People Mover (Venice) Explained

Native Name:People Mover
Native Name Lang:it
Type:People mover
Character:cable traction, elevated track
Locale:Venice
Start:Tronchetto
End:Piazzale Roma
Stations:3
Daily Ridership:2,871 [1]
Open:19 April 2010
Owner:Comune di Venezia
Operator:Actv
Linelength Km:0.87[2]
Tracks:1 (with a passing loop)
Gauge:1220frac=16NaNfrac=16
Linenumber:PM[3]
Maxincline:6.2%
Speed Km/H:29
Map State:show
Website:http://actv.avmspa.it/it/content/people-mover-0

The People Mover in Venice [4] 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

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 870m (2,850feet) journey takes just over three minutes, including the stop next to the cruise ship terminal. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IL GAZZETTINO Online: Il quotidiano del NordEst . 2011-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011551/http://carta.ilgazzettino.it/MostraStoria.php?TokenStoria=846790&Data=20100807&CodSigla=VE . 2012-04-26 .
  2. Schweizer Jahrbuch für Verkehr 2018. Kurt. Metz. Christian. Laesser. Thomas. Bieger. Rico. Maggi. Über den Strassenstau hinweg. 2018-10-22. 2019-12-06. University of St. Gallen. 62,71‒72. de. Over the traffic jam. 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; : 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.
  3. Web site: Mappa del servizio di navigazione . Actv . 2 December 2019.
  4. Web site: People Mover . AVM S.p.A. . 1 February 2018 . it.
  5. https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-people-mover.htm, Venice People Mover (2019)
  6. Web site: Venice Tronchetto Piazzale Roma Shuttle . Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co KG . en . 1 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190607134311/https://www.dcc.at/references/venezia-tronchetto-piazzale-roma-shuttle/ . 7 June 2019 .
  7. Web site: Pichler . Thomas . Venezia People Mover . O.I.T.A.F. . 2011.
  8. Web site: People Mover . Fondazione Promozione Acciaio . 2 December 2019. it.
  9. Web site: Mobility in the Floating City: A Study of Pedestrian Transportation . 2010-12-17 . 2019-12-06 . Amy Laura . DeSantis . Marcus Calixte . Amilcar . Matthew John . Tassinari . Savonne James . Setalsingh . . 23 . 198426255 . 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. 2006-06-28. Doppelmayr Garaventa Group. 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. Web site: People Mover . Comune di Venezia . 2 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100207170401/https://www.comune.venezia.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/25923 . 2010-02-07 . it.
  12. https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-people-mover-tickets-and-fares.htm, Venice People Mover

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