I will be flying into Rome in May and heading to Sorrento. I know I have to take the Leonardo Express train from the airport to the main Naples train station. I am considering the Campania Express Train if the timing works out for us. Here are my questions:
1. I'm looking at the current posted timetable from Naples train station to Sorrento @ https://www.eavsrl.it/web/content/campania-express-2018-it. Can you please help me understand what the numbers and letters at the top of the chart mean (e.g., 1021, 1031, 1037 etc and also "TO" and "P"? I couldn't find a key to explain.
2. What is the name of the station that the Leonardo Express drops us at? Is it Naples Centrale? Do I need to walk over from the main station I get dropped at (whatever that is called) to Naples Garibaldi station? If so, is that close and will it be easy to locate?
Any input would be much appreciated to spare my confusion upon arrival. Thanks in advance.
Posted by
Green Bay
21274 posts
Your mistaken about the Leonardo Express. It goes direct to Roma Termini. There you will have to get a Freccia train to Naples. Then you get the Campania Express, or a regular train.
The numbers are just the train numbers. "A" and "P" are arriva and partenza, Italian for arrival time and departure time. Looks very straight forward to me.
You arrive from Rome at Napoli Centrale, then just follow the signs to Napoli Garibaldi, it is virtually a part of Napoli Centrale.
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🏝️ Hobe Sound, FL⛱️
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The Leonardo Express goes from FCO to Termini Station in Rome. It does not go to Naples. You must then take a train from Termini to Napoli Centrale. Next you walk to the nearby Garabaldi Station to take the Circumvesuviana or the Compania Express to Sorrento. The A and P is not a supermarket but when the train arrives and departs the station. The four digit numbers are the train identification numbers.
Take a look at an online map to see where the stations are. It’s only about a 5 minute easy walk from one to the other. For timetables from FCO to Napoli Centrale here’s a link to the TrenItalia website. Enter Fiumicino for departure, Napoli Centrale for destination.
Posted by
OP
Oregon, USA
115 posts
Yes, that is what I meant sorry.
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OP
Oregon, USA
115 posts
Ok, great. Thanks for the clarification on the timetable. So it does come from Rome into "Naples Centrale". I'll research the location of the 2 stations on a map like you suggested. Thank you.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16895 posts
The numbers at the top of the Campania Express schedule are train numbers but you may not need them for anything. Almost every departure makes the full route between Naples and Sorrento. A is for Arrival time and P is for (De)Parting time at each stop. They appear to run the same schedule every day of the week.
The Leonardo Express train goes to Roma Termini station (among others, about 45 minutes), where you can switch to a faster, reserved train to Napoli Centrale (2 hours). Seat reservations are included whenever you buy the fast-train ticket, but there's no deadline to buy it and it's not likely to fill up.
There is a Fiumicino Express bus, that may be what you intended to take, which stops near Napoli Garibaldi station: http://www.fiumicinoexpress.com/orari-partenze/?lang=en. Garibaldi station is basically just the name for the lower level of Napoli Centrale station.
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we're taking campania express from sorrento to naples in september(on way to rome)-can we store luggage at garibaldi/centrale in naples so we can see a few sites before moving on to rome? any help would be appreciated! dave
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Minnesota 🎒
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Left luggage service at Napoli Centrale:
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Where is the best place to buy a ticket to travel on the Campania Express from Naples Centrale to Serrento?
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Traveling from Sorrento on the Campania Express, I would like to get off in Pompeii, Hurculeum, then Naples, all in the same day. Do I buy a one way ticket from Sorrento to Naples or do I have to buy 3 separate tickets: Sorrento to Pompeii, Pompeii to Hurculeum and Hurculeum to Naples?
Posted by
California
1625 posts
To get tickets for the Campania Express you go down to the Garibali station and there is a special window to buy your Campania train tickets by the platform entrance. We bought our tickets about 15 min before departure. We were told were to wait and a small group formed. Two uniformed girls showed up and took us down to the platform and accompanied us on the train, there was about 12 of us on this huge train. . On the way to Sorrento we made a few stops, people tried to get on the train but were denied if they did not have a Campania ticket. In Pompeii is when the train filled up.
In Naples we stored our luggage (located in Napoli train station.) There is a tourist information office (TI) that had the Campania schedule so we knew how much time we had in Napels. Our only goal was to have Pizza. I will say that the Napoli train station had a different vibe from any station I have been to in Italy. I felt like i really needed to ny hyper vigilent with my purse and there was some sketch people hanging around the station.