Trams in Mestre

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)
Line T1 on Ponte della Libertà
Overview
Native name	Tranvia di Venezia
Owner	Actv
Locale	Venice, Veneto, Italy
Transit type	Translohr
Number of lines	2
Line number	T1, T2
Number of stations	37
Daily ridership	44,000
Operation
Began operation	December 19, 2010 (2010-12-19)
Number of vehicles	20 Translohr STE4
Headway	10 min
Technical
System length	18.9 km (11.7 mi)
Track gauge	None, central guide rail
Electrification	750 V DC Overhead lines
Top speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
System map

Line T1 Monte Celo – Venezia-Piazzale Roma
Overview
Native name	Linea T1
Status	active
Termini	Monte Celo Venezia-Piazzale Roma
Stations	23
Service
Operator(s)	Actv
History
Monte Celo (Favaro Veneto) – Sernaglia	December 19, 2010 (2010-12-19)
Mestre Centro – Venezia–Piazzale Roma	September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)
Technical
Line length	13.45 km (8.36 mi)
Route map km m s.l.m. -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 Venice–Udine railway, 4 tracks 7,97 SR11 Via della Libertà 9,15 Begin Venetian Lagoon/Ponte della Libertà 10,93 Memorial of the austrian siege 1849 11,70 Isola di San Secondo 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 name	Linea T2
Status	active
Termini	Mestre Centro Salamonio
Stations	14
Service
Operator(s)	Actv
History
Sernaglia – Stazione FS	September 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)
Stazione FS – Salamonio (Marghera)	September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)
Technical
Line length	5.4 km (3.4 mi)
Route map km m s.l.m. 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 Venice–Udine railway 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 1

Since 2015, the tramway is connected to Piazzale Roma (the main bus station) in Venice.

The tramway uses Translohr rubber-tyred trams.

History

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

• List of rubber-tyred tram systems
• List of town tramway systems in Italy
• History of rail transport in Italy
• Rail transport in Italy

References

• 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)

External links

Media related to Trams in Mestre at Wikimedia Commons

• Venezia-Mestre database / photo gallery and Venezia-Mestre tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.