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Does Trenitalia Intercity Train Schedule Change on Sept 12?

Does anyone know if the Trenitalia schedules for intercity trains are updated September 12th? I'm looking for the intercity train (no change) between Milano Centrale and Monterosso on September 17th at 14:05. Currently, the intercity trains only show on the schedule up to September 11th. We are landing in Milan from an overnight flight from the US and would like the option of sitting on the train for three hours without having to change trains (already planning to take the express to Milano Centrale from MXP). Thanks for your input!

Posted by
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There are even quite a few Freccia trains missing from the schedule in late September, and Italotreno will only sell tickets up to September 10. I don't know what is going on, but there seems to be a general hold on national trains after September 10.

Posted by
8375 posts

I've been watching for a Sept 26th train for over a month. The schedules are indeed "stuck" at the moment. No new high speed train listings have been added.

Posted by
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It"s because of COVID, they don't sell that far in advance tickets they could be forced again to reimburse in cash (IC trains and High Speed) instead of a voucher (Regional trains). Nobody notice such things months in advance so nobody complains.

The timetable change happened on June 12 and the next one will be on December 11. If your train was somehow limited, it would be written here: https://prm.rfi.it/qo_prm/QO_Partenze_SiPMR.aspx?Id=1603&lin=&dalle=14.00&alle=14.59&ora=14.00&guid=

It seems IC 669 is scheduled to depart from track #21. Hope you have wheeled suitcases, the MXP usually stops at track #1.

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I've also been watching Firenze-Bologna on Trenitalia for a few days, and all that is listed when I last looked yesterday are the regional trains taking more than an hour...or even more...with one change .
No high speed ones yet.
I expect them to be listed soon.
Off to have another look now.

Edit: just looked again, and still the same.
Italo has no trains listed on that route after Sept. 10th.
Hmmm.

Posted by
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Thank you all. I also suspect that perhaps it's just a delay in posting and I'll keep checking.

Posted by
2731 posts

Thanks for posting. I'm having the same problem as I get ready to book trains 1) Nice via Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale and 2) Milano Centrale to Venezia S Lucia. I thought the problem was just me. I'll keep watching and book when Frecce are available. The idea of a "milk run" with two changes with 12 stops each is not appealing.

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3812 posts

Sorry, but what are you exactly worried about that you can't just wait late August before checking again? High Speed Trains not running after the 15th of September? People with connections getting all the seats behind our backs on a secret site?

You have decided there is a problem and you want to solve it, but there is no problem so you can do nothing.

The positivity rate has jumped in the last weeks in Italy, neither Trenitalia nor Italotreno are going sell tickets too far in advance: They are afraid of having to reimburse hundreds of thousands of tickets again. So, there is no problem unless Covid raises its head again in the coming 4 weeks.

If it happens with the war and the draught and the locusts in Sardinia (not joking) and the lack of natural gas... trust me, railway companies selling only half of the seats will be the last thing we'll have to be worried about. I'd start watch out in the Sky for raining frogs.

Posted by
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Just a quick update. Dario was right - just wait. So in waiting, I see that the intercity trains are now posted for the date I was looking for (September 17) and I was able to purchase the four tickets I needed.

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I am checking, as of today, schedules and purchase of tickets for October 9 from Monterosso al Mare to Venice, with switch in Milan. I am seeing all sorts of times - some with a number of switches and a couple with just the change of train in Milan. Based on what I'm reading in this thread, can this be trusted? Why am I seeing scheduled trips when others are not? I haven't purchased yet, and this has me curious. Thanks for any helpful input. :)

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@gtglim. The train schedules were posted between the time of the original question and responses and when you looked at them. That is why you see them, when originally, the posters did not.