Italy - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 15 June 2025. Although the timetable is shown as valid until 13 December 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.
Westbound and northbound trains normally have even train numbers. Eastbound and southbound trains normally have odd numbers. However, since December 2021, when a train changes direction along its journey it keeps its first train number. Thus, it is possible to have trains in the same direction being both odd- and even-numbered. For example, most trains from Milano to Venezia have odd train numbers, since they are eastbound, but the 08:45 from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia is FR9710 because it originates in Genova Brignole and, for its first leg of the journey, is northbound and thus even-numbered. Similarly, when a train is re-scheduled to allow for engineering work or other reasons it is likely to keep its usual train number, even when its timing is significantly altered. Only in rare cases, it is given an alternative number, usually of five digits starting with 3. Where a train is diverted via an obscure route that it does not normally use, the relevant train number is quoted in the lists.
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 Linea Alta Velocità (High Speed Lines), Other Sparse Services, Bus services in substitute for trains, and Deletions since previous edition can be found at the end of this page.
List of Regions
| Lombardia | Includes Milano | Entries referenced from ITxx/01 |
| Trentino Alto Adige | Entries referenced from ITxx/21 | |
| Veneto | Includes Verona | Entries referenced from ITxx/31 |
| Friuli Venezia Giulia | Includes Udine | Entries referenced from ITxx/41 |
| Piemonte | Includes Torino | Entries referenced from ITxx/51 |
| Liguria | Includes Genova | Entries referenced from ITxx/61 |
| Emilia Romagna | Includes Bologna | Entries referenced from ITxx/71 |
| Toscana | Includes Firenze | Entries referenced from ITxx/91 |
| Marche | Entries referenced from ITxx/111 | |
| Firenze - Roma direttissima | Entries referenced from ITxx/121 | |
| Lazio | Includes Roma | Entries referenced from ITxx/141 |
| Campania | Includes Napoli | Entries referenced from ITxx/151 |
| Abruzzo and Molise | Entries referenced from ITxx/171 | |
| Puglia | Entries referenced from ITxx/181 | |
| Calabria | Includes Cosenza | Entries referenced from ITxx/191 |
| Sicilia | Entries referenced from ITxx/201 | |
| Sardegna | Entries referenced from ITxx/211 |
The following regions currently have no Obscure Services: Basilicata 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.
Linea Alta Velocità (High-Speed Lines)
The following high-speed lines, which are electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz rather than the standard Italian 3000 V dc, can be used only by Alta Velocità trains. These are marketed as “FrecciaRossa”, and “FrecciArgento”; high-speed services are also provided by open access operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, trading as “Italo”.
- Torino (Stura) – Milano (Rho-Fiera Milano)
- Treviglio (Bivio Casirate) – Brescia (Scalo)
- Milano (Bivio/P.C. Melegnano) – Bologna – Firenze (Castello)
- Roma (Prenestina) – Napoli (Afragola)
There are various intermediate connections between these lines and older routes, but many see limited or no use by passenger trains. Those with a regular passenger service are:
- Piacenza Ovest: see IT25/71
- Fidenza Ovest: see IT25/73
- Castelfranco Est: see IT25/76
- Anagni: see IT25/147
- Cassino Sud: see IT25/148
- Caserta Nord: see IT25/152
- Gricignano: see IT25/153
Connections used while high-speed lines were under construction, but no longer with a passenger service are:
- Bivio Novara Ovest – Novara Boschetto
- Bologna San Ruffillo – Bivio Emilia: it is sometimes used for diversions see IT25/82
There are also high-speed lines electrified at 3000 V dc, which may be used by all trains:
- Milano Lambrate – Treviglio: which is effectively a quadrupling of the old main line, see IT25/14
- Milano Rogoredo – Tavazzano (Bivio/P.C. Melegnano): see IT25/15
- Padova – Venezia Mestre: this is effectively a quadrupling of the old main line
- Firenze – Roma Direttissima: this is an older high-speed line, see separate details
- Napoli – Salerno: see IT25/157
It appears to be practice for DC-electrified high-speed lines to be known as “Direttissima” and for AC-electrified lines to be known as “Linea AV/AC”.
Trams
See Italy - Tram services over obscure routes
Other sparse services
The train service may well be suspended on some local lines for varying periods during the summer holidays between late June and early September, especially in northern Italy and Campania. It may be advisable to check services locally.
