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vaporetto
The vaporetto is a Venetian public waterbus dedicated to scheduled services in the historic centre of Venice.
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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- Terminology
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- See also
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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)