Trains In Rome
Rome's Urban Railways, Metro and Airport Trains
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Trains in Rome have their main central hub at Termini Station, the major transport interchange for Rome, though note, some long distance trains will not stop here but one of the stations on the periphery of Rome from where you can connect to other trains to Termini or the Rome Metro.
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| Local Buses |
| Metro |
| Train Services |
| Tickets, Travel Passes |
| Hop on, Hop Off Tour Buses |
| Airports, Cruise Ports |
| Fiumicino Airport |
| Ciampino Airport |
| Civiitavecchia Cruise Port |
As capital of Italy, Rome has direct train services to all the principal cities of the country and rail passes form a very economic and comfortable way of seeing Italy.
This page looks at the train network around suburban Rome, the Ferrovia Regionale Trains. Most visitors unless they are staying at a hotel outside Rome itself will perhaps only consider using the airport train though.
The only tourist attraction where the local train service is useful is the service to the Roman port ruins of Ostia Antica. This train service starts from Ostiense, 4 stops on the Line B Metro from Termini Station. Ostia Antica is covered by the Rome public transport passes. The ruins are a few hundred yards from the station.
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There is only one main approach to the centre of Rome, from the south of the city. For trains coming from other directions the railway lines circle the centre of Rome, on a 'rail' orbital track way. This can sometimes mean a journey of up to 30 minutes just to get from say the vatican station to Termini.
The key stations on this orbital railway are Ostinese to the south-west of the centre and Tiburtina to the East. Between them is a single feed into the City Centre at Termini Station. Both Ostinese/Piramide and Tiburtina stations interconnect with the Metro.
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| Shopping Centre Underneath Termini Station |
Termini Station
Termini Station is like a small town in itself. There is a large underground shopping centre on two floors including a medium sized supermarket.
At platform level are all the travel agents, newsagents and eating outlets you'd expect at any major rail station.
Most of the fast food places are on the main ground level. At the eastern exit is a US style steak house and other sit down restaurants are up on the balcony and around by the car hire desks and airport train platform.
There is also a left luggage facility over on the western side of the station by where the airport train arrives, the car hire desks are also in this area.
Out front is Rome's main bus terminus and below is the intersection of Rome's two Metro lines.
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| Leonardo Airport Express Train |
Leonardo Express Fiumicino Airport Train
There is a direct non stop train called the Leonardo Express from Termini to Rome's Fiumicino Airport - the one used by the vast majority of flights into Rome.
Journey time is just 35 minutes, trains run every 30 minutes.
The Leonardo Express train is the only direct public transport from Fiumicino to the centre of Rome.
There is a cheaper alternative, a stopping train that runs every 15 minutes (30 minutes, Sunday) from Fiumicino. This train service loops around Rome with stations that interconnect with the Rome Metro. If you are staying in the Vatican or Trastevere area, you can interconnect with a local trains that will take you to stations much closer to your hotel than Termini.
More Details Of Airport Train Services
Ferrovia Regionale Trains
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| Ostia Train |
There are a few lines that come under the label, 'Ferrovia Regionale'. These are all quite different.
The most useful for visitors is the Ostia Line for the Roman port ruins of Ostia Antica and the Civitavecchia trains, the cruise port for Rome.
Ostia Train
A suburban train service visitors may want to use is the Ostia Line. The train service runs several times an hour to the coast and stops at Ostia Antica station.
It starts at Ostiense which is twinned with the Piramide Metro station in the south-east of the city.
Its then just a 5 minute walk to the fascinating Roman port ruins of Ostia Antica.
The train ride is covered by the daily transport passes that covers Rome's Metro and bus services.
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