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Trams in Mestre 
Summary
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Overview | |||
| Locale | Venice, Veneto, Italy | ||
| Transit type | Translohr | ||
| Number of lines | 2 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Operator(s) | Actv | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | None, central guide rail | ||
| Electrification | 750 V DC Overhead line | ||
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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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- 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 edit
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.
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