe where a transportation company has weight baggage limits or requires additional tickets to transport other bags. So it would appear that if one has a bag weighing less than 10 kg, and also has a backpack, there would be an additional charge of 1.5 euros for the second bag. I'm just wondering for those who have traveled on the T2 line if the bag requirements are enforced.

I just took the tram in from the airport this past week.
People had bags of every size, and a girl behind me had two enormous suitcases and a couple of smaller ones.
She told me she was moving to Florence so had brought everything on this trip.
There was no inspector on board to say anything.
Buy your ticket from the news/magazine shop in the airport ,to the left, just before you exit the airport, it’s E1.50.
People were 10 deep trying to figure out how to buy them from the machines on the platforms.
The tram to go to SMN Station area is labelled “UNITA”.
People were not validating their tickets, and a couple of people I did advise to had no clue they were supposed to, or that there would be a fine if caught invalidated.

KRS, the tram is really easy to find. Go outside the airport, turn left, and at the end of the walkway is the tram platform. It definitely is a bonding moment with other travelers to figure out how to buy tickets on the platform - when I was there, coins didn't work but my card did. Excellent tip from another commenter to buy your ticket inside instead. I had no idea about the baggage limit and there was no one enforcing it.

There was no inspector

there was no one enforcing it.

The question is what happens when / if inspectors get on.

Here is the Autolinee Toscane terms and conditions of service (PDF in Italian).

Under the 'Baggage' section it says:
1 piece of baggage per passenger of maximum 105cm (WxHxD) and 10kg is free. An additional baggage up to 150cm (WxHxD) and 20kg is allowed upon payment of the ticket.

Since I doubt that an additional 1.50€ would break the bank, I would pay for the extra ticket if you exceed the above requirements.

There is no staff on board with a scale weighing the suitcases. But if inspectors come on board and you have more than one suitcase (or a huge one) and no ticket to pay for the extra, they might issue a fine. That possibility sometimes depends on the mood of the inspector. Sometimes my father (who worked as a bus inspector in Florence) would go to work pissed for some reason or another (often something to do with something I had done at home). Those were not good days for the passengers who crossed his path.

The T2 lines goes from the Airport to Piazza dell’Unità Italiana (Italian Unity Square) hence the name of the last stop (UNITÀ).

Thank you all for your responses.