Destination Guides from main Stations in Italy

Discover where you can travel on to by direct express train from the major rail hubs in Italy. You can see at a glance which other destinations you can access most easily, whether you'll be on holiday in these cities, or stopping over on a rail pass itinerary.

This is a guide intended for leisure travellers, so the non-comprehensive destination lists focus on locations and routes popular with tourists.

The day train frequency guides are based on the usual schedules between 08:00am and 17:00pm, but the availability of the trains can be impacted by temporary timetable alterations.

Note that timetables for Italian trains aren’t typically arranged around regular, fixed interval train departures, so the frequencies included below for national journeys are very much a guide.
The number of departures to each destination tends to vary from hour to hour.

In addition to the express, Frecce and Intercity trains, the summaries also include Regionale Veloce services.
The summary totals also include trains operated by the private company, Italo, in addition to the Trenitalia services.

From Bologna

Bologna Centrale is the primary hub station of long-distance Italian rail services, as it is a junction for the main north ↔ south routes.
It’s where routes from Milan, Venice and Verona converge and then split into the main line to Rome; and the Adriatic Coast route to Bari.

Because Bologna has so many destinations within easy reach, it is a great base location for a holiday focused on day trips by train.

2 to 4 x trains per hour:
to Firenze/Florence, Milano and Roma/Rome

2 or 3 x trains per hour:
to Modena, Napoli/Naples, Padova/Padua, Parma, Rimini, Torino/Turin and Venezia/Venice

0 to 2 x trains per hour:
to Bari, Pescara and Verona

Less frequent trains:
to Bolzano, Brescia, Lamezia Terme, Lecce, Regio di Calabria, Salerno, Trento and Villa San Giovanni

1 or 2* trains per day:
to Bellinzona, Como, Innsbruck*, Lugano, München/Munich*, Perugia, Trieste* and Zurich

Night trains:
to Bari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Lecce, Messina, München/Munich, Palermo, Salerno, Siracusa,Taormina and Wien/Vienna.

For full details see the journey guides

From Firenze / Florence

Firenze / Florence is where the main Torino - Milano - Bologna - Firenze - Roma - Napoli - Salerno route meets the route which heads west to Pisa.

It is also a city which has multiple stations, but the main city centre hub is Firenze-Santa Maria Novella aka Firenze S.M. Novella and Firenze S.M.N.
The summaries below are for the services from this station.

3 or 4 x trains per hour
to Bologna and Roma/Rome (high-speed trains)

2 or 3 x trains per hour
to Milano and Napoli/Naples

1 to 4 x trains per hour
to Pisa

1 or 2 x trains per hour
to Ferrara, Padova/Padua, Torino/Turin and Venezia/Venice

1 x train per hour (in most hours)
to Livorno, Lucca, and Siena

Less frequent trains
to Assisi, Bari, Bolzano, Brescia, Genova/Genoa, La Spezia, Lamezia Terme, Lecce, Modena, Parma, Perugia, Piacenza, Regio di Calabria, Salerno, Trento, Trieste, Verona and Villa San Giovanni

1  x train per day:
to Bellinzona, Como, Lugano and Zurich  

Night trains
to Catania, Lamezia Terme, Messina, München/Munich, Palermo, Siracusa, Taormina and Wien/Vienna

For full details see the journey guides

From Milano / Milan

Milano Centrale is a gateway station when travelling between Switzerland and Italy
and most of the many EC services per day from and to Switzerland turn around in Milano.
Though there is is 1 x direct train per day on each of these routes which pass through the city: Zurich ↔ Firenze; Zurich ↔ Genoa; Zurich ↔ Venice and Geneve ↔ Venice

Because Milano has a multitude of fabulous destinations and beautiful journeys within easy reach, it is a great base location for a holiday focused on day trips by train.

