Hi!
I'll be arriving in at Rome Fiumicino approx 1:30 PM on Sunday June 28th and would like to train directly to Lucca, Italy, that afternoon.
Any suggestions??
-- and is it easy a to get to the train station from the Rome airport? ( how much time should I leave to get from airport to train station?)
Thank you!!
Very easy, buy a ticket for the Leonardo Express at Fiumicino, validate it, get on the train (leaves every 30 minutes, takes about 30 minutes to get to Roma Termini). Then you cantake the train to Lucca (you can buy that ticket at Fiumicino as well, when you buy the Leonardo Express ticket, use the kiosk if you have a chip & pin card or euro). There are trains to Lucca (with one change, none direct) every hour or so, depending on time of day.
Thank you Zoe ! Seems that I can't find a train from Rome to Lucca tho on that day… Ive been looking on Treinitalia
To check the timetable on Trenitalia look for next Sunday. Regional trains' schedules are loaded weekly for the next 7 days.
There are 2 train departures every hour that you can take until later that evening. The trip is ~4.5hours long in total.
Generally the trip requires 3 trains:
1-Fiumicino Aeroporto-Roma Termini - (Regional train)
2-Roma Termini-Firenze SMN (Florence) - (Freccia high speed train)
3-Firenze SMN-Lucca (Regional train)
A few options are via the coastal route (via Pisa) instead of via Florence.
If you can depart from Fiumicino station at 15:08, there is a Frecciargento to Venice that departs from the airport. That option saves you one train change at Roma Termini because it goes from the airport directly to Florence.
Check the options on Trenitalia for the next Sunday. If you want to buy ahead of time a discounted ticket for the Roma T. To Florence segment on the high speed train you can. However it's risky because you don't know if the plane will land on time or how long the passport control will take. Discounted tickets become null and void if you miss the specific train you book and are not refundable.
