ACTV
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| Location | Coordinates::45.43885, 12.304752 |
| Address |
Isola Nuova del Tronchetto, 32 Piazzale Tronchetto, 30125 Venezia |
| Telephone Number | +39 041-272-2111 |
| Fax | +39 041-520-7135 |
| Founded | Founded::1978 |
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| Chairman/CEO | Marcello Panettoni |
| Managing Director | Maurizio Castagna |
The Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (A.C.T.V.) is a joint-stock public transportation company in Venice, Italy. This company focuses on providing efficient boat transportation throughout the City. Their transport services include the management, monitoring, and planning of all local public transport needs for both road and water crafts. Additional services complement these activities, such as managing new mass rapid transport systems, administrating complementary transport systems, managing parking and waiting areas, refreshment points in passenger stations, and the construction and maintenance of company-owned or leased vehicles. The ACTV is committed not only to managing local public transport services, but also to innovating and diversifying them in order to respond to future mobility needs in the Venice area.
History
The first public transportation system in Venice with mechanically-propelled ships began in 1881, followed by the debut of “Regina Margherita,” the first waterbus, on Venice’s Grand Canal. In 1965, after the setting up of the "Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano" (Venice Transport Consortium), with the subsequent publicising of the company "Società SVET", the Azienda del Consorzio Transporti Veneziano – the Venice Public Transport Company—was founded on the first of October in 1978. It was formed as a combination of Azienda Comunale di Navigazione Interna Lagunare (ACNIL), Società SVET, Società Veneta Lagunare (SVL), and other smaller water transportation companies later on. As of 2010, the ACTV owns about 600 land buses and 160 water vessels, which combined carry approximately 194 million passengers. The companies ACNIL, SVET, SVA, S.V.L. and smaller companies converged into what has evolved into the modern day functions of the A.C.T.V.[1]
ACTV Operations
The ACTV group, a parent company, provides local public transport services in and around Venice, while subsidiary and associated companies provide secondary services, which complement those of ACTV.
Vela S.p.A.
Vela is a spin-off of ACTV established in 1998. Its core business is to commercialize and promote the public transport services of ACTV in and around Venice. They organize and administer the sale of travel tickets and manage relations with the widespread sales network (direct and indirect). The company’s role in the introduction of a new automatic ticketing system proved to be a significant improvement to transporation in Venice.[2]
Alilaguna
Alilaguna provides passenger transport services in the Venice lagoon area, and also runs the contracted scheduled services between Marco Polo airport and the Venice city Centre.
Consorzio Venice Maritime School
This institution was founded in 2004 as a Venice-based training institute to teach the technical skills of navigation and safety. In 2008, the Consortium provided training for ACTV, for captains and helmsmen in particular. For training of merchant marine officers, the Consortium has one of the most advanced naval simulators in Europe. The passengers of boats passing through the Venetian lagoon are in well-trained hands.
Water Transport: Different Lines
For boat transportation throughout Venice ACTV provides approximately 30 routes in the Venice navigation network.
Lines 1 & 2
Line 1 and Line 2 cross the city connecting Tronchetto, Piazzale Roma, the railway station and Lido using the two largest canals – the world famous Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, which is wide enough and deep enough to allow passenger ships entry to Venice.
Lines 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, & 6
Line 4.1, Line 4.2, Line 5.1, Line 5.2, and Line 6 are all lines that connect the city of Venice to the Giudecca, Lido and Murano islands. They also stop in the central city, Piazza San Marco (St Mark’s Square) and at Venice’s hospital.
Lines 3, 4, 5, & 20
Line 3, Line 4 and Line 5 are all seasonal lines in that they are mostly for tourists during high season, spring and summer or special occasions such as Carnival. They act as "helper" lines to Lines 1 and 2 to cope with the large number of visitors to the City during these periods and follow the Grand Canal, Giudecca Canal routes. Line 5 connects Murano island with Piazza San Marco (St Mark’s Square) on an external route. Line 20 connects Lido Casino with San Lazzaro.
Lines N, T, 11, 12, 17, 18, & 20
Lines N, T, 11, 13, 17, 18 and 20 connect the main islands in the northern part of the lagoon (Mazzorbo, Burano, Torcello, Sant’Erasmo) and the southern islands. They also connect Venice to the mainland ports of Punta Sabbioni, Treporti and Chioggia. The car ferry (Line 17) connects Lido with the mainland at Tronchetto and Line 11 connects Lido with a neighboring island, Pellestrina.
Line Notte
Line N runs a connection to the entire city on a late-night basis. They are identified by the ‘N’ and are in service from midnight until 5am. Arrival times are designed to connect with mainland bus departures to Mestre and on Lido island.
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