Rome Fiumicino Airport Bus Services
Featuring the cheapest airport transfer from Fiumicino Airport - Terravision
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Terravision Rome Airport Bus |
Overview Of Fiumicino Airport Bus Services To Rome City Centre
The fastest option to transfer to the centre of Rome from Fiumicino, the major airport for Rome is the dedicated Leonardo Express Airport Train. This non-stop train runs every 30 minutes taking around 30 minutes for the entire journey.
The rail terminus in Rome is Termini Station, the main public transport hub for Rome and also a major accommodation district.
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In the last couple of years, much cheaper budget bus alternatives to the train have appeared. With fares around half that of the Leonardo Express they have quickly become very popular.
The most popular by far measured by passengers carried is the Terravision bus service.
Just like the train, the terminus in Rome City Centre is Termini Station, the main transport hub for Rome where the main train and local bus stations are situated above the hub of the Rome Metro system.
Terravision Airport Bus - Rome Fiumicino To Termini Station Rome
Key facts
- cheapest public transport between Fiumicino Airport and the centre of Rome
- frequencies throughout the day at broadly 45 minutes intervals
- journey time of around an hour
- priority boarding given to those booking in advance on-line
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Location and facilities at stops at Fiumicino Airport & Termini Station Rome
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Fiumicino Airport Terminal Layout |
Fiumicino Airport
At Rome Fiumicino the buses start from a small bus station to the west of Terminal 3. All the terminals at Fiumicino are joined together so you do not go outside until you reach the bus station.
The buses are well signed by the airport authority and Terravision also supplement this with their own advertising banners scattered around the terminals.
Calling the series of bus bays a bus station is a bit wide of the mark. There are no facilities here as yet, just a series of bus bays where different companies have been allocated a bus bay for their service.
It is here that all the charter buses load their passengers too.
As said before there are no facilities, not even seats, if you need toilets or something to eat you need to go back into the passenger terminals. The area is undercover though.
Rome Termini Station
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Terravision Rome Termini Station Terminus |
In Rome the terminus is on the east side of Termini Station, the main transport hub in the centre of Rome. The main local bus station, Rome's major train station and the hub of the Rome Metro system is here.
The area around Termini also has the largest choice of hotel accommodation in Rome from hostels right up to luxury hotels.
All of the three competing bus services from Fiumicino terminate in this same area at Termini Station. Terravision is the only operator that has a formal ticket office and waiting room. This is inside the Terracafe, Terravision's own cafe and bar.
Note: when you arrive here for a bus, even if you have booked in advance its important to queue up and get a boarding card for your bus, (see tickets and boarding section below).
Terravision Airport Bus - Boarding, Baggage and Ticketing
There is no formal luggage limit with Terravision. Luggage racks inside the bus are small, just overhead parcel shelves, so most luggage will go in the hold.
You load the luggage yourself into the hold of the bus, do not expect any assistance at all. On reaching your destination too, the hold doors are just opened - its then a frantic few minutes as customers just grab their luggage.
At both Termini and Fiumicino there are Terravision employees with Terravision jackets whom have sole responsibility for boarding of buses.
The last time we used the service at Fiumicino Airport passengers were separated into two queues. Those that had ordered tickets in advance on the internet were in one queue, all others in another. Those who had internet tickets for the bus departing were boarded first, others were then loaded subject to seat availability.
At Termini Station, go to the ticket desk inside Terracafe and you are issued with a boarding pass for individual schedules on a first come first served basis, again internet booked tickets get priority for the time ordered on-line. You must get your boarding pass 20 minutes prior to departure or you risk losing your reservation.
Ticketing
If you order on-line, you select an individual departure time which reserves you a seat on the bus. If for any reason you miss the bus you booked the ticket is still valid for a later departure.
Terravision On-line Ticketing - Buy Your Ticket Here
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Alitalia Rome Airport Bus |
Alitalia Rome Airport Bus
If you fly with the Italian flag carrier Alitalia, you have the option of using the bus service into Rome reserved just for Alitalia passengers.
The service is little different to the much cheaper Terravision service, the main difference is that the bus picks up directly in front of the passenger terminals at Fiumicino. The buses themselves are virtually identical to Terravision.
Key facets
- only passengers flying with Alitalia allowed on board.
- frequencies driven by Alitalia flight arrivals, no formal timetable.
- journey time of around one hour plus
- unlike other bus options drops and picks up outside passenger terminals.
Alitalia Airport Bus - Boarding and Ticketing
You can order tickets on-line from the Alitalia web site or there is a machine in arrivals that will take your order and print a ticket.
Note: this is for Alitalia passengers only, you will need to produce documentation to prove you are an Alitalia passenger. All passengers travelling in a group must be travelling with Alitalia.
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SIT Rome Airport Bus |
SIT Airport Bus - Rome Fiumicino To The Vatican + Termini Station
The SIT bus is very similar to the Terravision bus but makes an interim stop at the Vatican, the other side of the city from Termini Station.
So if your accommodation is in the Vatican area, north of the river, the direct service by SIT to and from the Vatican can be the fastest without the awkward transfer between Termini Station and the Vatican City area by using other public transport options. Although more expensive than Terravision the SIT bus is still half the price of the Leonardo Express train.
Although the SIT bus is significantly more expensive than the Terravision Bus as a consequence much fewer people use it. The SIT buses are nowhere near as full as Terravision, some people may find this a price worth paying a premium for.
Key facts
- only direct public transport between Fiumicino Airport and the Vatican
- frequencies throughout the day at broadly 45 minutes intervals
Location and facilities at SIT stops at Fiumicino Airport & Termini Station Rome
At Rome Fiumicino the buses start from the same 'bus station' as Terravision.
The stop at the Vatican is to the east of Vatican City at Piazza Cavour.
In Rome the terminus is on the east side of Termini train station at the same spot as Terravision and the Alitalia bus. Unlike Terravision and Alitalia the bus stops for SIT have no shelter if it is raining.
You need to be at the bus stop 15 minutes prior to departure.
There is a ticket kiosk at Fiumicino Airport or you can buy at the bus.
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Leonardo Express €14 Every 30 minutes, journey 30 minutes |
FR1 Local Train €8* * to Ostiense, journey 35 minutes |
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Direct to Termini Station, journey 60 minutes. |
SIT Bus €6 To Termini Station via Vatican |
Alitalia Bus €7 For Alitalia passengers. To Termini Station. |
Hotel Shuttle Service €20.66 Shared shuttle to any hotel in Central Rome |
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Flat fare to within city walls |
Private Cars From €60 (depends on vehicle size) Meet n Greet, English speaking driver |
