Italy (Lazio) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 15 December 2024. Although the timetable is shown as valid until 14 June 2025, most long-distance services are shown as operating only for a couple of months. Such trains are not indicated by note 'D' (for a service only running on certain dates), because it is a reasonable expectation that their period of operation will be extended or a similar service is provided instead. It is assumed that the timetable will continue to be updated and reissued regularly, as has been the case since summer 2020. Users are recommended to check the Trenitalia website to ensure they are using the latest version of the timetable.
Table numbers quoted here are from In Treno Tutt'Italia, the official Trenitalia timetable. Standard abbreviations are explained here.
Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA-E" refer to the European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "ERA-R" refer to the European Railway Atlas (Regional Series: Book 2) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "S+W", or in italic, refer to Atlante ferroviaro d'Italia e Slovenia by Schweers + Wall.
Two useful symbols exist which show the booked route for trains not calling at a station: in the middle of the train column, a vertical bar "|" means that the train passes through the station without stopping, whereas a middle dot "·" means that the train does not pass through that station but instead takes a different route.
Obscure services
Maccarese-Fregene – Ponte Galeria
[33] (ERA-E 84B2-B3; ERA-R 161A1; S+W 146A2-146C4) IT25/141
Most trains between Roma and the Pisa line run via Roma Aurelia. The following trains use the original main line via Ponte Galeria.
| SuX | R12503 | Civitavecchia – 05:43 Maccarese-Fregene – Roma Termini | |
| SSuX | R12567 | Ladispoli-Cerveteri – 07:35 Maccarese-Fregene – Ponte Galeria | |
| SSuX | R12566 | 08:00/07 Ponte Galeria – Ladispoli-Cerveteri |
Roma San Pietro – Roma Trastevere
[33, M77] (ERA-E 84C1, not shown; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149B3-149B4) IT25/142
The lines from Viterbo and from Civitavecchia follow separate routes, in tunnel, between Roma San Pietro and Roma Trastevere. The Viterbo line passes through an underground station, Quattro Venti, then cross from the north to the south side of the Civitavecchia line.
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Roma San Pietro – Città del Vaticano
(ERA-E 84C1; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149B3) IT25/143
The branch line to the Vatican City is used by a tourist train to Albano Laziale, for a visit to the Ville Pontificie. Travel on the train is possible only as part of a day tour, which starts at 08:00 with a tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Vatican Gardens. The train leaves from Città del Vaticano for Albano Laziale late morning. The return journey, departing late afternoon, terminates at Roma San Pietro. The train uses route IT25/144 in both directions.
The train is normally an electric multiple-unit and the branch is wired only as far as the border between Italy and the Vatican City. The train is unable to enter the Città del Vaticano station fully and stops where the arch in the boundary wall crosses the railway.
The service was introduced in September 2015, and suspended during the Covid-19 epidemic. It resumed in April 2022, running on Saturdays, but did not run in 2024.
Details were available from the Vatican Museums website.
This line might see an increased usage during 2025, due to the Jubilee in Vatican City and Roma. It is still unknown if there will be trains on this line, and if they will be open to the public.
Roma Tuscolana – Roma Casilina
[2, 3, 33, 80, 85, M72, M74, M75] (ERA-E 84C1; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149D4) IT25/144
This west to south curve is used by trains between the Pisa and Napoli lines (both the route via Formia and the one via Cassino), if not booked to call at Roma Termini.
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Overnight trains shown below normally use this route, but are liable to diversion via reversal at Roma Termini, particularly on Monday and Tuesday nights.
| D1 | ICN1963 | Milano Centrale – 00:58 Pisa Centrale – Siracusa/Palermo Centrale | |
| SuX | R20101/20103 | 04:00 Roma Tuscolana – Velletri | |
| SSuX | R20223 | 05:42 Roma Tuscolana – Nettuno | |
| ICN799/899/36445 | Torino Porta Nuova – 05:46 Roma Ostiense – Salerno | ||
| IC501 | Sestri Levante – 10:07/10:17 Roma Ostiense – Napoli Centrale | ||
| MTX | ICN795 | Torino Porta Nuova – 23:44 Roma Ostiense – Reggio di Calabria Centrale | |
| ICN794/862/864 | Reggio di Calabria Centrale – 05:08/30 Latina – Torino Porta Nuova | ||
| IC522/822 | Napoli Centrale – 18:14/19:00 Latina – Sestri Levante | ||
| D2 | SSuX | R20216 | Colleferro-Segni-Paliano – 20:39 Ciampino – Roma Tuscolana |
| D | MTX | ICN796 | Salerno – 23:21 Latina – Torino Porta Nuova |
| D1 | ICN1962 | Siracusa/Palermo Centrale – 23:30 Salerno – Milano Centrale |
D1: 13, 24 January, ThFO 30 January - 28 February, ICN1963 departs from Pisa the following day, both trains run on the curve the next morning
D2: until 26 July and from 1 September
Roma Tiburtina – Roma Casilina
[3, 80, 85, 313, M72, M74] (ERA-E 84C1-C2; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149D3-149D4) IT25/145
This line is used by trains between the Firenze and Napoli lines (both the route via Formia and the one via Cassino), if not booked to call at Roma Termini.
