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Getting from Naples to Venice Sept. 3

Posted by (St. Louis metro area) on

I have been watching for train schedules for that date for a couple of weeks, and am encountering 9 or 10-hour trips. This contrasts with 5 hrs. 48 mins. available for tomorrow and most of the summer.

I know I'm being too nervous about this, but do those of you with more experience think that some better train options will become available closer to that date? There must be work on one or more segments of that trip.

Looking at alternatives, none are good. The bus trip would be just as long. Even going to Rome the night before would still result in a long trip the next day. Is there a more round-about route that would bypass the detour? Will one of the train companies likely offer a bus replacement?

I've bought a ticket for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice for 3 pm on the 3rd, thinking that would be plenty of time for someone like me who wants to get out the door on the first possible train. I would hate to miss that museum, which I did not have time for on my first trip to Venice.

Posted by
187 posts

some better train options will become available closer to that date?

Nobody knows. Since there are many different railway works this summer, you should wait up to the first week of August.

On the other hand, there is a Ryanair flight that leaves from Naples airport at 8:10 AM

Posted by
228 posts

That's what I figured, Marco, but I thought I would ask if anyone had any specific knowledge.

As a last resort, I could fly, but since I already have six (!) internal flights during my 58 days in Europe this summer/fall, I was certainly hoping to avoid another.

Posted by
187 posts

Therefore we must assume that for whatever reason,

We don't need to assume, RFI has published the works calendar per Region. Passengers going from Naples to Venice will be impacted by different works in different months.

And I wonder whether they are under any obligations to run replacement buses for trains they never advertised.

Trenitalia has the obligation to run the trains you can see on their site, many are flagged as "currently not available" if you put September 2 as day of travel. If the works will last less than expected they will add more trains.

Imho Downloading and translating the all "quadro orari" in pdf is a monumental waste of time: first, they drafted it before December 2025. I.e. before "that orange guy" decided he knew geography better than Obama. Second because you can easily see & download on the RFI website only the updated "quadro orari" of the departure station you are interested in.

Posted by
228 posts

Thanks to all for the replies. I am making alternate plans. Since my trip is already far too intense with flights, I will make a trek to Florence from 3:31 pm to 10 pm on the 2nd, stay overnight there, and leave at 7:46 the next morning to arrive in Venice at 12:07 pm. Fortunately I've been to Florence before and know a place to stay very near the train station. Considering everything, I prefer this to the flight alternative and the alternative of taking all of a sightseeing day to make this trip. I fizzle out in late afternoon anyway, so this plan disrupts my sightseeing the least.

Posted by
2153 posts

On September 3rd and 4th a 6 hours closure of the rail lines under the infamous Ponte al Pino in Florence is planned, but details are still to be announced. So maybe there could be space for some long distance trains still to be announced, but do not count on it.

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