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Catelnuovo di Garfagnana

Hello! I need some suggestions, please. :-)

I will be traveling from Catelnuovo di Garfagnana to Cinque Terre (CT) in late September 2015. I already have a place reserved in Vernazza. I know I will be taking a train from Catelnuovo di Garfagnana to CT on Sept 25th. As if this writing I'm not familiar with what train stations or what train company I will be utilizing. Side note... I'm open to input. ;-)

However, there is a friend that will need to meet me somewhere in a main town with a train (as they will be coming from Milan on the very same day) as I'm on my way from Catelnuovo di Garfagnana to CT. I'm thinking it would be easier for both of us to meet somewhere half way at a main train station and then head on into CT together. Rather than trying to find each other in CT. The fewer travel challenges for my friend, the better. ;-)

Any suggestions on towns / train stations this would be possible?

Thank you!

Posted by
1817 posts

I believe the best route is Castelnuovo to Aulla and change for La Spezia and the CT. The best route from Milan will come down from Genoa so it makes sense to just meet at your Cinque Terre village.

Posted by
1961 posts

I believe the trains from Milan and from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana arrive in Vernazza from opposite directions, so there is no halfway point to meet. One of you will have to go out of your way.

The simplest solution is to meet at the station in Monterosso. For you that means riding one extra stop (past Vernazza). Your friend will need to change trains in Monterosso to a local train that stops in Vernazza, so you could meet on the platform there.

A great site where you can visualize all of this is http://www.rome2rio.com/. Just enter the "from" and "to" locations, and it will show you the route and the places where you will need to change trains. (Note that you will have to change trains twice, once at Aulla Lunigiana and once at La Spezia.)