Italy - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
This list is based on the timetable in force until 13 December 2008, unless otherwise stated. Several companies publish railway timetables in Italy, but table numbers quoted here are from In Treno, the official Trenitalia book. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Westbound and northbound trains normally have even train numbers. Eastbound and southbound trains normally have odd numbers. Trains may, therefore, have several numbers during the course of a journey. For example, the 07:01 Bergamo to Ventimiglia, which runs west to Milano, south to Genova and then west again, is successively IR1786, IR1787 and IR1788. In the tables below the train number used is that applicable at the last stop before the route concerned. Where two train numbers are shown, that is because they vary with the day of operation. Trains running on only a few days during the Christmas and New Year holiday period are not included in the lists; none use lines without any other passenger service.
Passengers without cars may make reservations on Auto al Seguito car-carrying trains marked Aa within 15 days prior to departure, if any places remain available.
Lines are listed in geographic order, from north to south, grouped by region. However, the Firenze - Roma direttissima (which passes through the regions of Toscana, Umbria and Lazio) is shown as a separate group. Special Notes and details of Other Sparse Services and Deletions since previous edition can be found at the end of this page.
List of Regions:-
- Lombardia (includes Milano)
- Trentino Alto Adige
- Veneto
- Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Piemonte (includes Torino)
- Liguria (includes Genova)
- Emilia Romagna (includes Bologna)
- Toscana (includes Firenze)
- Firenze - Roma direttissima
- Lazio (includes Roma)
- Campania (includes Napoli)
- Calabria
- Sicilia
- Sardegna
The following regions currently have no Obscure Services: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Marche, Molise, Puglia and Valle d'Aosta.
Special Notes
The Trenitalia timetables suggest that on certain lines fast trains and stopping trains run via different routes, but in fact there is a quadruple line with station platforms on only one pair of tracks. Such lines include Prato Centrale to Firenze Rifredi and Padova to Venezia Mestre. Some trains between Pescara and Foggia are shown as not passing through the new station, Pescara Tribunale. This is a compilation error.
Deletions since previous edition
IT07/42 | Bivio d’Aurisina – Sezana: Now included in other sparse services |
IT07/43 | Miramare (Bivio Galleria) – Villa Opicina - Trieste Campo Marzio: Service has not operated since 2006. |
IT07/72 | Bologna avoiding line: Lavino - Bologna S Ruffillo (Bivio Crociali): The connection from the avoiding line to Firenze is no longer used by passenger trains |
IT07/86 | Firenze S Maria Novella (Bivio Pellegrino) - Firenze S Marco Vecchio: Replaced by an entry for the curve from Firenze Campo di Marte, which is less used. |
IT07/151 | Brindisi - Brindisi Marittima: The summer overnight trains that used this line were cut back to Bari in 2007. The branch may have closed. |
IT07/162 | Palermo avoiding line: Palermo Brancaccio - Vespri (Bivio Oreto): The one train to use this curve no longer runs. |
Other sparse services
The following lines not included above have few trains (relative to service levels generally in Italy) - five trains or fewer each way on at least three days a week, or do not run each weekday.
A1, B2, 10 | Bardonecchia - Modane (France) |
F1, 15 | Tarvisio Boscoverde - Arnoldstein (Austria) |
G1, 13 | Bivio d’Aurisina – Villa Opicina - Sezana (Slovenia) |
114 | Ceva – Ormea |
117 | Chivasso – Asti |
134 | Oleggio - Laveno-Mombello |
143 | Alessandia – Ovada |
186 | Palazzolo sull’Oglio - Paratico Sarnico (spring and autumn Sundays only) |
233 | Sacile - Gemona del Friuli (service over the full length of this line on Sundays and summer Saturdays only) |
259 | Cecina - Volterra-Saline-Pomarance |
270 | Lavezzola - Granarolo Faentino |
286 | Pergola – Fabriano |
312 | Sulmona - Castel di Sangro – Carpinone |
315 | Benevento – Campobasso |
335 | Avellino - Rocchetta S Antonia-Lacedonia |
337 | Spinazzola - Rocchetta S Antonio-Lacedonia |
362 | Olbia - Golfo Aranci |
392 | Canicatti – Gela |
480 | Sassari – Nulvi (Ferrovie della Sardegna) (Trains currently replaced by buses) |
485 | Mandas - Isili (Ferrovie della Sardegna) |
- | Sassi – Superga (Gruppo Torinese Trasporti) (No trains on Tuesdays) |
- | Gravina in Puglia - Genzano (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) |
- | Pedace - Camigliatello Silano (Ferrovie della Calabria) |
- | Gioia Tauro - Palmi Centrale (Ferrovie della Calabria) |
The train service is suspended on the some local lines during the summer holiday period between late June and early September. There were no trains over the following lines for varying periods during summer 2008.
108 | Mondovi – Cuneo |
114 | Ceva – Ormea |
117 | Chivasso – Asti |
118 | Mortara – Asti |
121 | Acqui Terme – Genova Sampierdarena |
124 | Alessandria - Castagnole delle Lanze |
134 | Oleggio – Laveno-Mombello |
143 | Alessandria – Ovada |
154 | Pavia – Castelpusterlengo |
157 | Piacenza – Castelvetro |
170 | Albate-Camerlata – Molteno |
172 | Seregno – Carnate-Usmate |
259 | Cecina - Volterra-Saline-Pomarance |
270 | Lavezzola – Granarolo Faentino |
286 | Fabriano – Pergola |
300 | Sulmona – Terni |
312 | Sulmona – Carpinone |
313 | Campobasso – Termoli |
315 | Campobasso – Benevento |
325 | Sarno – Codola |
335 | Avellino - Rocchetta S Antonio-Lacedonia |
337 | Spinazzola - Rocchetta S Antonio-Lacedonia |
339 | Spinazzola – Barletta |
346 | Taranto – Brindisi (except for overnight trains E951 and E956) |
Services over the following lines are not shown in In Treno, but timetables can be found at the websites shown. Urban metro systems are not included in this list.
- L’Assunta/Maria Himmelfahrt – Collalbo/Klobenstein: www.sii.bz.it (Table 160)
- Sassi – Superga: www.comune.torino.it/gtt/orari/79.pdf
- S Severo - Peschici Calenella: www.ferroviedelgargano.com
- Bari – Bitonto – Barletta: www.ferrovienordbarese.it
- Bari – Matera Sud: www.fal-srl.it
- Bari – Gravina – Potenza: www.fal-srl.it
- Potenza – Avigliano Citta: www.fal-srl.it
- Cosenza – Camigliatello Silano and Catanzaro Citta: www.ferroviedellacalabria.com
- Gioia Tauro - Cinquefrondi and Palmi Centrale: www.ferroviedellacalabria.com