People Mover (Venice)

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]

This article is about automated shuttle train in Venice. For automated guideway transit system, see People Mover. For other uses, see People mover (disambiguation).

People Mover
Overview
Native namePeople Mover[1]
OwnerComune di Venezia
Line numberPM[2]
LocaleVenice
TerminiTronchetto
Piazzale Roma
Stations3
Websitehttp://actv.avmspa.it/it/content/people-mover-0
Service
TypePeople mover
Operator(s)Actv
Daily ridership2871 (As of July 2010)[3]
History
OpenedApril 19, 2010
Technical
Line length0.870[4] km (0.541 mi)
Number of tracks1 (with a passing loop)
Charactercable traction, elevated track
Track gauge1220 mm
Maximum incline6.2%
Route map

 Tronchetto
Marittima
Passenger
Terminal
Piazzale Roma
 Venezia Santa Lucia

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 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-2019, 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]

  • Train leaves the Tronchetto station
  • Car interior
  • Marittima station
  • Arrival to the Tronchetto station
  • Tronchetto station
  • Map of the track

References
  1. "People Mover" (in Italian). AVM S.p.A. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. "Mappa del servizio di navigazione" (PDF). Actv. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. 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 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  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: 23. 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, Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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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