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Actv

This article is about the Italian company. For other uses, see ACTV.

Actv S.p.A. (Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano) is a public company responsible for public transportation in Venice and Chioggia municipalities and for interurban bus services in province of Venice. ACTV is not responsible for Venice People Mover (managed by AVM) or waterbus routes between airport and the lagoon area (managed by Alilaguna). Connections by bus with Venice airport are managed by ACTV and by ATVO.

Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano
Company typeSocietà per azioni
Founded1978 (1978)
Headquarters
Italy
ServicesBus, tram and waterbus
Websitewww.actv.it

History

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The first testing of a regular public transportation service took place in 1881 when the first Queen Margherita vaporetto was used for transport along the Grand Canal. The service was then acquired by the French company, the Compagnie des Bateaux Omnibus, which operated eight steamers until 1890. It was then replaced by the Società Veneta Lagunare, who subsequently extended the line by offering routes towards the mainland. In 1903, the Municipality of Venice approved the direct management of the mainland services to ACNI (Azienda Comunale per la Navigazione Interna) the then ACNIL, which began its operation in 1904.

With the opening of the Ponte della Libertà in 1933, and the newly constructed car terminal in Piazzale Roma, ACNIL extended its management to supervising over the Venice-Mestre section, while the Società Anonima Tramvie of Mestre managed the remaining areas.

In 1941, ACNIL was given clearance to directly manage the land transportation on the Lido Island. This happened following the cessation of the tram service by the Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi (CIGA) who managed the island up until that point.

During World War II, a large part of the fleet of boats was used by the Italian Army and the Navy for military practice purposes and by the end of the War, many of the vessels were found sunken or seriously damaged. Following this, a program aimed at repairing and replacing the boats as well as updating the ancillary parts of the service (landing points, piers and pontoons) was put into place.

In 1965, ACNIL acquired the transport service of Mestre and the mainland, taking over from Società Filovie Mestre. In 1966, the trolleybuses were phased out and the entire fleet was replaced with buses.

On 1 October 1978, the Company of the Venetian Transport Consortium (ACTV) was founded.

In 1996, a night bus service was introduced which replaced the routes taken by the regular buses.

ACTV's decision-making processes in awarding public transport service contracts in Mestre were challenged by several transport companies bidding in 2002, who were concerned that some of the evaluation sub-criteria were weighted by ACTV's evaluators after the receipt of tenders. The case was referred to the European Court of Justice, whose ruling issued in 2004 laid down guidance on fair methods for attaching weightings to evaluation criteria and sub-criteria after the publication of contract documents.[1]

In 2006, the ACTV corporate offices were transferred to Tronchetto.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the ACTV was forced to cut services considerably, particularly the vaporetti.[2]

Network

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Venice municipality

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Lagoon area

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The main public transportation means are motorized waterbuses (vaporetti), which ply regular routes along the Grand Canal and between the city's islands.

 
A vaporetto on the Canal Grande, Venice, Italy

Lido and Pellestrina islands

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Lido and Pellestrina are two islands forming a barrier between the southern Venetian Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea. On those islands, road traffic is allowed. There are bus and waterbus services linking the islands with other islands (Venice, Murano, Burano) and with the peninsula of Cavallino-Treporti.

Mainland

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The mainland of Venice is composed of 4 boroughs: Mestre-Carpenedo, Marghera, Chirignago-Zelarino and Favaro Veneto. Mestre is the central and the most populated urban area of the Venice mainland. There are several bus routes and two tramway lines. Several bus routes link the mainland with Piazzale Roma, the main bus station in Venice, via Ponte della Libertà a road bridge connecting the historical center of the city of Venice to the mainland.

Tram Routes

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  • T1 Venice Piazzale Roma-Mestre Centro-Monte Celo (Favaro Veneto)
  • T2 Salamonio (Marghera)-Mestre Centro

