Train, Rome

It's important to remember to time stamp your train ticket BEFORE you get on the train. (You need to stamp your bus tickets when you get on the bus, too.) If it's not time stamped or validated (in Italian, "convalida") and a conductor checks your ticket, you'll be fined big time (well, if they are in a good mood, maybe only 5-10 E, but it could be 50E, or as much as 500 euros). If you're not sure how, just watch other folks. If the machine you try doesn't work, try another.

And there will be no explaining that you're just a dumb tourist and didn't know any better. That argument won't work as they've heard it before!

If the machines aren't working, you are supposed to write the date and time on your ticket.

This photo shows folks stamping their ticket in the yellow machines at the Fiumicino Airport train station. The bus machines are either yellow (the new ones) or orange (the old ones.)

It's true that if you have a "reserved" seat on a train (for example, a Eurostar) you don't need to time stamp your ticket (your ticket already lists a specific date and time) - but why take chances? Just do it every time and you won't forget and won't be sorry.

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When purchasing train tickets to cities in Italy, it is most helpful to know the Italian name of your destination city - Florence is "Firenze", Milan is "Milano", Rome is "Roma", etc. If you do not speak Italian, you can bring your map with you when purchasing tickets and point to your destination. You do need the correct Italian name if purchasing your tickets from the automatic purchasing machines at major train stations.

The Termini Station is the heart of the transport system in Rome. It is a cross for (underground) metro A and metro B lines and is the main train station in town.
A large number of bus lines start from here and, finally, a direct train link with the Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" airport is available that runs about avery 15 minutes approximately.
The ground level is dedicated to standard train areas; for the underground lines stairs lead under that.
The Termini station is located in Piazza dei Cinquecento, 53 and serves main national railway lines.

If you plan on going into Rome after arriving on a cruise ship at Civitavecchia, depending on where your ship docks, you will probably need to take a shuttle bus out of the dock area. Our shuttle for the QE2 dropped us off at the end of the docks - it would have been an impossibly long walk - and then we had about a 15 minute walk to the train station. It was a Sunday and the lines were moving very slowly - mainly I think because the locals were paying with credit cards where as the tourists seemed mainly to pay with cash. It cost 9 Euros each for a return ticket. Remember to validate the ticket in the yellow machines that are in the center of the ticket office. You can get the train schedule from the Trenitalia web site. It is accurate but the trains can be late.. The train ride in was an express with only one stop and took about 40 minuutes; on the return we stopped at every station and it took twice as long but compared with the $69 the cruise line tour office wanted to take us by bus into town, was well worth it. Remember to validate your return ticket also.

At the Rome Termini, the signs to the Metro were very clear and we easily found our way to the line we wanted. We purchased tickets (one Euro) at the newsagents, and again validated them.

Warning: if you are bringing heavy luggage from Rome to board a ship at Civitavecchia, at the Civitavecchia station there is an underground subway passage you have to take to get out of the station. It has about 30 steep steps down and the same up.

from Termini almost you can go everywhere in Rome.
just go there there is information for tourist ask them how to go to ....... and they will tell you.
some examples
Coliseum : Bus 175
Piazza Venezia : Bus 175
Vatican : Metro Line A
Saint Anglo: Metro Line A
Panatheon : Bus 175

and many many.......

Termini Station is the main station in Rome. It connects regional trains, eurorail trains as well as the two local subway lines (A and B). The A line runs mostly east-west and the B line runs mostly north-south. Both trains meet in Termini, and it is extremely easy to switch from one to the other. For 16 euro each we bought a pass for a week that let us ride on any bus, subway or tram. Well worth it and by far the easiest way to get around. The A line does stop running early (2100 I think) but there are buses that run until midnight and at every stop there seems to be a train to get you back to Termini.

situata al centro di roma collega il centro con la periferia, c'è un centro commerciale al suo interno e a 5 minuti piazza esedra con una fontana molto bella soprattutto di notte. Da qui partono anche le due linee della metro ed è la stazione degli autobus principale.

it's in the center of rome and connect the center with surrounding of rome,in the station there is a commercial center and in 5 minutes you can reach Esedra square with it's amazing fountain, above all in the night. From here start the 2 metro lines and many busses

You will never need to rent a car while touring Rome. I have no idea why anyone would even want to try it.

Arriving at Fiumicino airport (FCO), there are several trains that make the journey to Termini Station, which is the transportation hub of central Rome. Be sure you validate your ticket before entering the train. There is a little machine right there on the platform that can stamp it.

In Rome, you have trains, subways, busses, and your own two feet to get you to where you want to go. Watch the traffic, because it is rapid, and space can sometimes get a little narrow. Bring a good map with you that highlights bus and train routes.