How to travel by train in Italy in 2024 🇮🇹🚅

How to travel in Italy via train. And what not to do. I take you through using the Frecciarossa high-speed train and how to buy tickets so you can get from Milan to Rome or Venice and Florence.

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[GregorBrown]

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[StephenSmith-geqf]

Don't forget that for local trains or non high speed trains, you will need to "convalidare" your paper ticket in the little yellow or green machine before boarding the train.

[davideluchetti]

As an Italian living in Rome and using pretty often high speed trains, I can tell you this review is 100% accurate. Well done

[daanvaneck]

An addition I'd like to make when it comes to checking your platform: Big train stations will have platforms numbered for example 1 to 15, BUT in addition they can have platforms 1 OVEST, 2 OVEST etc. or 1 EST, 2 EST etc., which means 1 WEST or 1 EAST and these are completely separate platforms to platform 1. This is something I personally fell for once, but never again :)

[ihrngdq]

Some touristic places give you a discount if you show to be arrived by train. It’s to promote sustainable tourism.

[roxannef]

Great thorough video!! I'm going for the first time in two months and I'm probably 4 times as wide as you, and you walking it thru step by step makes me more confident I can do it without getting on the wrong train

[wallyhighsmith]

Straight to the point and no thanks for the great advice.

[codeTRIPB-TRIP]

Thanks for the recommendation! I feel like traveling via train is the best way to travel he doesn't need to waste time at the airport and doesn't miss any beautiful scenery along the way！！！

[PassioneSuRotaie]

as an Italian, I immediately understood that station Of the introduction was Santa Maria Novella in Florence...
I hope you are happy that you visited our homeland and we all will be❤️🇮🇹...

[mkrnp]

Rode Italian trains in Sicily and from Rome to Bologna and back. WONDERFUL experience. No issues. Bought the tickets from the person behind the desk, not the machines, as it was my first time.

[Taetaeyea]

Thank you for this really helpful video. I'm not very experienced at public transport in my own country let alone one where English is not the primary language. Your video has made me feel much less anxious about train travel in Italy.

[TarrelScot]

The Italians have so much style. That Freciarossa 1000 looked like a Gaggia coffee machine!

[giacomopeters]

Ciao! I rode my first European train in 1974, traveling from Salzburg where I was studying, to various destinations. It was easy back then and even easier today. In Italy, the trains run from city centers, with stops in between, to city centers. Check the frequency from your departure to your destination online, arrive at least 20 minutes before, go to a vending machine, select your preferred language, buy a ticket, for local travel validate it in a tiny box that stamps the time etc on it, and go to the platform and get on or wait till it arrives. Trains move fast. It may depart in a couple minutes. It will be comfortable safe traveling. Renting a car is silly if staying in Italy unless you cannot walk or plan on staying at a resort not in the city. I have been all over the world, Europe and Italy. Traveling by train and day excursions are comfortable and fun.

[sha.elaine]

Super informative. No extra irritating talk either!

[shellybrazil]

Thanks so much, great tips. Were traveling by train throughout Italy this summer.

[xtransam]

Great video, loved the clear and direct information, thanks looking forward for the next

[ROLLMEAWAY]

WOW- this is the best, clearest teaching video I have seen on trains in Italy!

[ihrngdq]

Info for disabled passengers: is possibile to ask in advance to be helped (if you are blind or use a wheelchair). Bigger stations have a place called Sala Blu (blue room) where disabled passengers could be assisted. Ask to Trenitalia!

[karaokeitaliano]

Nice informative video, from an Italian standpoint you nailed every point!

[lesf]

Great video Gregor. Very informative and well crafted.