For convenience, the schedule is grouped in time.
Judging by the schedule, two trains go to Milan (from 8.00 to 9.00) with a difference of 4 minutes. Train at 8.32 speeds (Frecciabianca), so arrives in Milan for 40 minutes faster. He makes only two stops in Peschiera and Brescia, while the train at 8.36 stops much more often. Most likely, Frecciabianca tickets will cost more. On the right in the blue circle is the platform for which the train will arrive.
Attention! Train at 8.32 m / to be passing, so it is better to focus on time, and not on the name of the train.
Ticket composting.
Before planting a train, a ticket must be processed. In the station building, as well as special composters installed on the platform.
If the ticket does not proceed, then you can run into a decent fine. In the trains work controllers.
By the way, when I got to Oz.Gard, I did not wait for the controller (the road takes only 30 minutes). But on the way to Milan, I saw the work of the controller in action. Right with me fined the passenger.
Types of trains.
At the trip, I managed to use the two types of trains: Frecciabianca (high-speed) and Regionale (Regional trains).
Regionale looks frankly scary outside, but quite acceptable inside. Since the seats on the ticket are not specified, you can take any place that you like.
Doors from inside open by pressing a special button.
Frecciabianca - Beautiful two-story electric train. The photo of the second floor, where I am located.
Wagons in Italian trains are not numbered. However, each wagon will be marked with a number 1 or 2. This is the designation of the class of the wagon. Of course, you need to take places according to purchased tickets.
Ticket price on TRENITALIA.
Before your trip, I have long monitored the prices of tickets to Oz.Gard and Milan. Even registered specifically on Trenitalia. Immediately make a reservation that you can buy tickets for two months on high-speed trains (discounts are possible), and on the electric train the region in 7 days.
With registration on the site I did not have any difficulties, although the Internet is full of instructing articles on this topic. The most important problem is the need to indicate the registration address in Italy. I specified the address of the hotel. Detailed instructions I will not bring the ticket to buy a ticket, but I will show the difference in value.
On the main page of the site, in the appropriate cells enter the point of departure, the arrival point and date. I recommend to switch to "all trains" immediately. Otherwise, the site will show you only "arrows". In the jamming translation of my browser is "high-speed trains."
Please note that the name of the city needs to be administered in Italian. Another nuance - some cities have consoles, such as "Porta Nuova" or "Centrale". This is important if you choose not the option, you will have to go to another station)).
We look at what happened. On February 25, you can buy a ticket for the route Verona - Milan for only 9 € and only to the speed "arrow."
If you try to purchase a ticket to the nearest date (January 13), it is obvious that the cost of a similar ticket has grown to 17.2 €. Also, it was also possible to purchase a ticket to the area of \u200b\u200b12.05 €.
The benefit from early travel planning is more than obvious.
In general, I learned to buy tickets for Italian trains. However, in some subtleties I could not understand: Night Trains, buying children's tickets. Just did not have to.
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Today I am public my first review of the book read in 2015. Details.
"Downshifting"
Author - John Drake, Publishing House "Good Book". The motto - "How to work less and enjoy life more?".
Despite the fact that I expected a little different from the book, she fell into the top ten. For me, downshifting (if meditating is very rude) it is to throw a job and go to Thailand to wintering. However, the author presented the idea somewhat differently. In a classic understanding, downshifting is a transition from high-paying work, takes away all free time, less paid, with another schedule or at all that does not require your presence in the office.
The book will be useful to workaholics who begin to understand that all cases never redo that it's time to reduce the load and start changing something in your life: spend more time with your family, remember the hobby, to read more, walk .... Forks to continue . In a word - to start fully live.
After reading the book, I didn't want to quit work at all, but I still revise something.
It is better to search for train tickets in Italy and how to buy tickets for TRenitalia.com to not spoil your own holiday and the experience of the trip. Today, Blogoitaliano will talk about the little-known moments of the main railway site of Italy, the nuances that beginners often face, and how to avoid them, so that the trip goes as comfortably and safely. All the same trains were and remain the most popular way of traveling around the country.
