Italy (Lazio) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable in force from 10 December 2023. Although the timetable is shown as valid until 8 June 2024, most long-distance services are shown as operating only until March. 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) IT24/141

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 Ponte Galeria – Ladispoli-Cerveteri

Roma S. Pietro – Roma Trastevere

[33, M77] (ERA-E 84C1, not shown; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149B3-149B4) IT24/142

The lines from Viterbo and from Civitavecchia follow separate routes, in tunnel, between Roma S. Pietro and Roma Trastevere. The Viterbo lines cross from the north to the south side of the Civitavecchia lines and pass through an underground station, Quattro Venti. Click on the thumbnail for a full size map.

Roma S. Pietro – Città del Vaticano

(ERA-E 84C1; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149B3) IT24/143

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 S Pietro. The train uses route IT24/144 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, but suspended during the Covid-19 epidemic. It resumed in April 2022, running on Saturdays, but does not seem to run in 2024.

Details are available from the Vatican Museums website.

Roma Tuscolana – Roma Casilina

[2, 3, 33, 80, 85, M72, M74, M75] (ERA-E 84C1; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149D4) IT24/144

This west to south curve is used by trains between the Pisa and Napoli lines (both routes), if not booked to call at Roma Termini. Click on the thumbnail for a full size map.

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		R20101/20103	04:00 Roma Tuscolana – Velletri
	SSuX	R20223	05:42 Roma Tuscolana – Nettuno
		ICN799/35085	Torino Porta Nuova – 05:46 Roma Ostiense – Salerno
		IC501	Sestri Levante – 10:18/10:20 Roma Ostiense – Napoli Centrale
D2	SO	R4827	17:30 Roma Ostiense – Minturno-Scauri
	MTX	ICN795	Torino Porta Nuova – 23:44 Roma Ostiense – Reggio di Calabria Centrale
D3		ICN1963	Milano Centrale – 23:59 Pisa Centrale – Siracusa/Palermo Centrale
D4		ICN794/36394	Reggio di Calabria Centrale – 05:30 Latina – Torino Porta Nuova
D2	SO	R4826	Formia-Gaeta – 16:04 Pomezia-S. Palomba – Roma Ostiense
D5		IC522/822	Napoli Centrale – 19:00 Latina – Sestri Levante
D6	SSuX	R20216	Colleferro-Segni-Paliano – 20:39 Ciampino – Roma Tuscolana
	MTX	ICN796	Salerno – 22:12/23:21 Latina – Torino Porta Nuova
D		ICN1962	Siracusa/Palermo Centrale – 23:33 Salerno – Milano Centrale

D1: SO until 20 July and from 7 September except 21 September, also SuX from 1 November

D2: Until 10 August

D3: SSuO from 13 July to 28 July, also 30 July, 1, 7&8, 26, 28, and 31 August, and 1 September; the curve is traversed the next morning

D4: From 3 to 24 August last stop before obscure route 03:10 Salerno

D5: From 3 to 24 August last stop before obscure route 16:50 Napoli Centrale

D6: Until 2 August and from 26 August

Roma Tiburtina – Roma Casilina

[3, 80, 85, 313, M72, M74] (ERA-E 84C1-C2; ERA-R 162B4; S+W 149D3-149D4) IT24/145

This line is used by trains between the Firenze and Napoli lines (both routes), if not booked to call at Roma Termini. Click on the thumbnail for a full size map.