The following lines 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. Lines with no Sunday trains are noted, but where there is a Sunday service it may be very limited on rural lines. Even on lines with more than five trains daily the service may be very irregular, with a few early morning journeys and then none until the afternoon.
| 10 | Bardonecchia – Modane (France) | TGV and Frecciarossa services only |
| 13 | Trieste Centrale – Sežana (Slovenia) | |
| 15 | Cervignano-Aquileia-Grado - Udine | Limited Sunday service, except during the summer |
| 15 | Carnia – Tarvisio Boscoverde | Sparse weekday service, better at weekends |
| 26 | Novi Ligure – Tortona | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
| 91 | Metaponto – Sibari | |
| 109 | Ventimiglia – Breil sur Roya (France) – Limone | |
| 118 | Casale Monferrato – Mortara | No weekend service |
| 120 | Asti – Acqui Terme | No weekend service |
| 122 | Asti – Alba | No weekend service |
| 125 | Chivasso – Valenza | No Sunday service |
| 170 | Como Camerlata – Molteno | No Sunday service |
| 220 | Treviso Centrale – Portogruaro-Caorle | No Sunday service |
| 236 | Casarsa – Portogruaro-Caorle | No Sunday service |
| 250 | Fidenza – Fornovo | |
| 270 | [Faenza –] Granarolo Faentino – Lugo – Lavezzola | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
| 270 | [Faenza –] Granarolo Faentino – Russi | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
| 273 | Firenze Campo di Marte – Firenze S. Marco Vecchio | Limited peak service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
| 283 | Buonconvento – Montepescali [– Grosseto] | |
| 300 | Rieti – L'Aquila | Limited Sunday service |
| 300 | L'Aquila – Sulmona | Limited weekend service |
| 302 | Viterbo Porta Fiorentina – Attigliano-Bomarzo | Limited Saturday service; no Sunday service |
| 311 | Avezzano – Roccasecca [– Cassino] | Limited service, one train on Sunday |
| 325/329 | Nocera Inferiore – Codola – Mercato S. Severino | Limited service, one train on Sunday |
| 332 | Foggia – Manfredonia | Summer service only |
| 346 | Taranto – Brindisi | No Sunday service, except for one overnight and two intercity trains each way |
| 355 | [Cosenza –] Castiglione Cosentino – Sibari | Limited weekend service |
| 360 | Sassari – Porto Torres Marittima | |
| 361 | Olbia – Golfo Aranci | |
| 375 | Catania – Lentini Diramazione – Caltagirone | |
| 377/392 | Caltanissetta Xirbi – Caltanissetta Centrale | Limited Sunday service |
| 378/392 | Caltanissetta Centrale – Canicattì | Limited Saturday service, one train on Sunday |
| 378 | Canicattì – Aragona Caldare | Limited service, one train on Sunday |
| 388 | Piraineto – Castelvetrano | |
| 392 | Caltanissetta Centrale – Canicattì | Limited Saturday service, one train on Sunday |
| 392 | Canicattì – Gela – Donnafugata – Modica – Siracusa | Limited service Mon-Sat on most of the line; no Sunday service except Donnafugata – Siracusa during the summer |
| - | Sassi – Superga (GTT) | No service on Wednesday except during the summer |
| 409 | Rovato FN – Bornato-Calino (Trenord) | Limited Sunday train service; only bus service Mon-Sat |
| 430 | Modena – Sassuolo Terminal (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | Limited Sunday service |
| 434 | [Bologna Centrale –] Bologna Roveri – Portomaggiore (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | Limited Sunday service |
| 435 | Parma – Suzzara (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | No Sunday service |
| 436 | Reggio S. Lazzaro – Reggio Emilia (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
| 436 | Reggio Emilia – Guastalla (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | Limited Sunday service |
| 437 | Reggio Emilia – Sassuolo Radici (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | Limited Sunday service |
| 438 | Reggio Emilia – Ciano d'Enza (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | No Sunday service |
| 439 | Ferrara – Suzzara (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | No Sunday service |
| 440 | Ferrara – Codigoro (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | No Sunday service |
| 442 | [Bologna Centrale –] Casalecchio Garibaldi – Vignola (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | Limited Sunday service |
| 445 | Arezzo – Sinalunga (TFT) | No Sunday service |
| 446 | Arezzo – Pratavecchio Stia (TFT) | No Sunday service |
| 447 | Perugia S. Anna – Città di Castello (former Ferrovia Centrale Umbra) | Limited Sunday service |
| 448/449 | Perugia Ponte S. Giovanni – Perugia S. Anna (former Ferrovia Centrale Umbra) | Limited Sunday service |
| 453 | S. Vito-Lanciano – Lanciano (Sangritana) | Limited Sunday service (note that In Treno does not show the full service) |
| - | Botteghelle – San Giorgio a Cremano | No Sunday service |
| - | [Napoli Centrale –] Santa Maria Capua Vetere – Piedimonte Matese | No Sunday Service |
| 460 to 465 | Ferrovie del Sud Est entire network | Limited to no Sunday service |
| 466 | Bari – Gravina in Puglia and Matera Sud (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) | No Sunday service |
| - | San Nicola – Genzano (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
| - | Potenza – Avigliano Città (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane) | No Sunday service |
| 468 | [Foggia –] San Severo – San Nicandro Garganico (Ferrovie del Gargano) | No Sunday service in the winter; service not shown by In Treno anymore |
| 468 | San Nicandro Garganico – Ischitella (Ferrovie del Gargano) | Limited service Mon-Sat and no Sunday service in the winter; service not shown by In Treno anymore |
| 468 | Ischitella – Peschici Calenella (Ferrovie del Gargano) | Summer service only, bus service in the winter; service not shown by In Treno anymore |
| 494 | Fesca San Girolamo – Bitonto Santi Medici via Palese – Macchie (Ferrotramviaria) | No Sunday service |
| - | Paternò – Randazzo – Riposto (Ferrovia Circumetnea) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
| - | Sassari – Sorso (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | No Sunday service |
| - | Macomer– Nuoro (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | No Sunday service |
| - | Monserrato San Gottardo (Cagliari) – Mandas (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | No Sunday service |
| - | Mandas – Isili (Ferrovie della Sardegna) | Limited service Mon-Sat; no Sunday service |
Bus services in substitute for trains
Services over the following lines have been replaced by buses, mostly owing to infrastructure problems. It is definitely intended that some routes will re-open to rail traffic, but others are in doubt.
