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Railways & Train Travel in Italy

All you need to know about trains running in (or to and from) Rome.

Italy's train service is run by Trenitalia, part of the Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato.

Trenitalia information  Tel: 892 021
Buy tickets by telephone Tel: 991 661 771
Book online (plus route and timetable search) Website
Eurostar information Website
Disabled passenger helpline Tel: 199 303 060

The Trenitalia website also gives access to services, such as hotel reservations, car hire reservations and ordering a taxi or a station porter for luggage assistance.

Information booklets with train times and destinations for local or longer trips are available in the stations and some tourist offices.

Trenitalia has a number of different trains:

  • Local trains: for regional transport
  • National trains: local connections to Italy's towns and cities with the Intercity (IC) trains, night connections along the country's main axes with the night trains, and fast connections with Eurostar Italia Trains (ES). 
  • The high speed train, Eurostar, links Rome to Naples and runs between Milan and Turin. 
    • More information is provided on the website: Click here 
  • International trains: the Eurocity network provides 28 trains connecting Italy to France, Belgium, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Day or night travel in Europe can take place on the Eurocity and Euronight trains.
Services for Disabled Passengers

Trenitalia provides specific services for disabled passengers, including those who are wheelchair-bound, mobility impaired and sight impaired.

  • Comprehensive information in English is available on the website: Click here
  • Italy-wide helpline for disabled passengers
    Tel: 199 303 060 (open 07:00-21:00 daily except public holidays)
  • 255 stations have Assistance Centres (C.A.D) to help disabled passengers

Italian residents who receive a mobility allowance are entitled to discount travel with a Carte Blu. This is also available to people with a temporary mobility problem. Special concessions and facilities exists for blind passengers and the person accompanying them.

Two equipped places are reserved for wheelchair passengers on the medium and long-distance trains. Extra help and assistance to get on and off may be provided on the trains marked with a special sign and help on departure and arrival can be organised. 

Business Passengers

Trenitalia provides specific services to passengers travelling for business:

  • Eurostar Club: access to waiting rooms equipped with computers, photocopiers and fax machines
  • Corporate Travel: discounts and deferred payments to company bookings
  • Carriage rental: booking trains for private use, work trips and meetings

Discount travel

  • Groups of at least six people travelling by train may benefit from specific reductions.
  • Families of three (two adults and one child under 12) parents pay full fare but the child free when they travel together
    • Information on promotions, week-end offers and season tickets: Click here 
Other services
  • Bicycles: Several international trains have dedicated wagons or spaces allowing passengers to travel with their bicycles: Click here
  • Cars: Passengers may travel with their car using the Auto al Seguito (Car on Board) service: Click here
  • Motorbikes & scooters: Passengers may travel with their motorbike or scooter: Click here
  • Train times & delays: To receive information via SMS on train traffic and times, subscribe to a service via telephone (Tel: 482021): Click here
  • Strikes: Forewarning of scheduled strikes: Click here
Rome Train Stations
  • Termini Central Station 
    At
    : Piazza Cinquecento
    Principle National Lines 
    Tel: 06 47301
  • Ostiense: Piazza Partigiani
    Lines for Viterbo, Formia-Naples, Nettuno
  • San Pietro: Via Stazione S. Pietro
    Lines for La Storta-Viterbo
  • Tiburtina: circonv. Nomentana
    Lines for Foligno, Ancona, Florence, Bologna, Formia, Naples, Avezzano, Pescara, Nettuno, Velletri, Viterbo
  • Trastevere: Piazzale Biondo
    Lines for Pisa-Genova, Nettuno, Viterbo
  • Tuscolana: Via Mestre
    Lines for Formia-Naples, Nettuno
  • Flaminio: Piazzale Flaminio
    Lines for Civitacastellana, Viterbo
  • Roma Laziali: Via Giolitti
    Lines for Pantano Borghese
  • Porta San Paolo
    Lines for Ostia-Lido
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