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Due to engineering work on this route from 7 January to 25 February, some trains listed below might run at different times or not run at all during that period.
| D1 | ICN1963 | Milano Centrale – 00:12/53 Firenze Campo di Marte – Siracusa/Palermo Centrale | |
| D | ICN797 | Torino Porta Nuova – 05:58/06:51 Roma Tiburtina – Salerno | |
| SSuX | R21049 | 06:58 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale | |
| SSuX | R21095 | 07:50 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale | |
| SSuX | R21400 | Napoli Centrale – 11:29 Campoleone – Roma Tiburtina | |
| D | IC583 | Milano Centrale – 13:29 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale | |
| D | SO | IC1589 | Milano Centrale – 13:44 Roma Tiburtina – Reggio di Calabria Centrale |
| SSuX | R5901 | 14:40 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale | |
| SuX | R23373 | 17:38 Roma Tiburtina – Isernia | |
| D | FR9573 | Milano Centrale – 23:24 Firenze Santa Maria Novella – Reggio di Calabria Centrale | |
| D | FR9574 | Reggio di Calabria – 00:14 Paola – Milano Centrale | |
| SSuX | R21024 | Napoli Centrale – 05:55 Campoleone – Roma Tiburtina | |
| D2 | SSuX | R4840 | Colleferro-Segni-Paliano – 06:40 Ciampino – Roma Tiburtina |
| SSuX | R5840 | Napoli Centrale – 07:01 Campoleone – Roma Tiburtina | |
| D2 | SuX | R4842 | Colleferro-Segni-Pallano – 07:55 Ciampino – Roma Tiburtina |
| D | IC590 | Salerno – 12:00 Latina – Milano Centrale | |
| SuX | R23349 | Isernia – 14:17 Cassino – Roma Tiburtina | |
| D | IC596 | Napoli Centrale – 15:49 Latina – Milano Centrale | |
| D | SuO | IC1588 | Reggio di Calabria Centrale – 16:27 Latina – Milano Centrale |
| D | ICN798 | Salerno – 21:10/35 Napoli Centrale or 21:28/22:28 Formia-Gaeta – Torino Porta Nuova | |
| D1 | ICN1962 | Siracusa/Palermo Centrale – 23:30 Salerno – Milano Centrale |
D1: SSuX 25 January - 2 March, MX always, also not via this route when using IT25/144; ICN1963 departs from Firenze the following day, both trains run on the curve the next morning
D2: until 26 July and from 1 September
This route is also used by local trains between Roma Tiburtina and Velletri, Mondays to Fridays:
- from Capannelle: 14:18, 16:18, 17:18, 18:18, 19:18;
- from Roma Tiburtina: 14:55, 15:57, 16:55, 17:55, 18:55.
These trains do not run during Christmas and August holiday periods (21 December - 6 Janaury, 2 - 31 August).
P.M. Anagni – Morolo (Bivio Sgurgola)
[80] (ERA-E 84B3; ERA-R 161B1; S+W 70B4) IT25/147
This connection north of Frosinone provides a southbound route off the Roma - Napoli Linea AV/AC and a northbound route onto it.
| FR9539 | Milano Centrale – 17:00 Roma Termini – Napoli Centrale | ||
| FR9304 | Napoli Centrale – 06:37 Frosinone – Torino Porta Nuova |
Fontanarosa-Cervaro (Rocca d'Evandro deviatoio diramazione AC/AV) – Bivio Cassino Sud
[80] (ERA-E 84B4; ERA-R 164A5; S+W 77B2) IT25/148
This is the connection from the old main line to the Roma - Napoli Linea AV/AC south of Cassino. The line is partly in Campania.
| FR9539 | Torino Porta Nuova – 18:13 Cassino – Napoli Centrale | ||
| FR9304 | 05:23 Napoli Centrale – Torino Porta Nuova |
Routes used occasionally for diversions
Roma Tiburtina – Roma Prenestina
[3, 80, 85] (ERA-E 84C1/2; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149D3) IT25/149
There are two routes between Roma Tiburtina and Roma Prenestina. Most local trains to and from the Pescara line use platforms designated Piazzale Est on the east side of Tiburtina station and run via the original curve from the former Bivio Portonaccio. A second route, next to the Pescara line, connects the Firenze – Roma Direttissima line with the Roma – Napoli Linea AV/AC via different grade-separated tunnels. This is sometimes used for diversions by high-speed trains between Firenze and Napoli if not calling at Roma Termini.
See also
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| Border Crossings | |
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