Property purchase on Trenitalia tickets
Before we proceed directly to the market purchase ticket online, it is important to note the following: Tickets for trains in Italy can be quite purchased at the station itself. You can do this both at the box office and machine. Here, however, there are several "but":
- The closer to the date of departure, the more expensive is usually a ticket. Immediately before sending a train, the travel document is most expensive. Therefore, the sooner you purchase it, the more save.
- Overall popular destinations It may easily have a situation with a lack of tickets before shipment. Still, Italy - the country is popular, and the capacity of trains is limited
You can buy tickets voiced on the official website of the TRENITALIA.COM railway, where local, or, who mostly enjoy Russian-speaking travelers. The reasons why tourists often prefer OMIO by the official site of the railway, are associated with their reluctance to risk leave, as well as the desire to save.
Not a united training
Of those who have never used Italian railways before, a few people know about it. But Trenitalia is not the only railway operator in the country. Along with it, on many popular routes run no less high-speed and comfort trains Italotreno.
As these are 2 completely different companies, then the schedule, sale of tickets and various promotions for passengers they are also different. So, when planning travel, it makes sense at least, to study both operators.
Ticket ... did not come
Yes, this can be quite. You chose the trip, paid, and e-ticket did not come. For communication with technical support TRENITALIA, not the fact that the clock, and the weeks, given the language barriers, and everything else. Therefore, despite the fact that you can buy tickets without registration, we strongly recommend that you still register. Then, even if the tickets do not come to the post office, you can just download them in our personal Cabinet. But with registration, too, not everything is simple.
"Teps" with registration
Register on Trenitalia to get all the advantages, just enough, but not quite. The first one of what "stumble" our compatriots are need to introduce your address ... in Italy. This is only needed to send you a cumulative CARTAFRECCIA card to the specified address.
But it is not necessary to you, as it can only take advantage of it. The output can be the introduction of an arbitrary address or address of the hotel, where you live or are going to live so that your card does not come to some Sign Francesco in the Sicilian village.
The second "misunderstanding" is passport details. Here you need to specify except the number and the date of issue, also the body that issued a document. And also Italian. You can get out of the real number of the passport, the date of issuance and expiration date, and the rest is made arbitrarily.
Finally, the most "tasty" - "Codice Fiscale" is your Inn in Italy. Yes, it is in Italy. It can be officially obtained in the Italian consulate. Ready to try? If not, then you can do without all these difficulties and additional documents, but about it below.
In the meantime, for those who decided to freeze with the address of the hotel and Italian Inn, we will deal with the purchase process on the official website of TRENITALIA.
Buying tickets on Trenitalia tickets
So, in order to buy a train ticket to Italy, go to the official international website of the state carrier - www.trenitalia.com.
Main page of TRenitalia.com in Italian
We will illustrate the search and purchase of tickets online on Trenitalia on the example of a conventional trip from Rome to Milan. The first thing we see on the site that opens is a form of ticket search request. Walk in detail in all fields of the form:
Tutti I Treni - all trains;
Frecce - high-speed trains ("arrows");
Regionali - regional trains ("Electrics").
Solo Andata - one way;
Andata E Ritorno - "There and back";
DA - from where;
In the fields of departure and arrival, pick up the first letters of the places of interest to us, and further specific place We can choose from the list that appears. It should be borne in mind that the names of the Italian stations railways On the site is filed in Italian, regardless of the selection of the language of the site (at the time of writing the article is relevant Italian, English, French, German and Chinese versions). Also in many cities there are far from one station, and this also needs to be considered when planning a trip.
In the fields "Adult" and "Ragazzi", we celebrate the number of adult passengers and children, respectively. Children up to 4 years old are free, from 4 to 12 years old - with a 50% discount.
Press the "CERCA" button (search) that takes us to the search results page. A forwarding to the site lefrecce.it - \u200b\u200blet it do not bother you, no "substitution" is not here, you just switched from the international website of the Italian railways to the local one.
