I wanted to post back here that tickets are now available for Rome-Venice (or vice-versa) travelers out there. Several here on the forum suggested that Trenitalia would offer train travel to Florence, then a bus to connect stations within Florence and then continuing service to Venice and they were correct! Those tickets are now on sale. I wanted to make anyone aware who needs train tickets for dates affected by the bridge works so that they could purchase them. Again, many thanks to folks who answered my questions about this topic!
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Hi - I looked at the trains that are now available and it looks like the trip will take approximately three hours longer because of the bus situation. Is that your understanding? Is there any possibility that direct trains from Rome to Venice will become available closer to these dates or do you think the bus transition is the only option? Thank you and apologies if any of this was covered elsewhere - I just joined when this forum when I was googling and trying to figure out why the train options were so bad. Thanks!
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Welcome!
Is there any possibility that direct trains from Rome to Venice will
become available closer to these dates or do you think the bus
transition is the only option?
No possibility.
There are several threads discussing this issue
here are a few
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/july-6th-train-from-venice-to-rome
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/train-tickets-late-july-rome-to-venice-and-then-venice-to-florence
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/trenitalia-and-italo-advance-purchase-window
Also- thank you Brian for updating everyone on this!
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Bad news, but thanks so much for the info!
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I've just made a search on trenitalia.com putting July 27 as day of travel: it takes 1 hour and 30 minutes more than usual, not 3 hours.
If the works will be completed earlier than planned, they will switch to the usual schedules. Since these works were scheduled and announced in December 2025, I doubt they will change the work plan a couple of days in advance.