Vaporetto Line 2 Venice: Route, Stops & Timetable

Vaporetto Line 2: route, stops and tickets

Vaporetto Line 2 links Venice’s Grand Canal with Tronchetto, the Giudecca Canal, Giudecca and San Giorgio Maggiore. It is useful for faster trips between Ferrovia and Rialto, and for reaching islands that Line 1 does not serve. Selected daytime boats continue along the Grand Canal to San Marco Giardinetti, but that extension does not run all day.

The first decision is your direction and destination. From the railway station, a Line 2 boat towards Rialto follows the Grand Canal; a boat towards Tronchetto and Giudecca takes a different route to San Marco–San Zaccaria. Check the destination display before boarding.

Route and timetable details below were checked on 4 November 2026 against ACTV’s timetable in force from 2 November 2026. For your travel date, consult the official ACTV timetables and service notices.

Line 2 route and stops

When the full daytime route is operating, the stops in the direction from San Zaccaria to San Marco Giardinetti are:

1. San Marco–San Zaccaria
2. San Giorgio
3. Zitelle
4. Redentore
5. Giudecca Palanca
6. Zattere
7. San Basilio
8. Sacca Fisola
9. Tronchetto
10. Tronchetto Mercato
11. Piazzale Roma
12. Ferrovia, for Venezia Santa Lucia railway station
13. San Marcuola–Casinò
14. Rialto
15. San Tomà
16. San Samuele
17. Accademia
18. San Marco Giardinetti

Boats also run in the opposite direction. This is the full route, not a promise that every departure calls at every stop: early and late services have shorter routes, and San Marcuola is not served by every journey. Read the column for your departure in the official Line 2 timetable PDF.

For a network overview and individual pier plans, open ACTV’s official maps (operator page in Italian). Use the dated timetable for the stopping pattern of your departure.

San Marco Giardinetti and San Zaccaria are different stops

Both stops give access to St Mark’s Square, but they are at different ends of the Line 2 route. Giardinetti is the Grand Canal end; San Zaccaria is the end reached via Giudecca and San Giorgio. A boat displaying “San Zaccaria” from Ferrovia does not take the same route as one displaying “San Marco Giardinetti”.

Tip: For a Grand Canal trip to St Mark’s, check that your boat continues beyond Rialto to San Marco Giardinetti. If it terminates at Rialto, choose another service or plan a transfer.

Where to board and how long journeys take

The November 2026 timetable identifies these useful departure platforms. Check the signs on arrival, because temporary changes can override the printed timetable.

• Ferrovia B: towards Rialto and, on the relevant daytime departures, San Marco Giardinetti.
• Ferrovia A: towards Piazzale Roma, Tronchetto, Giudecca and San Zaccaria.
• Piazzale Roma F: towards Ferrovia and Rialto; G: towards Tronchetto and Giudecca.
• Rialto D: towards San Marco Giardinetti when that section is running; C: towards Ferrovia and Piazzale Roma.
• San Marco–San Zaccaria B: towards San Giorgio and Giudecca.
• San Marco Giardinetti A: towards Accademia, Rialto and Ferrovia.

These examples are scheduled daytime journey times from the current Line 2 PDF. They exclude waiting, queues and the walk to your destination.

For cruise travel, use the berth and transfer instructions supplied by your cruise operator. The presence of a stop called San Basilio does not establish where your ship docks or whether Line 2 is the right transfer.

Line 2 timetable: daytime, evening and shorter services

Much of the daytime service runs at 12-minute intervals, with 20-minute patterns on parts of the early-morning and late-evening service. The operating span depends on the stop and direction; there is no single first or last boat for the whole route.

In the opposite direction, the current timetable shows Line 2 arrivals at San Marco Giardinetti from 09:51 to 17:03. Outside the extension’s operating hours, check Line 1 for a Grand Canal journey beyond Rialto. Footnotes also matter: some evening boats continue from Piazzale Roma as Line 1, while some departures towards Giudecca arrive there from a Line 1 service.

For travel later at night, check the separate N night service in the official timetable list. Do not assume that Line 2, Line 1 and N share the same stops or hours.

Complete Line 2 timetable: all stops and departures

Effective 2 November 2026; checked 4 November 2026 against the official ACTV Line 2 timetable. All published journeys are listed below, with the operator’s recurring daytime and evening patterns written out as full times.

Read down a column to follow one boat. Journey numbers are labels for these tables, not ACTV service numbers. Times use the 24-hour clock; (+1) means after midnight on the following day. A dash means that the timetable gives no Line 2 call at that stop for that journey. The tables retain the shorter journeys and the limited Giardinetti extension; do not assume every boat runs end to end.

