I’m in the beginning of planning and looking at train times using the rail planner app. It comes up as a 37+ hour journey. What am I doing wrong? Perhaps train isn’t the best way to travel? I have tried different days/times and it’s still saying that long.
ETA: I figured it out, thanks! I’m looking way too far out and schedules aren’t out that far.
Why aren’t you just using the actual train site?
https://www.trenitalia.com/content/tcom/en.html
The fast trains from
Firenze SM Novella to Roma Termini
Take just under 2 hours
Probably because you are looking at dates to far in advance? What date are you looking at?
Train planners will try to find a route for you not matter what, even it is a nonsensical one. And if they are working from incomplete schedules you can get odd results.
Just a tip: When planning train rides just use tomorrow as a date. You can safely assume that schedules will be similar in the future. Train schedules do not change a lot over time (because the infrastructure sets the schedule).
I am curious what rail planner app you are using that came up with that result.
And did you by chance enter “Florence” instead of “Firenze”? There is a “Florence
‘ in Staffordshire, England and maybe that accounts for the error.
There are fast trains and not so fast. I once bought a fast ticket, Florence to Rome, and got on the wrong train and ended up playing poker with a Moldovan couple for about 8 hours. I'm good, so I only lost my shirt on the trip. The moral, take what you got and enjoy. It's a holiday after all.
