People Mover (Venice)

People Mover
Overview
Native namePeople Mover[1]
OwnerComune di Venezia
Line numberPM[2]
LocaleVenice
Termini
  • Tronchetto
  • Piazzale Roma
Stations3
Websitehttp://actv.avmspa.it/it/content/people-mover-0
Service
TypePeople mover
Operator(s)Actv
Daily ridership2,871 (As of July 2010)[3]
History
Opened19 April 2010
Technical
Line length0.87[4] km (0.54 mi)
Number of tracks1 (with a passing loop)
Charactercable traction, elevated track
Track gauge1,220 mm (4 ft 116 in)
Operating speed29[4] km/h (18 mph)
Maximum incline6.2%
Route map

Tronchetto
Marittima
Passenger
Terminal
Piazzale Roma
Venezia Santa Lucia

The People Mover in Venice (Italian: People Mover)[1] is an automated elevated shuttle train, which connects the Piazzale Roma—the major transportation hub of the city—and the Tronchetto island with a car parking facility. The train also makes a stop at the Marittima station where the passenger terminal of the Port of Venice is located.[5]

Venice's People Mover is a small-scale automated guideway public transit system—a people mover.[6]

  1. ^ a b "People Mover" (in Italian). AVM S.p.A. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Mappa del servizio di navigazione" (PDF). Actv. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. ^ "IL GAZZETTINO Online: Il quotidiano del NordEst". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  4. ^ a b Metz, Kurt (2018-10-22). Laesser, Christian; Bieger, Thomas; Maggi, Rico (eds.). "Über den Strassenstau hinweg" [Over the traffic jam] (PDF). Schweizer Jahrbuch für Verkehr 2018 (in German). University of St. Gallen: 62, 71‒72. Retrieved 2019-12-06. Land: Italien; Stadt: Venedig; Typ: Cable Liner Double Shuttle; Stops: 1; km: 0,87; Fahrzeuge/Pax: 4-Wagen/200; km/h: 29,0; Pphpd: 3'000; Sek.: 190 … (11) Zubringer nach Venedig … Der "People Mover", wie ihn die Venezianer heute kurz und bündig nennen, ist im Regelbetrieb täglich von 6 bis 23 Uhr in Betrieb
  5. ^ https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-people-mover.htm, Venice People Mover (2019)
  6. ^ "Venice Tronchetto Piazzale Roma Shuttle". Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co KG. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2018.