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The People Mover in Venice () is an automated elevated shuttle train, which connects the
Piazzale Roma Piazzale Roma is a square in Venice, Italy, at the entrance of the city, at the end of the Ponte della Libertà. Piazzale Roma and nearby Tronchetto island are the only places in Venice's insular urban core accessible to ground motor vehicles ...
—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 The Port of Venice ( it, Porto di Venezia) is a port serving Venice, northeastern Italy. It is the eighth-busiest commercial port in Italy and was one of the most important in the Mediterranean concerning the cruise sector, as a major hub for c ...
is located. Venice's People Mover is a small-scale automated guideway
public transit Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typi ...
system—a
people mover A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks. ...
.


Description

The system's two four-car trains are pulled by a
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similar to a
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, 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. Each of the two trains can accommodate 200 passengers. The line was built by a consortium led by the Austrian company
Doppelmayr Cable Car Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group is an international manufacturer of ropeways and people movers for ski areas, urban transport, amusement parks, and material handling systems. As of 2019, the group have produced over 15,000 installations in 96 countri ...
. It was the fifth
Cable Liner The Cable Liner is a range of automated people mover products designed by Doppelmayr Cable Car for use at airports, in city centers, intermodal passenger transport connections, park and ride facilities, campuses, resorts and amusement parks. ...
shuttle system installed by the
Doppelmayr Garaventa Group Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group is an international manufacturer of ropeways and people movers for ski areas, urban transport, amusement parks, and material handling systems. As of 2019, the group have produced over 15,000 installations in 96 countri ...
. The whole 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. 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.https://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/venice-people-mover-tickets-and-fares.htm, Venice People Mover


Gallery

People-mover.jpg, Train leaves the Tronchetto station Venice peopel mover.JPG, Car interior Venezia - Fermata Marittima people mover.jpg, Marittima station (Venice) People Mover - Tronchetto station.jpg, Arrival at the Tronchetto station People venezicea.jpg, Tronchetto station Venezia - mappa people mover.svg, Map of the track Venice People Mover.ogv, Video of the train leaving Tronchetto station


References

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