Italy Train Travel - Advance Booking
Sep 1st 2003, 1:19 am
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Italy Train Travel - Advance Booking
There have been a few questions about train travel in Italy recently, so
this might be of interest:
http://travel.telegraph.co.uk/travel...2Fetcase30.xml
>quote
Italy's state railway system has a good website - www.trenitalia.com - on
which you can book tickets up to two months in advance.
First, you need to email Trenitalia at [email protected] to obtain a user
ID and password. (You can consult the timetable without registering.) A help
desk answers queries on 0039 06 8833 9537.
The online booking process is straightforward, with payment by credit card,
and tickets can be collected from self-service machines at the railway
station.
this might be of interest:
http://travel.telegraph.co.uk/travel...2Fetcase30.xml
>quote
Italy's state railway system has a good website - www.trenitalia.com - on
which you can book tickets up to two months in advance.
First, you need to email Trenitalia at [email protected] to obtain a user
ID and password. (You can consult the timetable without registering.) A help
desk answers queries on 0039 06 8833 9537.
The online booking process is straightforward, with payment by credit card,
and tickets can be collected from self-service machines at the railway
station.
Sep 1st 2003, 12:03 pm
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Re: Italy Train Travel - Advance Booking
Michael Castens wrote:
>
> There have been a few questions about train travel in Italy recently, so
> this might be of interest:
>
> http://travel.telegraph.co.uk/travel...2Fetcase30.xml
>
> >quote
>
> Italy's state railway system has a good website - www.trenitalia.com - on
> which you can book tickets up to two months in advance.
> First, you need to email Trenitalia at [email protected] to obtain a user
> ID and password. (You can consult the timetable without registering.) A help
> desk answers queries on 0039 06 8833 9537.
>
> The online booking process is straightforward, with payment by credit card,
> and tickets can be collected from self-service machines at the railway
> station.
I can only add two things. First, make sure that the station you are
going to has self-service machines. (Some smaller stations don't.) There
is a link on the reservation page to a list of all the stations that
have ticket machines. Second, you should always print out the
confirmation of your reservation and carry it with you when you go to
the train station, in case there is a machine out of order. A station I
use frequently has only one machine, which has been out of order the
last two times I've been there. If your have your confirmation page, you
can get your ticket at the ticket window, or if that's closed, I imagine
you could board the train with it and show it to the conductor.
Barbara
>
> There have been a few questions about train travel in Italy recently, so
> this might be of interest:
>
> http://travel.telegraph.co.uk/travel...2Fetcase30.xml
>
> >quote
>
> Italy's state railway system has a good website - www.trenitalia.com - on
> which you can book tickets up to two months in advance.
> First, you need to email Trenitalia at [email protected] to obtain a user
> ID and password. (You can consult the timetable without registering.) A help
> desk answers queries on 0039 06 8833 9537.
>
> The online booking process is straightforward, with payment by credit card,
> and tickets can be collected from self-service machines at the railway
> station.
I can only add two things. First, make sure that the station you are
going to has self-service machines. (Some smaller stations don't.) There
is a link on the reservation page to a list of all the stations that
have ticket machines. Second, you should always print out the
confirmation of your reservation and carry it with you when you go to
the train station, in case there is a machine out of order. A station I
use frequently has only one machine, which has been out of order the
last two times I've been there. If your have your confirmation page, you
can get your ticket at the ticket window, or if that's closed, I imagine
you could board the train with it and show it to the conductor.
Barbara