Search results are represented as a table
We received a list of possible options for the ride we need with key parameters. By default, 10 proposals are displayed on the page, and if there are more of them, you can switch between pages using the arrow at the bottom of the table, or press the "Altre Solucioni" button to display all offers for the specified day.
The "Partenza" column indicates the time of departure and place in the Arrivo column - time and place of arrival, "Durata" - travel time; "TRENO" - the type of train (regional trains can go here, and high-speed), "OFFERTA" - the type of ticket, and "prezzo" - the price.
Each graph in the table is in the rolled form. By deploying a suitable graph, we will see a number of additional options within one particular route.
Choose a ticket type and wagon class
Here we can change the ticket type and class of the car. The main types of tickets that offer Italian Railways are Base, Economy and Super Economy. The last type is the cheapest tickets. They are most faster than the whole. Just more expensive - Economy is even more expensive - Base. The difference in price is formed from the refund or exchange conditions. So, for example, the Super Economy type ticket can not be returned, nor change what makes it as cheap as possible.
Options for choosing a wagon class depend on the type of train. So, for example, in Frecciargento and Eurocity there are two classes - the first and second. They are not much different, but the price difference may be significant.
In Frecciarossa trains ("Red Arrow") classes - Standard, Premium, Business Salottino, Business Area Silenzio, Business, Executive. Detailed explanations about the advantages of this or that class of cars in TRENITALIA trains can be obtained, just visiting the cursor on the "I" icon in the column of interest.
Finally, deciding with the choice of the type of ticket and the class of the car, we put a tick in the corresponding place and press "CERCA".
A page opens where we need to specify personal data of passengers and choose a payment method.
We introduce personal data of passengers. Do not forget to follow the time meter
Choose convenient way Payment
From the moment we moved to the booking confirmation page, starts "clicking" the time allotted on this procedure. Confirm the purchase and make payment you need to have time in 10 minutes. This will be constantly reminded by a widget in the upper right side of the screen.
The reason for such a restriction is obvious - for a while, while you confirm the booking, the selected offer is "frozen", and no one can buy it before you. This is especially true for trains and cars with the possibility of choosing specific places.
By the way, the choice of place is carried out quite simply with the available visualization of the car and the layout of the chairs. Free places Marked with green, choose them you can simply click.
Choose a place in the car is not difficult: it is enough to click on any free, designated green
We remind you in the budget version - in regional trains Italian railways, there is no choice of space by definition, and if, going into the car, you will not find a free chairs, this does not mean that you have sold a ticket over "norms", thereby damaging your rights. You just have to go standing, it's fine.
Let's return to the booking confirmation. If you are not registered on Trenitalia, choose the "Proseguo Senza Fare Il Login" field. The form in which you will need to specify your data is the name, surname, email And the contact phone with the country code, but without the "plus" at the beginning.
Note - this is a form to fill your data as a ticket buyer. The form of these passengers is immediately under it. If you enter the number of passengers, you do not need to fill your data for the second time - it is enough to put a tick "Sono Anche Un Passeggero Del Viaggio" (I am also a passenger), and your data is duplicated in the form below.
Now go down lower, where the list of payment methods is served. Select the appropriate and press "Continua".
At this stage, fill payment data and make payment.
The electronic bot is the most important PNR code
After successful payment on the electronic box you specified should come, actually, tickets. They will be in PDF format. This PDF file will need to be printed and take with you on the trip. The most valuable in such an electronic ticket is a PNR code. Actually, this is the only thing that will be interested in the controller.
In emergency cases, you may not even have a printed file, but simply show the ticket controller on the smartphone screen. It will ask for a ticket on the PNR code in the database, and on this control will be completed. The process takes a few seconds. Register somewhere or, moreover, composting the electronic ticket, of course, no need.
How to buy tickets are easier: an alternative way
If everything described above seems too difficult to you or you are not yet ready to communicate with TRENITALIA support in Italian, you can use. Here you can check actual schedule and book tickets for Trenitalia trains without Italian addresses, Inn, passports, etc. complications.
