FYI: most of the trains are loaded on the Trenitalia site! Regional trains are not yet but now is the time to snag those super economy fares!
Just purchased tickets Milano-Roma for the 5th of July, hurray!
Posted by
Vignola, MO, IT
658 posts
How do you manage to purchase? I can't get past the required log in
Thanks
Posted by
San Francisco
993 posts
I can;t get mine to show - still says "No Travel Solution Found" for Rome- Lucca on 6/17 and Lucca-Venice on 6/19...
???
Posted by
San Francisco
993 posts
Oh only the high speeds are up.. I wonder if I should just book to Florence and get Regionals there? Or if I should wait it out another couple days and see what loads....
Hmmmm.....
Posted by
San Francisco
993 posts
I can;t purchase either selecting just the high speed... won;t let me go to the next page after I enter all of our names. Grrrrr
Posted by
Saint Helens, OR, USA
304 posts
Just got my Venezia to Firenze on June 18th, but had to book thru RailEurope and pay more. We also want to book a Frecciabianca train on to La Spezia for June 21st, but have been unable to. Sez schedule not posted yet.
Posted by
OP
Watertown, MA
118 posts
Kim,
I would wait a few days to see if your routes load up. I only buy the fast trains in advance because I am sure of my schedule and because of the discount. I do plan on buying regional train tickets once I am in Italy.
good luck!
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23355 posts
You should NEVER buy Regionale tickets on line. And, there is no reason to do since there are no discounts and the trains never sell out.
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
If your trip includes both a freccia or I/C train and a regionale segment, you should be able to book the entire trip wirh one transaction. I did this a few weeks ago.
If you have problems, the telephone agents speak English (mind the six hour time difference).
Posted by
Pa and Italy
4152 posts
You don't need to register to use the site. Just choose the non soto registrato under "contact buyer-required" on the page after you've chosen the train you want. This will allow you to purchase without registering.
The trip from Rome to Lucca requires regional trains which is why you cannot book yet. Just purchase the high speed legs and get the regional tickets once in Italy.
Donna
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
Repeat: if your journey includes a regionale segment, you should be able to purchase the entire journey in one transaction. The regionale sgment will only be valid for the day of the fast-train segment(s). I have these tickets in hand for travel from Ravenna to Florence (regionale from Ravenna to Bologna, Freccia from Bologna to Florence).
Posted by
Vignola, MO, IT
658 posts
Got it to work. Thanks!
Posted by
San Francisco
993 posts
I never got it to work so I just went to italiarail.
I knew to choose non-registering, but when I did a thing popped up to enter my name and email... then when I continued to the next page it gave an error. This happened both when I included the lucca leg, and when I just did rome-florence. Super frustrating!
Posted by
Oregon
111 posts
Train schedules across most of Europe change on June 15. Traditionally, Italy does not publish summer schedules for regional trains until this annual update actually rolls around. Regional Italian train tickets are cheap, so plan to buy the tickets in a train station there, or it may be possible to buy online within a week of the train travel date.