Naples Train Station - Checking Luggage

When you say "checking luggage" do you mean like you do on an airplane? As in you give them the luggage and then pick it up at your destination?

Or do you mean "leaving luggage" for pickup later?

If the first, there is none. You are responsble for your luggage on the train.

As for the second, no recent experience.

As always (The man in) Seat 61 site is wealth of information about stations and trains: "There's a left luggage office if you need to leave your bags, on the far side of the concourse at the platform 4 end, follow the signs for Deposito bagagli. It's privately run by KiPoint/KiBag."
https://www.seat61.com/stations/naples-centrale.htm

KiPoint has essentially taken over the "left luggage" inside the Italian train stations across Italy. From the photos is looks like it is a manned desk rather than just a locker reserve and store option.
https://www.napolicentrale.it/stores/kipoint

There are also options outside the train station if you are interested in pursuing those.

And you didn't ask but... the best sfogliatelle in the world is 5 minutes from the Naples train station. Sfogliatelle Attanasio under the at Sfogliatelle Calde sign at Vico Ferrovia, 1-2-3-4. Walk over, show up, grab a number right away and wait your turn.
So worth it.

Have a great trip,
=Tod

There are no lockers inside Italian train stations and there will never be, all left luggage facilities are manned. In practice, dropping and claiming your luggage takes time.

There are lockers outside train stations, such services are offered by private companies like "Stow your bags". You can google it in a second.

Yes, as I mentioned in my original post, it is clear from the internet that there are indeed a number of options. I asked whether anyone had recent experience, and what options people recommend, based on that experience.

We used the KiPoint desk at Napoli Centrale earlier this year and it was straightforward enough. As others have said, it is a manned counter rather than lockers — follow the signs for 'Deposito bagagli' towards the platform 4 end. A couple of practical tips from our visit: allow extra time at both ends, because there is often a queue at busy times and everything is done by hand; keep your passport and anything valuable with you rather than in the bags; and the pricing is per bag per block of time, so it adds up if you are leaving several bags all day. If you are staying anywhere in the city, by the way, most hotels will hold your bags for free after checkout, which can be the simpler option.

It's been a few years since I've needed to store bags away from a hotel, and that happened in England rather than Italy. On that occasion I used one of the third-party websites like Nanny Bag to book a storage spot in a retail establishment. There are often options for storage in hotels or even cafes as well. Costs have been increasing in recent years. The per-day cost advertised may not include mandatory add-ons you'll only discover as you click through the website. I ran into a daily insurance charge of about 1 GBP, and I believe now service or reservation fees are becoming a thing. It's annoying to run into unavoidable costs like that; they should be included in the price of the service.

On my most recent trip I saw some privately-owned, purpose-built lockers set up near train stations (one set of which was in Domodossola, Italy). I don't remember the cost, but I remember thinking it was very expensive--enough so that it would be a factor (for me) in deciding whether to stop in transit to see a small town or make a day trip there.

My quibbles about pricing don't negate the fact that luggage-storage facilities are a really useful service. Personally, I don't worry about using any storage option that is convenient; however, I remove critical electronic gear and prescription medications from my luggage before storing it anywhere. In addition, I don't travel with valuable jewelry or fancy clothes (and one look at my suitcase would discourage a potential thief).

Thanks! This is helpful. We would normally drop luggage at the hotel, but since we are coming down from Florence and want to head on to Pompeii after arriving in Naples, we realized we could maximize time in pompeii by checking luggage in the train station.

I've read here that there is luggage storage at Pompeii (I think free), but I haven't used it.

Yes, I saw that but I also saw that it is more for people carrying larger than permitted items instead of a proper luggage storage facility, and I decided that theres no reason not to just store at Naples when we switch trains, since its clear that Naples has services for that.