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People Mover (Venice)

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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]

Native namePeople Mover[1]
OwnerComune di Venezia
Line numberPM[2]
LocaleVenice
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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
OperatorActv
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
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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 company.[10]

The 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, and the difference in altitude between terminal stations is 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]

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