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Useful
Routes
There
are clearly too many bus routes to cover on this page. In the centre
of Rome the roads used by the buses are effectively those shown
in the graphic above.
The main bus station is in front of Termini Station. Free worthwhile
bus maps are hard to come by and for the vast majority not required.
If you must have a good public transport map, many tobacconists,
especially in Termini station sell a map that covers all of Rome
for about €6.
As an idea of scale, walking from Termini to the Vatican should
take about an hour at strolling pace.
The central bus hub for visitors is the Piazza Venezia, though very
few buses actually start here.
The main bus run for visitors is from Termini to the Vatican via
Repubblica and Piazza Venezia.
Though others are available the most frequent routes are
40 Express: Termini (Viale Einaudi) - Via Nazionale
- Piazza Venezia - Largo Argentina - Chiesa Nuova - Piazza Pia (for
Castel S. Angelo and St. Peter's) .
64: Termini - Via Nazionale - Piazza Venezia - Largo
Argentina - Corso Vittorio Emanuele - Stazione S. Pietro
The main difference between the above two is that the number 40
only stops at the major destinations along the route.
Buses run from about 05:00 to 24:00, there is a much smaller night
bus network.
Countless other routes cover most permutations of journeys between
the central points depicted in the map above. At each bus stop there
is almost always a main bus stop sign that consists of a tabular
list of all the routes stopping at that bus stop, with all the main
points along the way shown.
The number 8 tram is an exception in that (a) it is a tram and (b)
it terminates in the centre Largo Argentina, a square 300m north-west
of Piazza Venezzia. This tram runs every few minutes down to Trastevere,
ideal to use in the evening as Trastevere is a major restaurant
area.
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