The Venice Tramway (Italian: Tranvia di Venezia) is a rubber-tired tramway (or guided bus) system forming part of the public transport system in Venice, Favaro Veneto, Mestre and Marghera, three boroughs of the city and comune of Venice, northeast Italy.

Venice Tramway
Auto 01 as Line T2 on Via San Doná heading to Sernaglia (April 2011)
Auto 01 as Line T2 on Via San Doná
heading to Sernaglia (April 2011)
Line T1 on Ponte della Libertà
Line T1 on Ponte della Libertà
Overview
Native nameTranvia di Venezia
OwnerActv
LocaleVenice, Veneto, Italy
Transit typeTranslohr
Number of lines2
Line numberT1, T2
Number of stations37
Daily ridership44,000
Operation
Began operationDecember 19, 2010 (2010-12-19)
Number of vehicles20 Translohr STE4
Headway10 min
Technical
System length18.9 km (11.7 mi)
Track gaugeNone, central guide rail
Electrification750 V DC Overhead lines
Top speed70 km/h (43 mph)
System map

Line T1
Monte Celo – Venezia-Piazzale Roma
Overview
Native nameLinea T1
Statusactive
Termini
  • Monte Celo
  • Venezia-Piazzale Roma
Stations23
Service
Operator(s)Actv
History
Monte Celo (Favaro Veneto) – SernagliaDecember 19, 2010 (2010-12-19)
Mestre Centro – Venezia–Piazzale RomaSeptember 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)
Technical
Line length13.45 km (8.36 mi)
Route map

km
-0,17
Deposito Tram Mestre AVM – ACTV
-0,12
track switch
0,00
Monte Celo (Favaro V.te)
4
0,47
La Piazza
3
0,82
Pastrello
3
1,20
Marmolada
2
1,42
Cervino
2
1,48
track switch
1,58
SR14 Via Martiri della Libertà
1,71
Rielta
3
2,06
Pineta
4
2,19
Pineta
4
2,43
Pasqualigo
4
2,53
Pasqualigo
4
2,74
San Donà Val Gardena
4
2,85
San Donà Val Gardena
4
3,08
Serravalle
4
3,13
Serravalle
4
3,41
Oberdan
3
3,76
Volturno
3
4,03
Bissuola
2
4,31
Fiume Marzenego
4,44
Mestre Centro (Piazzale Caldini)
T1
3
4,47
Mestre Centro (Piazzale Caldini)
T2
3
4,49
T2
to Salamonio
4,76
Manuzio
3
5,13
Cattaneo
3
5,48
San Marco Musatti
3
5,84
Sansovino
3
6,16
Molmenti
3
6,43
Boerio
3
6,79
track switch
6,84
Forte Marghera
3
7,11
Via Forte Marghera
7,12
SS14 Via San Giuliano
7,44
San Giuliano
1
7,71
Canale San Giuliano
7,90
Canale San Giuliano
7,94
7,97
SR11 Via della Libertà
9,15
Begin Venetian Lagoon/Ponte della Libertà
10,93
11,70
12,90
End Venetian Lagoon/Ponte della Libertà
13,04
Venezia Marittima
13,18
(Canal de S. Chiara) Santa Lucia station
4
13,39
track switch
13,45
Venezia-Piazzale Roma
3


Line T2
Mestre Centro – Salamonio
Overview
Native nameLinea T2
Statusactive
Termini
  • Mestre Centro
  • Salamonio
Stations14
Service
Operator(s)Actv
History
Sernaglia – Stazione FSSeptember 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)
Stazione FS – Salamonio (Marghera)September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)
Technical
Line length5.4 km (3.4 mi)
Route map

km
0,00
Mestre Centro (Piazzale Caldini)
3
0,03
T1 to Monte Celo
3
0,05
T1 to Venezia
3
0,13
track switch
0,50
Olivi
-0.3
0,69
Villa Erizzo
0
1,14
Cappuccina
0
1,40
Sernaglia
-0.2
1,68
Tunnel underneath Mestre Stazione F.S.
1,74
Mestre Stazione F.S.
-0.2
1,80
1,85
SR11 Via della Libertà
1,94
2,07
Via Giorgio Rizzardi
2,30
Giovannacci
-1
2,40
track switch
2,64
Lavelli
-1
2,88
Sant’Antonio
-1
3,23
Mercato
-2
3,75
Beccaria
-2
4,28
Emmer
-1
4,58
Bottenigo
-2
5,41
Salamonio
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Since 2015, the tramway is connected to Piazzale Roma (the main bus station) in Venice.

The tramway uses Translohr rubber-tyred trams.

History

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Trams returned to Mestre on 20 December 2010. Mestre's earlier urban and suburban tramway network had been disposed of more than half a century earlier, following the closure of its last line in 1941.

See also

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References

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  • Brignole, Claudio; Schwandl, Robert (2010). Metros in Italien / Metros in Italy: Metropolitana, Tram, Ferrovia Urbana. U-Bahnen in Europa series, Band 8. Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 9783936573220. (in German and English)
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  Media related to Trams in Mestre at Wikimedia Commons

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