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Visiting Italy by train:
the most comfortable way to travel.

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Venice

                   Florence
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                              Rome

5 excellent reasons to choose Ferrovie dello Stato trains: they are
safe, environmentally friendly, comfortable, low-cost and they take
you wherever you want to go.

More than 16,000 km of tracks,
almost 500 million passengers every year
and more than 8,000 trains a day.
This is our transport system,
which will grow even more by the end of 2009
with the completion of the high-speed rail network.
Our trains will carry you not only to the large cities of art
but also to the smaller towns of historical and cultural interest.

And the trains run on networks equipped
with state of the art safety equipment.
A calm and restful journey, from departure to arrival,
is also guaranteed by the surveillance systems
present at the stations and on the trains.

                                   Choose the train which best satisfies your needs...
                                                          and have a good journey!

THE ITALIAN RAILWAY NETWORK

HIGH-SPEED EUROSTAR ITALIA TRAINS
frequent trains with the utmost comfort for people wishing to travel quickly to
the main Italian towns.

A new way to travel:
high-speed state-of-the-art trains, increasingly
efficient stations, special services for top-class
passengers and journeys guided by the ERTMS
signalling system – the most advanced
European technology for train safety on high-
speed lines. By travelling by rail you reach the
centre of the town directly on a comfortable
train, thereby avoiding the stresses of road
traffic or the transfer, sometimes costly, to and
from an airport.

The journeys are fast with the High-Speed
Eurostar Italia trains:

•   Naples - Rome         -   in 1 hr 27 mins
•   Rome - Florence       -   in 1 hr 36 mins
•   Turin - Milan         -   in 1 hr 22 mins
•   Milan - Naples        -   in 6 hrs 12 mins

There are courtesy lights next to every seat on the new ETR   Business compartments
600 trains

EUROSTAR ITALIA AND EUROSTAR CITY ITALIA TRAINS
for people wishing to travel to large and medium-sized towns in a fast
but comfortable and relaxed manner.

Eurostar Italia trains run to the main Italian
towns with regular timetables; the Eurostar City
Italia trains link Milan with Lecce and Milan
with Venice.

The modern and exclusive carriages on the
Eurostar trains are fitted with:
• seats and toilet facilities for disabled
  passengers;
• air conditioning;
• refreshments in the restaurant car
  (on Eurostar Italia trains) or in the bar-bistro
  carriage or from mini-bar trolleys
  (on Eurostar City Italia trains).

INTERCITY PLUS trains
for people wishing to travel to small, medium and large-sized towns
comfortably and with low fares.

The Intercity Plus trains provide:
• modern well-lit carriages;
• comfortable seats, with at-seat power sockets
  in 1st class;
• waste bins for recycling;
• refreshment service in the bar-bistro carriage
  or from mini-bar trolleys.

NIGHT TRAINS
the best way to travel long journeys saving time and money: an intelligent
choice for relaxing and high quality travel.

Comfort̀: sleeping cars or couchettes ensure that you arrive at your destination
after a good night's rest.
Cost savings: by travelling during the night and arriving in the morning you save
the cost of a hotel room;
Relaxing and safe: no motorway traffic jams, long stressful road journeys
or airport transfers;

• Excelsior carriage: with services similar to that
  of a top-class hotel, with single, twin, double or
  four-bed cabins;
• Classic and Tourist sleeping cars: with single,
  twin or three-bed cabins;
• 4-berth couchettes: in cabins fitted with security
  shutters;
• 6-berth couchettes: providing the least-cost
  solution to travel during the night and sleep on
  the train;
• General seating.

Some of the Night Trains provide services to carry
cars and motorcycles.

REGIONAL TRAINS
These are ideal for travelling to small towns of enormous historical and artistic
interest.

More than 7,000 trains a day provide
metropolitan, regional and inter-regional
connections.
The trains stop at every station along the route
and they are ideal for travelling to small towns
in Italian provincial areas to discover places of
enormous historical interest and to enjoy
beautiful landscapes, too.

SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE AT MAIN STATIONS

                                 Rome T.ni     Florence SMN    Milan Cent.     Naples Cent.      Venice SL
                               from       to   from       to   from       to   from       to   from       to
Ticket offices                 06.00 22.55 05.45 22.00 05.45 22.45 06.10 21.40 06.00 21.00
Automatic ticket machines          24h             24h            24h              24h             24h
Rail information                   24h         07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00
Passenger assistance               24h         07.00 22.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00
Assistance for the disabled* 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00
Waiting rooms                  06.00 24.00 07.00 22.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00 07.00 21.00
Left luggage                   06.00 24.00 06.00 24.00 06.00 24.00 07.00 23.00 06.00 24.00
Lost property office                           08.00 22.00 08.00 16.00                         08.00 16.00
Railway police                     24h             24h            24h              24h             24h
Toilets                         Lower floor     platform 5     platform 3      platform 5       platform 1

* national tel. no.199303060

OTHER SERVICES FOR PASSENGERS

                                 Rome T.ni     Florence SMN    Milan Cent.     Naples Cent.      Venice SL

Taxis                                 G               G               G               G               G

Buses                                 G               G               G               G               G

Metro railway                         G                               G               G

Lifts for the disabled                G                               G

SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED PASSENGERS

Organisation of the journey and assistance to board the train
may be arranged in the Sale Blu ("Blue Rooms"). The Sale
Blu, which are located in the 14 most important stations on
the rail network, can arrange assistance at 251 stations.

Equipment is available, and operated by rail staff, to assist
disabled passengers in wheelchairs to board and disembark
from trains.

There are places reserved for wheelchair passengers and
toilets with facilities for the disabled on more than 2,000
trains (Eurostar, Intercity and Regional).

In order to request assistance from abroad:
• send an e-mail to assistenzaclientidisabili.rm@trenitalia.it
   at least 24 hours in advance
• phone the Sala Blu at Rome Termini, 0039.064881726*.

Further information may be obtained from
www.ferroviedellostato.it (Trenitalia - Services for the
Disabled).

* cost of an international call according to the phone operator's tariffs

AIRPORT CONNECTIONS
Comfortable and low-cost solutions for people arriving in Italy by air and
wishing to reach the centre of the town.

ROME: Fiumicino “Leonardo da Vinci” Airport
- the Leonardo Express train runs every half hour, 24 hours a day, and connects the
Rome Termini and Fiumicino Airport railway stations in 30 minutes - thereby avoiding
the urban road traffic. The metropolitan rail services of Line FR1 are available from the
Rome Trastevere, Ostiense, Tuscolana and Tiburtina railway stations and from
intermediate stations. Trains leave every 15 minutes.

MILAN: Milan Malpensa Airport
Milan Cadorna railway station is linked with Milan Malpensa Airport by a private rail
company, Ferrovie Nord Milano. Milan Central station and the airport are also
connected by a bus route.

PALERMO: Punta Raisi “Falcone – Borsellino”Airport
The Trinacria Express train links Palermo Central station with the Falcone – Borsellino
Airport, with trains running every hour. The journey takes 45 minutes.

PISA: “Galileo Galilei” Airport
Trains run between Pisa Central Station and Pisa Airport every 30 minutes. Trains run
frequently from Pisa Centrale to Florence (3 trains every hour; the journey takes about
30 mins.), Rome, Genoa/Turin.

TURIN: Turn "Caselle” Airport
Turin Dora station is connected to Turin "Caselle" Airport by trains running every 30
minutes, operated by a private rail company, GTT (Gruppo Torinese Trasporti).

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

Travelling by yourself?
You can buy one-way or return tickets.
Children between 4 and 12 pay half the adult
fare. Children younger than four travel free.

Travelling with others?
Take advantage of special rates for groups of at
least 6 people.

Do you have an InterRail or Eurail pass?
You can use it on all the trains. A small booking
fee is payable on some trains (HS ES, ES, IC
Plus). If you prefer to travel during the night you
only pay a supplement for the couchette or bed.

Want to take your bicycle with you?
You can take your bicycle on many trains. Go to
www.ferroviedellostato.it to find out which trains
offer the service and how to do it.

   Where and how to buy your ticket

   • online at www.ferroviedellostato.it;
   • at automatic self-service ticket machines in Italian stations;
   • from authorised travel agents;
   • by phoning Call Centre on 89.20.21 (cost incl. VAT from landline: 0.30 € fixed charge plus
     0.54 €/minute);
   • at station ticket offices (in Italy and abroad)
   • the tel. no. if you are calling from outside Italy is 0039.0668475475 (cost of an international
     call according to the phone operator's tariffs);
   • tickets for regional trains may also be purchased, in Italy, from authorised sales outlets (bars,
     newsagents).