2 to 4 x trains per hour
to Bologna and Roma/Rome 

2 or 3 x trains per hour
to Napoli/Naples,Torino/Turin and Verona

2 x trains per hour
to Firenze/Florence and Lugano

1 or 2 x trains per hour
to Desenzano-del-Garda, and Peschiera-del-Garda

1 x train per hour
to Bellinzona, Bergamo, Locarno, Zug and Zurich

0 to 2 x trains per hour
to Ancona, Bari, Domodossola, Genova/Genoa, Modena, Padova/Padua, Parma, Pescara, Piacenza, Rimini, Stresa, Venezia/Venice and Vicenza

Less frequent trains
to Albenga, Basel, Bern, Brig, Chambery, Geneve, La Spezia, Lamezia Terme, Lecce, Lausanne, Livorno, Monterosso, Montreux, Paris (by Frecce train**), Pisa, Regio di Calabria, Salerno, San Remo, Sestri Levante, Sion, Spiez, Thun, Trieste, Udine, Ventimiglia (for Nice) and Villa San Giovanni
*= trains depart in most hours
**= TGV trains to Paris depart from Milano Porta Garibaldi station

1 or 2* trains per day
to Assisi*, Bolzano, Frankfurt (Main), Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Lyon, Luzern, Perugia*, Karlsruhe and Trento

Night trains
to Bari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Lecce, Messina, Palermo, Salerno, Siracusa, Taormina

For full details see the journey guides

From Roma / Rome

The main city centre station in the Italian capital is Roma Termini, so the summaries reflect the services from and to this station.
Note that there are no international daytime train services which serve Roma.

2 to 4 x trains per hour
to Bologna, Firenze/Florence, Milano and Napoli/Naples

2 x trains per hour
to Ferrara, Padova/Padua, Torino/Turin and Venezia/Venice

1 x train per hour (in most hours)
to Salerno

Less frequent trains
to Ancona, Assisi, Bari, Bergamo, Bolzano, Brescia, Genova/Genoa, La Spezia, Lamezia Terme, Lecce, Livorno, Modena, Monterosso, Parma, Perugia, Piacenza, Pisa, Regio di Calabria, Rimini, Sestri Levante, Verona and Villa San Giovanni

1 or 2* trains per day

to Albenga, Catania*, Messina*, Mantua/Mantova, Palermo*, San Remo, Siracusa*,Taormina*, Trieste, Udine and Ventimiglia (for Nice)

Night trains
to Bari, Catania, Lecce, Messina, München/Munich, Palermo, Siracusa, Taormina, Trieste and Wien/Vienna

For full details see the journey guides

From Venezia / Venice

The commercial area of Venezia, which is located on the mainland, is served by a station named Venezia Mestre.
In contrast Venezia Santa Lucia station, aka Venezia S.L, has a stunning location on the banks of the Grand Canal in the heart of the historic area.
The departure summaries are for travel to and from this station.

Up to 3 x trains per hour
to Bologna, Ferrara, Padova/Padua, Verona and Vicenza

1 or 2 x trains per hour
to Firenze/Florence, Roma and Trieste

0 to 2 x trains per hour
to Brescia and Milano

Less frequent trains
to Desenzano-del-Garda, Napoli/Naples, Peschiera-del-Garda and Torino/Turin

1 or 2 x trains per day
to Ancona, Bari, Bellinzona, Bolzano, Brig, Como, Geneve, Genoa/Genova, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Montreux, München/Munich, Lausanne, Lugano, Pescara, Rimini, Sion, Trento, Wien/Vienna and Zurich

Night trains
to München/Munich, Roma and Wien/Vienna

For full details see the journey guides

From Verona

Verona Porta Nuova is a junction station, as it is where the Milan ↔ Venice route crosses the Innsbruck - Bolzano ↔ Bologna route.

2 to 4 x trains per hour
to Padova/Padua, Venezia/Venice and Vicenza

1 to 3 x trains per hour
to Brescia, Milano and Trento

1 or 2 x trains per hour
to Bolzano, Desenzano-del-Garda, Mantua/Mantova and Peschiera-del-Garda

0 to 2 x trains per hour
to Bologna, Firenze/Florence, Napoli/Naples, Roma and Treviso

1 x train every other hour
to Innsbruck and München/Munich

Less frequent trains
to Trieste and Udine

1 x train per day
to Ancona, Bari, Bellinzona, Brig, Como, Geneve, Genoa/Genova, Montreux, Lausanne, Lugano, Rimini, Sion and Zurich

For full details see the journey guides

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