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Sabina station, stopping at
Trastevere, Ostiense, Tuscolana,
and Tiburtina, but not Termini.
The other train, known as the
“Leonardo Express,” is faster and
more expensive (€14), running
non-stop to Termini every half-
hour (6:23am–11:23pm). If
the ticket office is not open,
try the automatic ticket
machine (you can choose to
see the instructions in English).
Remember to specify which
train you want when buying
your ticket. Check-in area at Rome’s Ciampino airport
Ostiense station is linked with
Piramide Metro (Line B) where advisable to arrive there well in DIRECTORY
you can catch a subway train advance of your departure time.
to downtown Rome from Major car rental firms have an Arriving by Air
5:30am until 11:30pm daily office at the airport (see p387), Air Canada
(to 1:30am Fri and Sat). It can though you may find it less
be hard to find a taxi at Ostiense harrowing to travel into the city ∑ aircanada.com
after 9pm, but there are buses center on public transportation Alitalia
(Nos. 80, 83, and 30) to Piazza or by taxi. ∑ alitalia.com
Venezia. At night there is a bus The swiftest way to get to the American Airlines
service from Fiumicino to center of Rome is by the private ∑ aa.com
Tiburtina station (see also p380– Terravision, Atral/Schiaffini, or
81). Car rental is available from SITBusShuttle bus services. British Airways
company offices at the airport Buses go direct to Termini Tel 02-6963 3602.
(see p387). station and tickets cost between ∑ britishairways.com
€4 and €6 one way. You can buy
them on board the bus or Delta
online (often with a discount). ∑ delta.com
A cheaper option is by COTRAL easyJet
bus to Anagnina Metro station, ∑ easyjet.com
then by subway train to Termini. KLM
Tickets (€1.50, plus €1.50 for
each large bag) can be bought ∑ klm.com
on the bus. A local bus service Norwegian
also links the airport to ∑ norwegian.com
Ciampino train station.
Qantas
∑ qantas.com
Airport Taxis
Ryanair
Always use official white taxis ∑ ryanair.com
with a “taxi” sign on the roof,
usually lined up in the yellow Swiss
TAXI lanes in front of airports ∑ swiss.com
and stations. The Rome Comune
Train linking Fiumicino airport to has established a flat fee for taxi Fiumicino and
Stazione Termini rides from and to the airports: Ciampino Airports
€48 to/from Fiumicino from/to Atral (Ciampino)
anywhere inside the Aurelian
Ciampino Airport ∑ atral-lazio.com
walls and €30 to/from Ciampino
The other airport that serves from/to the center. Fares cover COTRAL (both airports)
Rome is Giovanni Battista up to four people with baggage ∑ cotralspa.it
Pastine Airport, known as included. If a taxi refuses to apply SITBusShuttle (both
Ciampino. It is located approxi- the flat fee, report the driver by airports)
mately 12.5 miles (20 km) calling 06-6710 70721 and
southeast of the city and used stating the cab number (or code Tel 06-5916 826.
by the majority of charter flights name, which usually includes ∑ sitbusshuttle.it
and low-cost airlines. Ciampino the name of a city, eg Firenze 8), Terravision (Ciampino)
airport is always busy and that is found on both the inside ∑ terravision.eu
sometimes chaotic, so it is and the outside of the vehicle.

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