Stazione Termini is where the rails of Italy converge: high-speed services, international trains, the airport link and the long-distance coaches that cost the least.
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In a nutshell: Termini is the city's principal station, where the fast services of Trenitalia and Italo from Italy's big cities arrive, where international trains finish after changing in northern Italy, and where - a couple of stops along at Tiburtina - the long-distance coaches, generally the cheapest way in, meet the metro. If you fly, the Leonardo Express and slower regional trains link Fiumicino with the city, covered in arriving by plane. Back to how to get to Rome or the planning chapter.
Stazione Termini is the city's principal station and the funnel for nearly every arrival by rail. The metro is right there, buses line up on Piazza dei Cinquecento out front, and taxis wait by the main entrance - arriving by train puts the historic centre a short metro hop or a bracing walk away.
Inside Italy, two operators run the fast links from the major cities: Trenitalia and Italo. Both arrive at Termini, and booking online ahead of travel is the way to lock in the best fares.
Travelling overland is a genuine alternative to short-haul flights within Europe. International trains - from France, Austria and Germany among others - nearly all change somewhere in northern Italy before reaching Rome, usually at Milan, Turin or Venice, so plan for a connection.
Fiumicino has its own rail link: the Leonardo Express goes straight to Termini, while the more sedate regional service (the FL1 line) also heads into the city. Neither offers wi-fi, so download what you need before boarding - and see arriving by plane for the full airport picture, taxis and buses included.
Coaches are usually the least expensive way to reach Rome. Intercity buses from every corner of Italy and the continent pull into the Autostazione Tibus, and a large share of them are run by Flixbus. From the coach station, duck beneath the overpass to reach Roma Tiburtina, where the metro waits.
There is a sea route too. Ships from Sicily and Sardinia, plus Barcelona, Tunis and Tanger Med, dock at Civitavecchia, about 70 km up the coast from Rome. Trains leave for Termini twice an hour - €4.60 to €16, 45 minutes to an hour and a half - and the station is around 700 m away from the port, so allow time for the walk at the harbour end.
From the big cities: Trenitalia's Frecciarossa and Italo's rival fleets keep Rome bound to the rest of the peninsula. Florence takes about 90 minutes with two or three departures an hour; Milan runs in about 3.5 hours; Naples takes roughly an hour on the Frecciarossa or 70 minutes on Italo, with services every 20 to 30 minutes; Venice is hourly at around four hours, plus one direct night train of about seven hours. For Pompeii, change in Naples; for Sorrento, a train and bus combination takes around 3.5 hours three or four times a day.
Termini or Tiburtina? Rome's second station, Tiburtina, stands in the northeast corner astride the Milan-Naples line, and the fastest trains sweep through it. Most of these fast services still call at both stations, but a few serve only Tiburtina - so check which one your ticket names before you board. Tiburtina sits four metro stops from Termini on line B (board a service signed Rebibbia rather than Jonio), and bus #492 runs from its front door through the centre and on to the Vatican.
Inside Termini: the station is named after the Baths of Diocletian close by and packs its services around two atriums: shops and eateries in the inner hall, ticket windows and machines in the glass-walled outer one, a basement shopping level below, and a long side hall on Via Giolitti with car-rental desks, left-luggage counters, a pharmacy and Mercato Centrale food hall. Platform entry is reserved for ticket holders - scan your ticket at the gate, with no metal detectors and usually short lines. The Leonardo Express to Fiumicino leaves from tracks 23 or 24, on the far right when you look towards the platforms.