People Mover (Venice)

Coordinates: 45°26′23.15″N 12°18′47.77″E / 45.4397639°N 12.3132694°E / 45.4397639; 12.3132694
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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 1⁄16 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]

Description[edit]

The system's two four-car trains are pulled by a cable similar to a funicular,[7] but with shallow gradients track: it reaches a maximum of 6.2% at the section crossing the Tronchetto channel, and is less than 5% over the rest of the track.[8] Each of the two trains can accommodate 200 passengers.[9]

The line was built by a consortium led by the Austrian company Doppelmayr Cable Car. It was the fifth Cable Liner shuttle system installed by the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group.[10]

The whole 870-metre-long (0.5 mi) journey takes just over three minutes, including the stop next to the cruise ship terminal.[6] The rail gauge is 1220 mm, difference in altitude between terminal stations 0.58 m.[11]

In mid-2023, the fare was €1.50. Passengers who already have an unused ACTV land-bus ticket can validate that instead of paying the fare to ride the People Mover.[12]

Gallery[edit]

  • Train leaves the Tronchetto station
    Train leaves the Tronchetto station
  • Car interior
    Car interior
  • Marittima station
    Marittima station
  • Arrival at the Tronchetto station
    Arrival at the Tronchetto station
  • Tronchetto station
    Tronchetto station
  • Map of the track
    Map of the track
  • Video of the train leaving Tronchetto station

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b "Venice Tronchetto Piazzale Roma Shuttle". Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co KG. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. ^ Pichler, Thomas (2011). "Venezia People Mover" (PDF). O.I.T.A.F.
  8. ^ "People Mover" (in Italian). Fondazione Promozione Acciaio. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  9. ^ DeSantis, Amy Laura; Amilcar, Marcus Calixte; Tassinari, Matthew John; Setalsingh, Savonne James (2010-12-17). "Mobility in the Floating City: A Study of Pedestrian Transportation" (PDF). Worcester Polytechnic Institute. p. 23. S2CID 198426255. Retrieved 2019-12-06. in April of 2010, the new shuttle train called the People Mover has the capacity to transport 200 people per carriage and 3,000 people per hour from Tronchetto island to Piazzale Roma,
  10. ^ "Another Doppelmayr success in Venice" (Press release). Doppelmayr Garaventa Group. 2006-06-28. After the Cable Liner installations in Las Vegas and at the international airports in Birmingham, Toronto and Mexico City, the Cable Liner Shuttle in Venice is the fifth system to be constructed by the Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group.
  11. ^ "People Mover" (in Italian). Comune di Venezia. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  12. ^ https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-people-mover-tickets-and-fares.htm, Venice People Mover

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