Trenitalia

The main stations covered by Trenitalia’s route map include

• Florence Santa Maria Novella
• Torino Porta Nuova
• Pisa Central
• Milano Centrale
• Genova Piazza Principe
• Florence Campo di Marte
• Policoro Tursi
• La Spezia Centrale
• Treviso Centrale
• Rimini
• Vicenza
• Sarzana
• Mantova
• Milan Lambrate
• Calenzano
• Bassano del Grappa
• Marseille Saint Charles
• Senigallia
• Rosarno
• Catania Ognina
• Verona Porta Nuova
• Empoli
• Grosseto
• Termini Imerese
• Villa San Giovanni
• Pesaro
• Genova Sampierdarena
• Savona
• Naples Piazza Cavour
• Perugia
• San Dona di Piave
• Brindisi
• Vercelli
• Rome Quattro Venti
• Messina Centrale
• Pistoia
• Forli
• Cesenatico
• Pavia
• Rome Ciampino Airport
• Rossano Train Station
• Pordenone
• Fiumicino Aeroporto
• Fiorenzuola
• Orte
• Bologna Main
• Canicatti
• Piacenza
• Taranto
• Peschiera del Garda
• Aprilia
• Corigliano Calabro
• Licata
• Milan Porta Garibaldi
• Foligno
• Cremona
• L Aquila
• Trento
• Voghera
• Crotone
• Ventimiglia
• Caltanissetta Centrale
• Palmi
• Ostuni
• Falconara Marittima
• Rome Ostiense
• Chiasso
• Augusta
• Gallarate
• Gela
• Faenza
• Avezzano
• Gare de Lyon
• Loano
• Palermo Roccella
• Como S Giovanni
• Alba Adriatica Nereto Controguerra
• Latina
• Imola
• Trapani
• Genova Cornigliano
• Genova Brignole
• Chiavari
• Torino Porta Susa
• Chambery
• Lyon Perrache
• Vietri sul Mare Amalfi
• Modena
• Conegliano
• Venice Santa Lucia
• Civitavecchia
• Comiso
• Lecce
• Vibo Valentia Pizzo
• Reggio Calabria
• Ancona
• Modica
• Caserta
• Trani
• Macerata
• Aosta
• Rovigo
• Monopoli
• Ivrea
• Chivasso
• Bergamo
• Asti
• Sesto Fiorentino
• Molfetta
• Novara
• Vasto S Salvo
• Aix en Provence TGV
• Serravalle Scrivia
• Genova Voltri
• Assisi
• Finale Ligure Marina
• Gioia del Colle
• Trieste
• Melfi
• Lyon Part Dieu
• Viareggio
• Levico Terme
• Reggio Emilia
• Ancona Stazione
• Caltanissetta Xirbi
• Paola
• Gorizia Centrale
• Cecina
• Salerno
• Rho Fieramilano
• Ispica
• Palazzo Reale Orleans
• Bari Centrale
• Sibari
• Potenza
• Desenzano del Garda Sirmione
• Lecco
• Orvieto
• Ferrara
• Naples Central
• Ascoli Piceno
• Civitanova Marche Montegranaro
• Lamezia Terme Nicastro
• Prato Centrale
• Portogruaro Caorle
• Milazzo
• Campobasso
• Lentini
• Chieti
• Borgo Valsugana Est
• Milan Rogoredo
• Rome Trastevere
• Milan Sesto S Giovanni
• Piombino
• Rome Termini
• Sanremo
• Taormina Giardini
• Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana
• Metaponto
• Foggia
• Giulianova
• Polignano a Mare
• Florence Statuto
• Sulmona
• Montecatini Terme
• Gioia Tauro
• Agrigento Centrale
• Udine
• Varese
• Cassino
• Arezzo
• Ciro
• Montecorvino
• Campoleone
• Pozzallo
• Cosenza
• Padova
• Avignon TGV
• Ragusa
• Isernia
• Monfalcone
• Pompei
• Fiera di Roma
• Riccione
• Agropoli Castellabate
• Castelfranco Veneto
• Catania Central
• Casoria Afragola
• Cittadella
• Genova Nervi
• Sestri Levante
• Naples Afragola
• Lyon Part Dieu
• Acireale
• Avola
• Lamezia Terme Centrale
• Ancona Torrette
• Genova Sestri Ponente
• Battipaglia
• Avellino
• Fossano
• Rosolini
• Termoli
• Cefalu
• Saronno
• Pratignone
• Parma
• Sapri
• Albenga
• Rovereto
• Rome Tiburtina
• Siracusa
• Lucca
• Bressanone Brixen
• Livorno Centrale
• Venice Mestre
• Palermo Central
• Brescia
• Belluno
• Chiusi Chianciano Terme
• Barletta
• Bisceglie

Here are some of the routes offered by Trenitalia which enjoy the greatest popularity with travellers:

• Milan - Turin
• Florence - Pisa
• Pisa - Florence
• Milan - Genoa
• Catania - Taormina
• Milan - Venice
• Rome - Naples
• Milan - Rome
• Rome - Milan
• Venice - Milan

Depending on the length of your trip and your preferences you can choose a first or second class ticket in a sleeper coach for an overnight trip or opt for a hard or soft seat if available. Note that the choice of ticket classes depends both on the route and the length of your trip. Basically, your train may feature first class berths but you will not be able to book one if you are doing just a short two-hour stretch. In general, second class berths are a good choice for longer trips, and soft seats get you covered if your train ride is supposed to take under 4-5 hours.

Pros of Train Travel

• The best thing about railway travel is no traffic jams. Even on rush-hour, long weekends or during the high season
• An easy online booking process – you do not need to go to the railway station, which was the case in many places not so long ago!
• Prices for train tickets are usually more affordable compared to airplane tickets yet for certain destinations and trips the total travel time can be almost the same
• While rail travel is obviously slower than air travel, railway stations are often located in the centre of the city which saves you a sack of time getting to/from there while airports are almost always are quite a long way out of the city
• Travelling by night allows you to save on a hotel room and sleep well at the same time – opposite to a night bus where even the sleeping class is a huge compromise
• On certain routes luxury service is available

Cons of Train Travel

• For longer trips a train ride is definitely more time consuming than air journeys
• Trains do ride on schedule but being out of schedule is not unheard of for train travel – and delays can be huge, so if you are planning a connection to your flight, carefully check the time your train arrives at the station and think twice.
• Cleanliness is sometimes an issue with second and third class tickets, and with toilets, too.
• If your train makes a lot of stops, in some cases it is difficult to figure out when to get off as stops are not always clearly announced or marked with the exception of an electronic screen.