D1		ICN1963	Milano Centrale – 00:12/01:05 Firenze Campo di Marte – Siracusa
D2	SSuX	R20101	04:00 Roma Tiburtina – Velletri
D3		ICN797	Torino Porta Nuova – 05:58/06:51 Roma Tiburtina – Salerno
D4	SSuX	R21049	07:00 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale
D5	SSuX	R21095	07:50/10:15 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale/Formia-Gaeta/Minturno-Scauri
D6		R34619	12:16 Roma Tiburtina – Ciampino
D7		IC583/1523	Milano Centrale/Prato Centrale – 13:29/37 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale
D8	SO	IC1589	Milano Centrale – 13:44/15:41 Roma Tiburtina – Reggio di Calabria Centrale
	SSuX	R5901	14:41 Roma Tiburtina – Napoli Centrale/Minturno Scauri
D9	SuX	R12711	15:14 Roma Tiburtina – Frosinone
	SuX	R5127	17:38 Roma Tiburtina – Rocca Ravindola
D		FR9573	Milano Centrale – 23:24 Firenze S. Maria Novella – Reggio di Calabria Centrale
D		FR9574	Reggio di Calabria – 00:17 Paola – Milano Centrale
D2	SSuX	R21024	Napoli Centrale – 05:55 Campoleone – Roma Tiburtina
D10	SSuX	R4836	Colleferro-Segni-Paliano – 06:40 Ciampino – Roma Tiburtina
	SSuX	R5840	Napoli Centrale – 07:01 Campoleone – Roma Tiburtina
D10	SSuX	R4838	Colleferro-Segni-Pallano – 07:55 Ciampino – Roma Tiburtina
D11	FO	R21136	Napoli Centrale – 08:11 Ciampino – Roma Tiburtina
D12	SuO	R20010	Albano Laziale –­ 11:01 Capannelle – Roma Tiburtina
	SSuX	R21400	Napoli Centrale/Minturno-Scauri – 11:29 Campoleone – Roma Tiburtina
D13		IC590	Salerno – 12:00 Latina – Firenze S. Maria Novella/Milano Centrale
	SuX	R4835	Isernia – 14:17 Cassino – Roma Tiburtina
D9	SuX	R12610	Cassino – 14:31 Ciampino – Roma Tiburtina
D14		IC596	Napoli Centrale – 15:51 Latina – Milano Centrale
D15	SuO	IC1588	Reggio di Calabria Centrale – 16:27 Latina – Milano Centrale
D16	SSuX	R20208	Colleferro-Segni-Paliano – 16:55 Ciampino – Roma Tiburtina
D17		ICN798	Salerno – 21:28/22:28 Formia-Gaeta – Torino Porta Nuova
D		ICN1962	Siracusa/Palermo Centrale – 23:33 Salerno – Milano Centrale

D1: SSuX from 13 July to 28 July, also does not run on 30 July, 1, 7&8, 26, 28, and 31 August, and 1 September; the curve is traversed the next morning

D2: Until 19 July and from 9 September to 31 October, also 2 September

D3: SSuX until 28 July and from 4 to 11 August; usually departs Roma Tiburtina at 05:58, departs at 06:51 on 27 and 29 August and 1 September

D4: Until 12 July and from 2 September

D5: Usually departs Roma Tiburtina at 07:50, departs at 10:15 from 5 to 23 August and terminates in Minturno Scauri (Formia Gaeta only on 20 August)

D6: From 21 to 23 and from 26 to 31 August

D7: SSuX until 23 August, daily from 24 August

D8: From 17 August; usually departs Roma Tiburtina at 13:44, departs at 15:41 on Saturday from 17 August to 7 September, 28 September, 12, 19, and 26 October, and 9 and 16 November

D9: From 21 to 23 August and from 26 August to 7 October

D10: Until 2 August and from 26 August

D11: From 9 to 23 August

D12: From 1 September to 6 October

D13: SSuX until 11 August also not Sunday 29 September, 13, 20, and 21 October, and 10 and 17 November; from 5 to 12 August last stop before obscure route 09:18 Napoli Centrale

D14: From 9 September except Saturday 28 September, 12, 19, and 20 October, and 9 and 16 November

D15: From 18 August

D16: From 26 August to 7 October

D17: FSSuX until 2 August; on 3 August and from 5 to 23 August last stop before obscure route 20:53 Napoli Centrale

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 from 23 July to 1 September.

Civitavecchia – Civitavecchia Marittima

(ERA-E 84A2; ERA-R 160C2; S+W 68A1) IT24/146

This line diverges to the east about 2 km north of Civitavecchia and turns through 180 degrees to head back under the main line, running south into the port area. The line which previously ran direct to Marittima from south of Civitavecchia station and carried a public passenger service is now closed to all traffic.

The diesel railcar "Roma Express" was operated by Seatrain Tours between Civitavecchia Marittima and Roma S. Pietro (the TrenItalia station, not the Vatican) as part of a guided day trip for cruise passengers. This appears no longer to operate and an upgraded Civitavecchia Express service for cruise passengers is being promoted from Civitavecchia FS passenger station.

P.M. Anagni – Bivio Sgurgola

[80] (ERA-E 84B3; ERA-R 161B1; S+W 70B4) IT24/147

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 – 17:00/39 Roma Termini – Napoli Centrale
		FR9304	Napoli Centrale – 05:48/06:37 Frosinone – Torino Porta Nuova

Rocca d'Evandro-S Vittore – Bivio Cassino Sud

[80] (ERA-E 84B4; ERA-R 164A5; S+W 77B2) IT24/148

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 – 18:13/19:09 Cassino – Napoli Centrale
		FR9304	04:26/05:23 Napoli Centrale – Torino Porta Nuova