In addition, OMIO tracks the schedule not only TRENITALIA trains, but also Italotreno and other companies. And since they use the same stations, but each has its prices, stocks and "buns" for customers, then you will have much more chances to buy a ticket at a bargain price.
Finally, if you have not yet used OMIO, you can get a 10 euro discount on your first purchase. To get a coupon you need to register in the system on a special link invitation. Discount becomes accessible immediately after registration. The only condition is the amount of purchase must be more than 40 euros.
In more detail about this little-known Lifehak Blogoitaliano wrote in a separate article.
Prices are similar to cash desks at the station. In RuNet created, perhaps the most convenient similar solution. Previously, to check prices at once all operators, had to use similar resources in English. At the same time, they often had such commissions that all the convenience came down to no.
The system interface is intuitive and there are no restrictions on the number of purchased tickets. It is enough just to enter the necessary data, pay the purchase and get a cherished pass document on the e-mail. It will only be printed and take with me to the station.
From the article you will learn about all the simplices of travel in Italy by train: how to buy tickets, what are the types of trains and cars, where to watch train schedule, what are the discounts on the fare available for tourists, as well as several useful Sovietswho use each traveler.
You can travel in Italy in different ways: if you arrived just a couple of days and long trips are not planned, then to inspect the main sights will help urban transport. There are good roads here, so you will not feel discomfort. In addition, tickets are not so expensive. But if you plan travel around the country and want to visit several cities, then the right version will be the railway. True, you need to know several nuances and features when buying tickets and about the trains themselves. After all, it's all a little different in Italy, and how we will tell it now.
The main railway carrier is the state company TRENITALIA (79 percent of the market belongs to it). Except her, there are also smaller firms, they are about forty. But I recommend tourists to contact the services of TRENITALIA, as I think it is a more reliable option. By the way, the Italian railways are considered the best in Europe. True, they have one sinning - permanent late for 15-20 minutes. Call it before departing on the road.
We buy tickets
There are several ways to buy: starting from an online order and ending with the acquisition at the checkout. Today we will look at all the options for those who are planning a trip and for those who decided to change the travel course suddenly.
First, I will reveal the secrets of online shopping. So, to order travel in the right direction, you need to go to the official website of the railway company www.trenitalia.com. Choose english version The site is needed and register. After pressing the Register button, the screen will appear for filling in which you need to enter your name and surname, but only so that it coincides with the data on your credit card. Since you will need to pay it. You will also need to enter:
- the country where born;
- where they live (here you need to specify the Italian address, the hotel in which stopped quite suitable);
- full date of birth;
- your floor;
- login and password;
- email;
- mobile number.
After that, you need to put two marks opposite I Agree, as well as near Regolamento (familiarized yourself with the information). Click Confirm. That's it, so we started an account. A day after registering your email, a letter confirming (no earlier) will come to your email. Click on the link and change the password (just in case). Now go through my login and order tickets. Do not forget to select the quantity, as well as in one Single or two sides Return. By the way, all this you can do before the trip or during, if you have a good, for example, Vodafone or Orange. But this later, now we will return to the topics of buying tickets online. So, after selecting the quantity, we point out where and where we go, as well as the departure period of Depart and arrival at the Return site. Next, we specify how many adult adults and children of Children. By filling out these fields, do not forget to save the data.
Note! The name of the cities (from where you go and where arrival) you need to point in Italian.
Note that the travel expenses should be booked in advance (for 2 months) if you want to drive in an economy class. Since these tickets are faster than all, and you will have to be satisfied with a more expensive version - basic. For comparison: a ride at the basic tariff by the second class from Rome to Florence will cost at least 43 euros. While the economy class can be taken at 29, and super economy class for - 19 euros.
Discounts and other conditions in the CartaFreccia column are relevant only for Italians, for tourists are not provided. In the graph, the cost is set at the minimum price or class 2. But if you want to buy more expensive ticketsYou can choose by clicking the SELECT button. You can pay for tickets MasterCard or Visa card. After payment, the travel documents will be sent by mail in the PDF format, they should be printed. But the most important thing will rewrite and save the Booking Code. Since it is on him that the controller will give you a payment check in the train.
