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Locarno, Switzerland to Cinque Terre by Train

I am having difficulty finding schedules and fares for a cross-border trip from Locarno to Corniglia. Once getting to Milan, is it best to look for a train to La Spezia and then backtrack to Corniglia? Or, is there a train directly from Milan to Levante on the western side? We will leave Locarno as early as possible to arrive in Corniglia before evening?

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Which website are you using? And what dates? The schedules for dates after June 12 (for Italy) aren't up yet, so try a date before them the same day of the week you will be traveling.

I like to use the Swiss site rail.ch for planning, but I don't know if it will show you the fares into Italy.

Right now, the shortest trip I see for you leaves Locarno at 8:45 and gets you to Corniglia at 14:30---less than 6 hours. For that one you change at Sestri Levante to the local train that makes a stop at Corniglia. That way you avoid backtracking.

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Thank you! I had tried almost every other rail site to no avail. The rail.ch site was the "ticket" (pardon the pun).