Train Travel June 1 Roma to Firenze

Posted by Barb (Oak Creek, WI) on 04/14/09 06:15 PM

We will arrive in Rome around 4 pm on Monday, June 1, and plan to immediately (well, as soon as we get to Termini!) take the high speed train to Florence. June 2 is the Giorno della Repubblica. Has anyone ever traveled on June 1 in Italy? If so, are the trains very crowded? I don't usually worry about reserving train tickets and I prefer not to reserve train tickets just in case our flight gets delayed. And my impression is that June 2 is a holiday but not a huge one (could be wrong on that). But I also don't want to be stranded in Roma when I have a great hotel room waiting for me in Firenze:).

Grazie,
Barb

Posted by Larry

Elk Grove, CA, USA

04/14/09 07:25 PM

6898 posts

We were traveling from the CT to Venice on June 1 two years ago. Didn't notice a problem. That doesn't mean that there couldn't be one. We purchased our tickets about 3 days earlier. Note that 53 trains a day depart Rome for Florence. Most are high-speed Eurostars. Many are non-stop. That's a lot of trains. True that most for the day will have departed by the time you get there.

Plan B. If no tickets are available on the Eurostars (which I REALLY doubt), buy a ticket on the Regionale (R) train. It takes longer because it stops at every stop. But, seat reservations are not permitted. First come, first served. You get there early and be the first few on the train. It'll work in a pinch.

Posted by Frank

Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA

04/14/09 07:34 PM

23626 posts

Don't worry about. At peaks times there can be six trains an hour to Firenze. Really, really, really worse case is that you may have to stand but you will get there. We were in Rome over June 1 two years ago and hardly notice in difference in number of people.

Posted by Barb OP

Oak Creek, WI

04/15/09 07:55 AM

26 posts

Thanks for the replies - that helps quite a bit.

Barb