We are planning to travel to Herculaneum from Naples by train. Rick Steves' book notes that there are trains every 20 minutes from Naples. When I go to the EAV website, I see the Campania express trains stopping in Ercolano about 4x/day and the Circumvesiuvian only 4 x/day more. However, I have seen a different train that travels from Naples to Poggiomarino that does seem to be every 20 minutes. Are these the Circumvesuvian trains or something different?
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Wyckoff, NJ, USA
8699 posts
The Circumvesuviana line that runs from Naples to Sorrento (there are other lines) runs on about 20-30 minute headways, with no reservations and no seat assignments. You're lucky if you get a seat and if the train is on time! This is a hot, gritty, commuter train, but it's very cheap, and does the job well enough.
Note that it's a 12-15 minute downhill walk to Ercolano Scavi, the ancient city excavation. Unlike Pompeii, there is no food inside Herculaneum, and you cannot exit and re-enter. There's also the issue of "slow food."
https://www.visitpompeiivesuvius.com/en/naples-to-sorrento-train-schedule
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
9227 posts
Circumvesuviana schedule
It appears that not all trains stop at Ercolano
https://www.positano.com/en/naples-to-sorrento-train-schedule?timetable_route=sorrento_napoli
As far as I know that is the only train along that route
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Trenitalia trains go from Napoli Centrale to Portici-Ercolano. You can walk from there to Herculaneum. This train line runs more frequently than the Circumvesuviana. It is about a 1 mile walk from Portici-Ercolano to the Archaeological Park.
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OP
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Thanks for the responses!