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Actv
Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano
Venice Public Transport Company
Page 1: Vaporetti
This is one of a series of pages devoted to postcards and photographs of Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (Actv), who run public transport in Venice. This page covers the famous vaporetti. A vaporetto is technically a small steamer, and although all have been motor vessels for many years, the name has been retained. Each vaporetto has an Actv fleet number on the port bow and starboard stern quarter, plus a Venice licence (VE) number on the starboard bow and port stern quarter. Vessels are listed below in Actv number order, but for some images I only have the VE number, these are listed at the bottom of each section. I am trying to discover the Actv fleet numbers for these images. Three main types of vaporetto are in general service,
Serie "80"
,
Serie "90"
and
Serie "100"
. Some earlier boats in the 66-73 number series still exist, but I believe they are mainly kept as reserves.
The waterborne fleet of Actv is composed of about 152 craft and approximately a hundred pontoon boarding points. In detail, the types of craft in the fleet are vaporetti (larger water buses - 58 units), motoscafi (smaller water buses - 49 units), motoscafi ad agente unico (single-agent water buses - 10 units), motobattelli foranei (offshore motor-boats - 15 units), motonavi (foot-passenger ferries for carrying large numbers of passengers - 13 units) and navi traghetto (car ferries for vehicle transportation - 7 units).
There is a beautiful book on Venetian boats:-
Vaporetti - Un secolo di trasporto pubblico nella laguna di Venezia
: Gilberto Penzo - Libreria Editrice, 2004
Sections on this Page:-
Serie 66-73
(Built: 1955)
Serie "80"
(Built: 1974-1988)
Serie "90"
(Built 1999-2000)
Serie "100"
(Built 2004)
Venice Pages:-
Actv - Page 1: Vaporetti
- large motor buses
- this page
Actv - Page 2: Motonavi
- large passenger ferries
Actv - Page 3: Navi Traghetto
- car ferries
Actv - Page 4: Motoscafi
- small motor buses
Alilaguna
- Marco Polo Airport services
ACTV Translohr Trams
Associated Pages:-
www.actv.it
- Actv home page
www.alilaguna.it
- Alilaguna home page
www.veniceboats.com/it-flotta-vaporetti.htm
- Gilberto Penzo website on Venetian ships & boats
www.veniceboats.com/it-modelli-vaporetti.htm
- Gilberto Penzo models of vaporetti
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References:-
Vaporetti - Un secolo di trasporto pubblico nella laguna di Venezia
: Gilberto Penzo - Libreria Editrice, 2004
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Actv
Page 1: Vaporetti
Series 66-73 (1955)
These boats were built in 1955, and only Actv 66 survived in 2007, having been resurveyed in April 2007. 70 was removed from the Italian register in 2004, 72 in 2005, and 69 was sold for scrap in December 2006. Other vessels in the series were withdrawn earlier.
Actv 66
(VE 1870 - Built: 1955)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Series "80"
(Built: 1974-1990)
Actv built the Series 80 from 1974 to 1988. Numbers and build dates were:- 80-87 (1974), 88-91 (1977), 92-97 (1980), 98-99 & 1-19 (1983-1988). They are 22.95 metres long, carry 219-229 passengers, and were built by four different builders, Morini, Vittoria, Lucchese and De Poli over 15 years.
Actv 80
(VE 7525 - Built: 1974)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st March 2007
Actv 81
(VE 7533 - Built: 1974)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Actv 82
(VE 7555 - Built: 1974)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st March 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Actv 83
(VE 7556 - Built: 1974)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 7th April 2007
Actv 84
(VE 7540 - Built: 1974)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Actv 85
(VE 7541 - Built: 1974)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Actv 86
(VE 7547 - Built: 1974)
No image available yet
Actv 87
(VE 7548 - Built: 1974)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st March 2007
Actv 88
(VE 7681 - Built: 1977)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st March 2007
Actv 89
(VE 7682 - Built:1977)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Actv 90
(VE 7687 - Built: 1977)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th April 2007
Actv 91
(VE 7688 - Built: 1977)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Actv 92
(VE 7817 - Built: 1980)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Actv 93
(VE 7818 - Built: 1980)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 7th April 2007
Actv 94
(VE 7821 - Built: 1980)
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th August 2006