Vaporetto

Vaporetto in the Grand Canal

Vaporetto in the Grand Canal, historical photography

With vaporetto in to Venice and the Lagoon of Venice as public transport used water buses called. The original meaning of the word is “steamboat”, but today ships with diesel engines are in operation. The operator of the Vaporetti is the company ACTV SpA (Azienda del consorzio trasporti veneziano) , which is majority owned by the city.

Lines

see ACTV # water bus routes

vehicles

Series 80 vaporetto
(built 1974–1988)

The first vaporetto, the Regina Margherita , named after the Italian Queen Margherita , was launched in 1881. Various types have been used since then.

90 series vaporetti

90 series boats are currently in service.

90 series vaporetto
(built 1999–2000)

Total length: 23.93 m
Width: 4.22 m
Total height: 1.90 m
Tonnage: 25 t
Passenger capacity: 210
Space for the disabled: 6
Crew: 2
Drive: 1-Fiat Aifo 147 kW
Manufacturer: Cantieri De Poli Pellestrina Venice
Unit cost: 1,100 million lire (568,000 euros)
Year of construction: 1999/2000

Motoscafi

Small vaporetto (Motoscafo)

Smaller vaporetti are also known as motoscafi . They serve lines 3, 5.1, 5.2, 4.1, 4.2 and 6.

Larger vaporetti

Big vaporetto

The largest vaporetti operate on line 12, they are much more spacious and have three rows of seats and a toilet.

Web links

Commons : Vaporetti in Venice - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Vaporetto - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wikivoyage: Mobility in Venice - Travel Guide

ACTV SpA with routes and timetables as well as information on fares (English / Italian)
ACTV - Le Flotte. Overview of the ACTV fleet, with technical data (Italian)
Venice vaporetto routes. Description of the lines
Alilaguna. Boat traffic from Venice airport

Individual evidence

↑ ACTV Vaporetti: Motobattelli Veniceboats.com (Italian, accessed November 15, 2015)

[1] ACTV Vaporetti: Motobattelli Veniceboats.com (Italian, accessed November 15, 2015)