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Venice Land Bus & Tram Fares: Mestre, Marghera, Lido di Venezia, & Chioggia

ACTV land buses and trams are a cheap and convenient way to travel in Venice's mainland districts and on the beach-resort island of Lido di Venezia. They also connect Mestre and Marghera with Venice's historic center.

ABOVE: An ACTV public bus and streetcar await passengers in Venice's Piazzale Roma.

By Durant Imboden

Venice is famous for its vaporetto water buses, but it also has plenty of wheeled public transportation. Land bus routes crisscross Mestre and Marghera (the two mainland districts that make up most of the city's population), while other wheeled buses and trams connect the mainland to Venice's historic center.

Land buses and trams to Venice are popular with visitors who stay on the car-friendly mainland, where parking is easier and hotel rates are lower than in the centro storico.

Other visitors stay on the Lido di Venezia (Venice's island beach resort) or in Chioggia, an historic small city and seaside resort at the southern end of the Venetian Lagoon.

In the table below, you'll find fares for land buses, streetcars, and the People Mover automated tram. These are operated by ACTV, Venice's public transportation network.

Note: For transit fares within Venice's car-free historic center, see our article on Venice vaporetto fares and tickets.

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Durant Imboden has written about Venice, Italy since 1996. He covered Venice and European travel at About.com for 4-1/2 years before launching Europe for Visitors (including Venice for Visitors) with Cheryl Imboden in 2001.

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