In Italy, there are still trains called Regionale - these are electric trains, they are not high-speed, it will have to go longer, but they are cheaper. In addition, there is no point in ordering them in advance, since there are no discounts. The price is the same both when buying online and in the box office.
Now let's talk about how to buy a travel without access to the Internet, so to speak with the usual, classical way. There are several options:
- At the checkout station. True, it's not so comfortable as I would like. First, not all cashiers know English. Secondly, the cash registers work to 8, and sometimes to 6 pm. Purchase this way is justified if there is no credit card or you have too large bills.
- In newsstands and even in some bars. This option is ideal if the cash registers are no longer working.
- With the help of a machine. This is perhaps the most favorable way of all: you can pay in cash or credit card, onrtheface in English.
We talked about the ways to buy travel, now let's consider the issue of composting, because not all tourists are aware of this. So, the composters are everywhere, it is not difficult to find them. New devices are painted in turquoise, old - in yellow.
I advise you not to ignore composting, as the troubles and a rather big penalty are possible. The process is simple: omit the ticket and wait until it leaves the characteristic sound and puts the time and day of travel. After the composting of the travel is relevant for 6 hours, not punched - 2 months.
Please note: Travel bought online Composts do not need, like those on which the place and the car are indicated. A ticket to the regional composition also does not make sense to pierce.
Varieties and train schedule Italy
There are several types of trains that have their differences:
In addition, as in other European countries, there is a day and trains of the night follow. In daytime equipped only seating places, and the nights are sent from 7 pm, they have seats, and for relaxing. There is a coupe exclusively in nightcam groups, they can be calculated for two or one (most expensive) or on three, four or six passengers. It is also worth considering that there is a gender division: only a female coupe, only men's or mixed. Night formulations go all night, it is impossible to enter or leave the train, it is not provided. Therefore, passengers can sleep well, by the way, an excellent saving option on hotel room. Wagons can be the first or second class. If you want to go around the first class, but bought a ticket to the second - not scary, just pay extraction. Although I want to note that the classes are not particularly different between themselves, except that a little: more comfortable places, the ability to drink a cup of coffee or read a fresh newspaper.
As for the schedule of movement, that is, four options, as you know about it:
- Go to the official website www.trenitalia.com and view information.
- View on the scoreboard at the station (Arrivo - arrived, Partenza is sent). I will note that the platform number, where your composition arrives appears 15 minutes before arrival.
- Find out information with glass benches and printed schedule.
- Using automatic cash desks for ticket order. Choose the Buy Your Ticket and see information. Take a ticket is completely optional.
- You can buy a booklet with a schedule for 2, 50. But I see no reason to spend money on what you can get for free.
Travel benefits by train
To know Italy by train not only cheaper, but also easier, compared to aircraft or car. In addition, the plane will not see beauty local naturebut the train allows you to enjoy picturesque surroundings. The vehicle rental option to me, but it is quite expensive. Only parking, for example, in a romantic Venice will cost 50 euros per day, and it still needs to be added gasoline expenses. It is possible, but it is relevant only in the city, it is not an option for long distances. Therefore, I recommend the option with the train, especially since for aware people a trip can do it really inexpensive. So, what discounts can be obtained:
- Children up to four years fare is free if the child will not take a separate place.
- Children from 4 to 12 can travel with a discount in the 30 percent.
- Also make the same discount to young people up to 26 years and pensioners after 60. Detailed information You can learn at the checkout or on the official website.
In addition, for those who are going to travel a lot in Italy by train, there are excellent option - Purchase a travel Interrail Italy Pass. It can be bought in place or order online (waiting time from 7 to 10 days). This travel allows you to easily ride 3, 4, 6, 8 days. So, unlimited trips to the longest period will cost 216 euros. Discounts for children and students are possible.
