Olympic Transport System by marco2005
Free use of the new Metro of Turin, special olympic lines, and 25% more bus in the city.On the 4th of February will be opened the first line of the Metro of Turin. Locals and turist will have FREE access for the olympic period. (see map in the pics)
The regular fare for the bus system, 0,90 euro, will last all day long (instead of 70 min).
Will be also increased the frequency of the rides (some line will work 24/24) and the number of the bus on service (1200).
There will be some special lines for the connection between the eleven parking lot around the city and the olympic sites, city center, and railway stations.
This olympic shuttle bus lines have a "X" before the number, and made fast connection with few stops (the special olympic stops have a red totem) from 10:30am to 1:30am.
For the opening and closure ceremony there will some special line (with a "C" after a number), to connect directly the parking and the stations to the Olympic Stadium.
on this site www.comune.torino.it/gtt/avvisi/mappa_olimpica.shtml you can view the complex grid of the special lines (sorry, too complex to show it here:-).
PARKING LOT
As forementioned thare are 11 parking lots in the outskirts for a total of 7000 cars. Are all free of charge, except the P1 (NW, where is the highway to Milan) and P6 (S, near to the Stadium) that are bookable via Internet and cost 10 euro per day.
http://gttpark.telepark.it/?Lang=eng
RAILWAYS
Trenitalia (Italian railways) has planned about 40 trains per day to connect "Torino Porta Nuova" and "Torino Lingotto" with Pinerolo, Oulx and Bardonecchia. From these stations free bus will transfer the spectators to the game sites.
But on Trenitalia website no info, so far.
