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vaporetto
Sign in to saveThe vaporetto is a Venetian public waterbus dedicated to scheduled services in the historic centre of Venice.
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Within Vinony's link graph, vaporetto is referenced by 235 other articles, and connects out to Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano, Venice and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Public transport in Italy, Water taxis and water buses and Water transport in Venice.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ship.infobox_caption
- Vaporetto
- Ship/image.image
- ACTV 31 at Fondaco dei Tedeschi.jpg
- Ship/image.image_caption
- A series 100 Vaporetto at Fondaco dei Tedeschi on the Grand Canal
- Ship/class_overview.operators
- Actv
- Ship/characteristics.type
- Series 90
- Ship/characteristics.displacement
- 25 tons
- Ship/characteristics.power
- 147 kW
- Ship/characteristics.capacity
- 210 passengers
- Ship/characteristics.crew
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Routes
- See also
- References
- External links
The vaporetto is a Venetian public waterbus dedicated to scheduled services in the historic centre of Venice.
==Terminology== Strictly speaking, the term Vaporetti applies only to the large wide boats used on the slow routes such as 1 and 2 on the Grand Canal. (ACTV) operates the following types of vessel in Venice and the Veneto: Vaporetti (larger water buses with capacity for 210-220 passengers) Motoscafi (smaller water buses with capacity for 154 passengers) Motoscafi ad agente unico (single-agent water buses with capacity for 19 passengers) Motobattelli Foranei (offshore motor boats with capacity for 330 passengers) Motonavi (Foot-passenger ferries with capacity for 1,200 passengers) Navi Traghetto (car ferries with capacity for 71 vehicles and 1,250 passengers)
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