Naples & Campania - Southern Italy - page 108

Naples is southern Italy's main rail hub. Most trains arrive at or depart from Stazione Cent-
rale ( 081 554 31 88; Piazza Garibaldi) or underneath the main station, from Stazione Garibaldi.
Some services also stop at Mergellina station.
State-owned Trenitalia ( 89 20 21; www.trenitalia.com ) runs most intercity train services, in-
cluding up to 42 trains daily to Rome. Travel times and prices vary. Options to/from
Rome include the following:
Frecciarossa High Velocity; 2nd class one-way €43, 70 minutes
IC InterCity; 2nd class one way €24.50, two hours
Regionale Regional; one way €11.20, 2¾ hours
Privately owned Italo ( 060708; www.italotreno.it ) runs high-velocity trains between Stazione
Centrale in Naples and numerous major Italian cities, including Rome (2nd class one way
€43, 70 minutes). Note that Italo trains from Naples to Rome stop at Roma-Tiburtina sta-
tion and not at the main Roma-Termini station.
Tickets for high-velocity trains can work out much cheaper if booked even a few days
in advance.
Circumvesuviana ( Click here ) trains connect Naples to Sorrento (€4.10, 68 minutes,
around 30 daily). Stops along the way include Ercolano (€2.20, 19 minutes) and Pompeii
(€2.90, 38 minutes). Trains leave from Stazione Circumvesuviana ( 800 211388;
www.eavcampania.it ; Corso Garibaldi) , adjacent to Stazione Centrale (follow the signs from the
main concourse).
Ferrovia Cumana ( 800 211388; www.eavcampania.it ) trains leave from Stazione Cumana di
Montesanto on Piazza Montesanto, 500m southwest of Piazza Dante, running to Pozzuoli
(€1.30, 22 minutes, every 20 minutes) and other Campi Flegrei towns beyond.
Ferrovia Circumflegrea, also based at Stazione Cumana di Montesanto, runs services to
other Campi Flegrei towns, most of little interest to travellers.