Waterbus Routes

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Mestre Urban Bus Routes

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  • 2 Venice-Della Libertà-Mestre FS-Circonvallazione-Torre Belfredo-Pasqualigo-Viale Don Sturzo
  • 3 SFMR Mestre Hospital-Torre Belfredo-Circonvallazione-Piazza Sant'Antonio-Catene-Villabona
  • 4 Venice-Mestre Centro-Favaro-Via Altinia
  • 4L Venice-Mestre Centro
  • 5 Venice-San Giuliano-Villaggio Laguna-Tessera-Aeroporto Marco Polo
  • 6 Venice-Piazza Sant'Antonio-Catene-Chirignago-Spinea
  • 6L Venice-Piazza Sant'Antonio-Via Correnti
  • 7 Venice-Della Libertà-Chirignago-Spinea-Viale San Remo-Via Martiri della Libertà
  • 7L Venice-Mestre-Brendole
  • 10 Asseggiano-Quarnaro-Mattuglie-Mestre FS-Mattuglie-Asseggiano
  • 12L Venice-San Giuliano-Piazza 27 Ottobre
  • 13 Via Cavergnago-Marghera-Via Arduino
  • 15 Aeroporto Marco Polo-Tessera-Forte Marghera-Piazza 27 Ottobre-Mestre FS-Via Torino (Università)
  • 16 Rizzardi-Piazza Sant'Antonio-Malcontenta-Moranzani
  • 18 Mestre FS-Malcontenta-Ca' Sabbioni
  • 19 Venice-Campalto-Favaro-Via Altinia
  • 20 Martellago-Zelarino-Mestre Centro
  • 21 Martellago-Maerne FS-Maerne-Zelarino-Mestre Centro
  • 24 Venice-San Giuliano-Pertini-Bissuola-Casona-Pertini-San Giuliano-Venice
  • 24H Venice-Pertini-Casona-SFMR Mestre Hospital-Don Tosatto
  • 31H Mestre Hospital-Don Tosatto-Don Peron-Circonvallazione-Mestre FS-Via Torino (Università)-Forte Marghera-Pertini-Bissuola-Mestre Centro-Torre Belfredo-Mestre Hospital
  • 32H Mestre Hospital-Torre Belfredo-Mestre Centro-Bissuola-Pertini-Forte Marghera-Via Torino (Università)-Mestre FS-Circonvallazione-Don Peron-Don Tosatto-Mestre Hospital
  • 33H Mestre Hospital-Castellana-Mestre FS-Bissuola-Via Cavergnago
  • 34H Mestre Hospital-Terraglio-Mestre FS-Bissuola-Via Cavegnago
  • 43 Venice-Della Libertà-San Giuliano-Forte Marghera-Via Torino (Università)-Ca' Marcello-Mestre FS
  • 44 Favaro DS-Altinia-Ca'Solaro-Chiesa-Ca'Solaro-Pasqualigo-Viale Don Sturzo-Vallon-Borgoforte
  • 45 Favaro-Tessera-Aeroporto Marco Polo-Ca' Noghera
  • 45H Mestre Hospital-Favaro-Tessera-Ca' Noghera
  • 47H Asseggiano-SFMR Spinea-Chirignago-Mattuglie-Zelarino-Mestre Hospital
  • 48H Martellago-Maerne-Terraglio-Mestre Hospital-Mestre Centro
  • 53 Piazza 27 Ottobre-Mestre FS-Malcontenta
  • 66 Venice-Catene-Chirignago
  • 80 Venice-Mestre-Trivignano-Maerne-Martellago
  • 81F Rizzardi-Piazza Sant'Antonio-Cimitero-Rizzardi
  • 84 Venice-Favaro-Dese FS
  • 86 Mestre FS-Vempa-Banchina dell'Azoto
  • N1 Venice-Piazza 27 Ottobre-Mestre FS-Venice
  • N2 Venice-Piazza Sant'Antonio-Venice
  • CSMN Istituto Foscari-Gritti-Barbarigo-Stefanini-Zuccante-Bruno-Pacinotti
  • CSMS Istituto Gramsci-Morin-Volta-San Marco

Chioggia Urban Bus Routes

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  • 1 Isola Unione-Campo Marconi-Borgo San Giovanni-Madonna Marina-Momolo-Isola Unione
  • 2 Isola Unione-Madonna Marina-Borgo San Giovanni-Campo Marconi-Isola Unione
  • 3 Ca' Bianca-Parco Clodì-Brondolo-Mediterraneo-Lungomare-Isola Unione
  • 4 Cavanella-Brondolo-Mediterraneo-Lungomare-Isola Unione
  • 5 Isola Verde-Brondolo-Mediterraneo-Lungomare-Isola Unione
  • 6 Isola Unione-Momolo-Lungomare-Mediterraneo-Borgo San Giovanni-Campo Marconi
  • 7 Campo Marconi-Borgo San Giovanni-Mediterraneo-Lungomare-Momolo-Isola Unione
  • 21 Isola Unione-Madonna Marina-Ridotto Madonna-Brondolo-Centro Clodì-Brondolo-Ridotto Madonna-Madonna Marina-Isola Unione

Lido Urban Bus Routes

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  • A Klinger-Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Via Sandro Gallo-Ca' Bianca-Malamocco-Alberoni-Faro Rocchetta
  • B Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Via Sandro Gallo-Ca' Bianca-Malamocco
  • C Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Via Sandro Gallo-Piazzale Torta-Via Sandro Gallo-Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta
  • CA Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Via Sandro Gallo-Lungomare Marconi-Gran Viale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta
  • CO Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Gran Viale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Lungomare Marconi-Via Sandro Gallo-Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta
  • N Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Via Sandro Gallo-Ca' Bianca-Malamocco-Alberoni-Faro Rocchetta-Santa Maria del Mare-Pellestrina
  • V Piazzale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Gran Viale Santa Maria Elisabetta-Lungomare Marconi-Colombo-Via Parri

Suburban Bus Routes

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Bus MAN Lion's City CNG on route 5 towards Marco Polo Airport.

Omnibus Shuttle

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  • "Omnibus Dolo" Dolo-Cazzago-Dolo FS
  • "Omnibus Mira" Mira Buse FS-Mira-Mira Mirano FS
  • "Omnibus Mirano" Mirano Hospital-Mira Mirano FS

References

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  1. ^ European Court of Justice, C-331/04 - ATI EAC and Others, delivered on 24 November 2005, accessed on 6 December 2024
  2. ^ Centis, Ludovico (2021). "Spies, viruses and vaporetti: how the pandemic increases distances in the Venice lagoon". TPR: Town Planning Review. 92 (2): 263–270. doi:10.3828/tpr.2020.82.

See also

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