• (A): On arrival at Piazzale Roma, the boat continues as Line 1 via the Grand Canal. Further Line 1 times are not part of this Line 2 timetable.
• (B): At Piazzale Roma, the boat arrives from a Line 1 service and continues as Line 2.

San Zaccaria → Giudecca → Rialto → San Marco Giardinetti

San Marco Giardinetti → Rialto → Giudecca → San Zaccaria

Line 2 and Line 2/ are not the same service

Line 2/, shown as “2b” in ACTV’s timetable filename, is the shorter Piazzale Roma–Ferrovia–Rialto service. The published timetable in force from 14 September 2026 contains morning and late-afternoon departures. It does not continue to Giudecca or San Marco Giardinetti. Check the Line 2/ timetable if you are travelling only between those three stops.

Complete Line 2/ timetable

This is the separate Piazzale Roma–Ferrovia–Rialto shuttle, effective 14 September 2026, checked 4 November 2026 against the official Line 2/ PDF. All morning and afternoon departures are included. Read each column downwards to follow one boat.

Line 2/: Piazzale Roma → Ferrovia → Rialto

Line 2/: Rialto → Ferrovia → Piazzale Roma

Line 2 tickets, prices and validation

Line 2 uses ordinary ACTV tickets; there is no separate express surcharge. These standard visitor fares were checked against ACTV’s official fare list on 4 November 2026.

The 75-minute ticket permits changes within its validity, and must cover the whole journey. Daily and multi-day tickets allow unlimited travel on the included networks during their validity. They exclude Alilaguna, ACTV routes 16 and 19, and the Casinò service. Standard passes also exclude Marco Polo airport journeys; ACTV sells a separate airport-bus supplement. Line 2 itself does not serve the airport.

At these prices, a €25 daily pass costs less than three separate €9.50 tickets. Count separate ticket purchases, rather than individual boats: a transfer within one valid 75-minute ticket does not automatically require another ticket. See our ACTV pass guide for help choosing.

Buy and validate before boarding

1. Buy from a Venezia Unica ticket office, authorised retailer, ticket machine, official online channel or the AVM Venezia Official App.
2. Validate your ticket or pass before entering the waterbus boarding area, and again whenever you change boats. Check that the validator confirms success.
3. For an app ticket, activate it at least three minutes before boarding and follow the QR-code validation instructions.
4. If paying directly with a contactless bank card or device, tap in for each boarding and use the same card or device for subsequent journeys. Under the current EMV rules, waterbus services do not require tap-out.

Read the official contactless payment conditions before relying on bank-card payment. Our guide to buying and validating Venice transport tickets explains the different purchase methods.

Children, luggage and accessibility

• Children under six travel free on Venice’s urban services. A child who has turned six is outside that age exemption.
• AVM’s current conditions allow three baggage items per passenger free of charge, each within 150 cm when length, width and height are added together. Larger items are not permitted; extra items are subject to the published conditions. Keep luggage off seats and out of passageways.
• Use the designated wheelchair spaces and ask the crew about boarding assistance. Check your specific stops and needs with ACTV before travelling; access should not be assumed from the line number alone.

For the full rules, see AVM’s General Conditions of Transport and accessible mobility information.

Line 2 or Line 1: which should you take?

• Choose Line 2 for Ferrovia–Rialto transfers: it makes fewer Grand Canal stops than Line 1. Check whether your departure continues beyond Rialto.
• Choose Line 2 for San Giorgio and Giudecca: these are on its route via the Giudecca Canal, rather than Line 1’s Grand Canal route.
• Choose Line 1 for more Grand Canal stops: it is useful when your destination is not served by Line 2, or when the Line 2 extension to Giardinetti is not operating.

Line 2 can be busy too; it is not a guaranteed way to avoid queues or get an outdoor seat. Compare the route with our Vaporetto Line 1 guide, then check the current ACTV departure for your stop.

What to see along Line 2

• Rialto: get off for the Rialto Bridge and surrounding streets.
• Accademia: use the daytime Grand Canal extension for Dorsoduro. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection’s visitor information recommends Accademia as its Line 2 stop.
• Zattere: a useful stop for Dorsoduro’s waterfront on the Giudecca Canal side.
• Giudecca: Palanca, Redentore and Zitelle serve different parts of the island; choose the stop nearest your destination.
• San Giorgio: get off on San Giorgio Maggiore, across the basin from St Mark’s.
• St Mark’s Square: use Giardinetti on the daytime Grand Canal extension, or San Zaccaria when arriving via Giudecca and San Giorgio.

Let passengers disembark first, follow the crew’s directions and keep doors and boarding areas clear. Check the return departure before leaving the boat, especially if you plan to stay out beyond the Giardinetti extension’s operating hours.