Understanding bus timetable

Posted by martinh2003x on 10/18/25 02:26 PM

I want to travel from Sciacca to Agrigento on a Sunday (in mid October).

I've found this timetable: https://autolineelumia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sciacca.jpg

Which is showing a direct bus at 11am based on my reading of it.
However I'm suspicious this is correct. I've travelled many months in Italy, enough to know a Sunday timetable is very very reduced from a rest of the week timetable, yet I'm not seeing any evidence of that in this timetable. I don't see anything saying Monday to Saturday only for example, which to me is very suspicious and I'm not inclined to believe there actually is a bus at 11am on a Sunday, even though this timetable says there is.
I don't speak nor read Italian, is there something I'm missing in this timetable that idefinately ndicates there is or is not a bus on Sunday at that time, or at another time?

Thanks

Posted by shoeflyer

Chicago

10/18/25 03:25 PM

1051 posts

Well, unless you want to travel in October 2026, I have to assume that you're in
Sicily already? So while I can appreciate your suspicions, why don't you just go
to one of the bus company offices and ask?

Posted by acraven

Washington DC

10/18/25 04:05 PM

29576 posts

LIke you, I am highly suspicious. I wonder whether it is simply assumed this is a working-day (Mon-Sat) schedule except for the footnoted times. That would mean the only buses running on Sunday are the ones marked with "F". Note how many departures are flagged as not operating on Saturday. It sort of defies belief that Saturday service would be so severely curtailed but virtually all the listed buses run on Sunday.

I agree about checking at the bus station (or perhaps the tourist office if that is more convenient--it will usually be reliable). That is my standard practice with buses in Italy and points east. Internet information does seem to be improving gradually, but I've more than once had the experience of asking about a bus schedule at the tourist office and had the staffer pick up the phone and call the bus station rather than using the computer sitting right in front of her. I figure that tells you something about the reliability of schedules posted online.

I'm especially nervous about relying on printed/online schedules with footnotes referring to school days. I have no clue when schools are operating.

Posted by Windyram

Belgium

10/18/25 04:43 PM

121 posts

IMO Autolinee Lumia does not offer a regular service on Sundays. If you are there now, ask at the coffee bar where they sell the bus tickets https://maps.app.goo.gl/QA5f3Y8tK8YvGmzSA

Posted by Barbara

10/18/25 04:48 PM

761 posts

Here is a schedule showing Sunday service.
https://autolineelumia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Agrigento-Trapani-Homepage.jpg

Perhaps go to the bus station/stop now in Scaccia to see if there are updated schedules posted. Can someone at your lodging help? Are you planning to travel tomorrow?