On pre-purchased tickets is there a window for usage? Meaning, I purchase a ticket from Milano Centrale to Torino Puorto Nuovo for 08:37 but I oversleep. Since this is a 2nd Class fare can I still use this ticket to catch the 09:37 train (times are hypothetical)?
Thanks in advance for the answer!
Class doesn't matter.
On Freccia and Intercity trains, if you purchased a BASE fare ticket you can change it at the counter for free up to 1 hour after the departure of the booked train. Of course nobody buys a BASE ticket in advance, you can easily get one at the station
On Regionale trains you can take the booked regionale and the following ones departing within the next four hours.
Thanks Dario. I recalled that there was some grace involved but I could not find anything specific on the site or the app.
But all the trains between Milano Centrale and Torino Porta Nuova (note both words end in an "a" not an "o") are high speed Frecciarossa trains taking one hour. All Frecciarossa - all Freccia and IC trains in Italy in fact - are all reserved only. I would say you get grace period. You just have an opportunity if - as Dario says - you have purchased full priced tickets in advance. But also, as he says, nobody does that.
If you take advantage of the much lower prices you can get buy buying ahead those discounted tickets go poof if you miss the train.
Regionals don't care if you oversleep (at least not more than 4 hours) but those prices never change and are the same price in person or on line - and those real tickets need putting in the validator and stamping before you board or there is the very real likelihood of a large fine to be paid on the spot.
So, no grace period - some lighter conditions if you paid full price for the fast trains.
OK. Figured there was a hitch on the high speed. Thanks.
There are many Regionale and Regionale Veloce trains between Milan and Turin, you can sleep 4 hours more if you want.
Italo's BASE tickets are called Flex, they are both cheaper and more flexible than Trenitalia's. A Flex ticket can be changed for free up to 2 hours after the departure of the booked train.
