We will be traveling from Riomaggiore and staying one night in Lucca in Sept. The next day we need to get to Rome. We're looking for the quickest train route. Do we have to travel to Florence to get to Rome, or can we get a train for Pisa? Thanks for any help!
Posted by
Italy
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Trenitalia.com displays changes at Pisa and/or Florence. The fastest route is via Florence and takes 3h09. The full fare (BASE) via Florence costs 51.5 Euro per person with reserved seats between Florence and Rome.
There are discounted fares for advance purchases, but they come with restrictions.
Enter Lucca and Roma Termini and let the site show all possible solutions, the third column will tell you total travel time and number of changes. Click "show" next to the little arrow to see where and when you'll have to change.
Between Florence and Rome you could also travel with Italotreno , a private competing company that runs only high speed trains. At www.italotreno.it the full fare is called FLEXI.
Note that they are a different company from Trenitalia. If you buy a discounted, non refundable ticket from Florence to Rome and Trenitalia's Regionale from Lucca is (very) late, you can't pretend anything from Italotreno.
Posted by
Washington DC
28477 posts
It looks as if most trips require a connection in Florence. There are a few with Pisa connections, but the ones I looked at seemed to take a little longer.
Posted by
OP
23 posts
Thanks for the help. This is the info I needed!
Posted by
bedford, indiana
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