I hope my tips, as well as information will be useful for you. As promised, I'll tell you a little about mobile communication abroad, because it is an equally important question. I'm like experienced traveler I will say that it is better to take universal SIM cards that can not be used in one country, but in several. For example, operatorOrange offers special simka for tourists, By purchasing which you can freely communicate in 36 countries and use high-quality Internet. For just 1 euro you will receive 100 MB of traffic and many other advantages that you can learn about . I advise you to pay attention to the tariffs that offers mobile operatorVodafone (Italy):
Local Italian rates for calls.
- Simple automatic activation during use.
- 500 MB of high-quality speed traffic.
- 45 countries, as well as Turkey, America, Canada.
Travel around the world. It is interesting, economically and not forget to be always in touch with your relatives, because it is most important!
Despite the seeming evidence of the issue, people who do not know the Italian language and Italian customs arise many questions about Italian railways.
The first in Italy Railway from Naples to Portici (Ferrovia Napoli-Portici) was opened on October 3, 1839 (when it was not yet Italy in a modern understanding of this word, the railway was opened by Ferdinand the second, the king of both Sicili).
Currently, despite the dissatisfaction of residents and travelers (and accusations against Fiat in the lobbying of the construction of highways instead of railways), Italian railways are one of the best in Europe.
However, according to the convenience of schedule and the accuracy of traffic, Italian railways often leave a sense of time lost.
In Italy, in the national network of railways managed by the State Railways of Italy's State Railways (Ferrovie Dello Stato Italian SPA), there are several competing (or partnerships, in some cases, carrier companies).
Thus, in many regional directions, local carriers operate (for example, Ferrovie Nord in Lombardy), which may somewhat difficult for you to pass the ticket in case of refusal from the trip, but does not change the total price or quality of the trip.
Moreover, in some cases, a trip "alternative" operator may be cheaper and no worse than the service. (For example, high-speed trains are successfully competing with speed trains "Strela" from the trainer).
We analyze in more detail your trip by train in Italy.
Trains in Italy, mainly "Sitting". Trains with bedrooms go at night and rare enough. All trains are divided into several categories:
- high-speed trains ( Freccia. - Arrows of the state company SERVICE AND Italo. - High-speed train competing private company Italotreno). You can drive from Rome to Milan for 3 hours.
- Intercity (Intercity, in the schedule is indicated by letters IC) with stops only in major cities or in transfers.
- Local trains serving, as a rule, relatively small distances (regional Regionale or Regionale Veloce - its accelerated analogue with a smaller number of stops).
Plan a trip by train quite conveniently - you can order and pay for a ticket (also with transfers) via the Internet.
For travel planning Trains Training and partner companies, use the website www.trenitalia.com (Italian and english language) where you can pay for the ticket and get it in electronic form. The ticket can not be printed, but to prevent SMS controller a message or show the received PDF file on the screen of your phone or "tablet".
Tickets for high-speed trains are purchased up to 1 month, tickets for the Rongional train - no earlier than a week before the trip.
HTALO high-speed trains run in two directions - from Salerno to Turin through Naples, Rome, Florence, Bologna and Milan and from Rome to Venice through Florence, Bologna and Padu. Ticket booking and schedule on Italotreno.it (Italian, English, German, French).
And remember the earlier you buy a ticket to the high-speed train, the cheaper it will and you can choose the best place.
Tickets purchased via the Internet are registered and on a specific train, even if they are without a place.
They can not be printed and not composed at the station. If you have bought tickets at the checkout or in the self-service machine, they must be processed at the station, otherwise you may be fined for a short-free passage, even if your ticket is indicating flight and place.
www.viaggiatreno.it - \u200b\u200bonline trains status (including in Russian). Knowing the train number on which your friend goes, you can track in real time its movement and, in case of refinement, do not hurry at the station.
Schedules and booking tickets for train trains Trainalia and its partners in the regions.
www.italotreno.it - \u200b\u200bHOTEL high-speed trains.
For owners of mobile devices on Android and iOS operating systems, there is a Prontotreno application, which allows you to watch the schedule, pay for tickets and track the movement of Trenitalia trains.
