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These compartments have
washing facilities, and breakfast
is provided. A first­class ticket
is obligatory to secure a one­
bed cabin.

Rail Tickets
Train tickets can be purchased
online on the Trenitalia website
(www.trenitalia.com), at railway
stations or in travel agencies.
E­tickets and ticketless pur­
chases sent to your mobile
phone are also available.
Standard tickets must be
validated before departure
by date­stamping them
An ETR Eurostar train at the Stazione Centrale in Milan at the small yellow stamping
machine at the entrance to
Arriving by Rail trains also offer fast links to major each platform (binario).
The main railway station in European cities such as Zurich, Tickets are valid for two
Milan is the Stazione Centrale, Paris and Barcelona. Intercity months from the time of
where all the major domestic trains link Milan and the main purchase; however, once date­
and international trains arrive. cities within Italy, such as Florence stamped, they must be used
Connections with your destin­ and Rome. On both Eurocity and within 24 hours. If you are
ation in town can be made by Intercity services, tickets adversely affected by a railway
taxi, metro (under ground) lines should be booked strike, tickets
2 and 3, and many trams and ahead. A for travel
buses, all of which are just outside supplement should be
the entrance. Porta Garibaldi, is charged. The Ferrovie dello stamped by a
in the Centro Direzionale area, The other types of Stato logo ticket inspector or
and Milano Lambrate (near train are slower, but the cashier in order to
Città Studi) are much smaller fares are very reasonable and claim a refund. Online re­imbur­
railway stations. Both can be calculated by the kilometre. se ments are also possible for
reached via metro line 2. Metro Espresso trains stop only at main those with ticketless purchases.
line 3 links Rogoredo station, stations, Diretto trains stop at Should you need to amend
near San Donato Milanese, most stations and the Locale a booking, Trenitalia offers a
with central Milan. ones stop at every single station range of possibilities – and
A regional train service run along the route. restrictions. Full details are
by the Ferrovie Nord Milano There are also trains with available online.
connects the city with Como, sleep ing cars for people
Varese and the Brianza region. travelling at night. It is possible
Trains depart from Piazzale to reserve a cuccetta (bunk bed) Arriving by Coach
Cadorna, where metro lines 1 in a compartment holding four Coaches (in Italian, pullman)
and 2 converge. to six beds. A more expensive arriving in Milan end their
The Passante Ferroviario but more private and comfort­ journey at the coach terminus
(see p219) is a suburban railway able alternative are the Wagons­ at Lampugnano, next to the
link network that connects Lits carriages (vagoni letto). metro stop of the same name
various metro lines with the
Porta Garibaldi station, run
by the Ferrovie dello Stato
(state railway), and with the
Milano–Bovisa station, run
by Ferrovie Nord.
A number of different types
of train operate on Italy’s
railways. The fastest trains linking
Milan and the main national
and international cities are the
ETR Eurostar trains (le frecce).
The ticket price includes a
supplement and obligatory seat
reservation. International Eurocity The concourse at Milan’s Stazione Centrale

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