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What is the best website to buy Italian train tickets?

ItaliaRail.com is the easiest and best site for booking Italy train tickets. It's cheaper then Trenitalia.com if there are 2 or more passengers. It's an online website that sells Trenitalia tickets in Euros, Pounds, and Dollars.



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We're looking at trains for Venice-Bologna, Bologna-Florence, Florence-Rome.. Trenitalia is the train operator. ItaliaRail is an agency that sells Trenitalia tickets. When you make an enquiry on the Trenitalia site, the initial page showing trains usually does not include all the slow, cheap trains.

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Like I mentioned above, Italo is usually cheaper than Trenitalia but because the cabins on lower-class tickets aren't the most comfortable, I'll usually consider Italo only for trains that are less than 2 or 3 hours long unless the Comfort ticket class is cheaper than Trenitalia.

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There isn't a huge difference in the overall travel experience between Italo and TrenItalia. They travel on the same tracks, and the speed is the same. (Both Italo and FrecciaRossa trains have a max speed of 300 km/hour, or 186 mph.) And the likelihood of delay is about the same.

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Getting Your Ticket
  1. You'll receive your eTicket as a PDF attachment to your emailed receipt. You can even retrieve your eTicket in the app.
  2. Open the eTicket PDF on your mobile device. You can even print your eTicket before arriving at the station.
  3. Simply show the eTicket barcode and your ID to the conductor.


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In Italy, regional trains can be booked 2 months ahead, while national and international trains may be available 6 months in advance.

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All printed tickets (coupons) must be validated prior to use in Europe. If you are traveling on an E-ticket and your reservation has been marked “Print at Train Station”, you need to print this coupon and then validate the ticket. To do so, find the platform for your train.

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If you plan to take a high speed train in Italy, it may well belong to Trenitalia. Red Arrow (Frecciarossa) trains are the fastest and all passengers benefit from amenities like charging sockets, free WiFi, air conditioning and a food carriage.

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And Omio is certainly an honest booking site (it's not a scam, your e-tickets from Omio will work just fine), but it's definitely not the best way to find the trip tickets at the best prices in most cases. We've tested Omio and other booking sites for hundreds of voyages and followed the major players for years.

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Tickets bought at train-station windows tend to be easier to change (or have refunded) than tickets bought online. In some cities you can avoid trekking to the train station by visiting a neighborhood travel agency or branch office of the national railroad.

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In most cases tickets are sold in unlimited numbers so the train can't sell out, although regional trains on a few routes now have limited numbers.

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But if you're planning a longer journey with multiple stopovers and changes, the flexibility and convenience of a Eurail Pass is unrivalled – and for many popular routes it works out cheaper than point-to-point tickets, especially if you're traveling as a group or with children and you can take advantage of Eurail ...

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Higher fares usually apply when purchasing tickets onboard the train. To secure the best available fare, passengers should purchase tickets prior to boarding the train.

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You can get information and purchase tickets 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245). Julie, the Amtrak automated, voice-activated agent, is happy to help. Or, if you need live, personal assistance, just say agent or press the 0 button on your telephone. For TTY service, call 1-800-523-6590.

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Trenitalia had already sparked controversy with a proposal that passengers in the cheapest class will not be allowed to use restaurant carriages or even venture into the more expensive carriages, prompting charges in the blogosphere and Italian media of promoting an economic apartheid.

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With Italo you can choose your seat to travel! Whether you are interested in a window seat to enjoy the view or you prefer a single seat to have more privacy or equipped with a small table to work in comfort or near the corridor, Italo allows you to select the seat that suits you at promotional prices starting from 2€.

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Luggage is included in the ticket price. There is no limit on the number and size of the items of luggage you take on board, but Italo asks you to keep in mind the limited space available on a train. The luggage areas in the vestibule of each coach are under video surveillance.

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