A number of other bus services appear in In Treno either in substitution for long-closed lines or FrecciaLink coaches to towns not on the high-speed network.
| 113 | Ivrea – Aosta | Closed on 3 January 2024 for electrification works, should re-open December 2026 |
| 122 | Bra – Cavallermaggiore | Train service suspended because of Covid-19 and unlikely to resume |
| 134 | Laveno-Mombello – Sesto Calende | Withdrawal of passenger trains. See route IT25/19 for occasional diversions on the section Sesto Calende – Laveno-Mombello |
| 155 | Bozzolo – Mantova | Closed on 14 January 2024 for doubling works; should re-open in 2026 |
| 157 | Piacenza – Castelvetro [– Cremona] | Withdrawal of passenger trains since 2013, occasionally used for diversions |
| 172 | Seregno – Carnate-Usmate | Trains replaced by buses, unlikely to resume soon |
| 172/186 | Ponte S. Pietro – Bergamo | Closed on 5 February 2024 for doubling works; should re-open in 2026 |
| 210 | Fortezza/Franzenfeste – Brunico/Bruneck | Closed since December 2025 for construction work; should re-open reopens in January 2026, but with passenger service only between Bressanone/Brixen and Brunico/Bruneck |
| 231 | Venezia Mestre – Piove di Sacco – Adria (previously route 426 operated by Sistemi Territoriali) | Closed since July 2024 for electrification works, with planned re-opening in December 2025; train service incorrectly shown in In Treno |
| 233 | Gemona del Friuli – Maniago | Gemona – Sacile closed in 2012 because of a landslide; service on Maniago – Sacile resumed in December 2017; see route IT25/42 for occasional excursions covering this section |
| 258 | Pisa Centrale – Collesalvetti – Vada | See route IT25/103 for occasional diversions |
| 259 | Cecina – Volterra-Saline-Pomerance | Bus service instigated summer 2020, apparently for upgrades to the line, but train services have not resumed. See route IT25/101 for occasional excursions |
| 310 | Priverno-Fossanova – Terracina | Train service suspended since 2012 because of landslides |
| 312 | Sulmona – Carpinone | See route IT25/171 for details of special excursions |
| 313 | Termoli – Campobasso | Closed due to a landslide in 2023; service is not subsidised until 2033 |
| 313 | Isernia – Campobasso | Closed for electrification work; may re-open in 2028 |
| 315 | [Campobasso –] Bosco Redole – Benevento | See route IT25/159 for details of special excursions covering part of the line |
| 330 | Mercato S. Severino – Avellino – Benevento | Closed for electrification work; may re-open in 2026 |
| 335 | Avellino – Lioni [– Rocchetta S. Antonio-Lacedonia] | See route IT25/160 for details of special excursions |
| 337 | Rocchetta S. Antonio-Lacedonia – Gioia del Colle | Trains replaced by buses in 2011 on economic grounds, so unlikely to resume. Might have special excursions in the future |
| 339 | Barletta – Spinazzola | Closed for electrification and upgrade works |
| 375 | Caltagirone – Gela | Service suspended following collapse of a viaduct in 2011; should re-open December 2026 |
| 377/382 | [Catania –] Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa – Dittaino | Closed for doubling works in 2023; should re-open February 2025 |
| 414 | Rivarolo Canavese – Pont Canavese (former GTT) | Replaced by buses since 2020, service no longer shown in In Treno; there are plans to electrify and re-open the line |
| 418 | Merano/Meran – Malles Venosta/Mals Vinschgau | Closed in sections for electrification work since February 2025; should reopen March 2026 |
| - | Germagnano – Ceres (former GTT) | Replaced by buses since June 2023 for upgrade works |
| 428 | Udine – Cividale (former Ferrovia Udine Cividale) | Closed since May 2024 for modernisation work, related to the transfer of the line to RFI |
| 434 | Bologna Centrale – Bologna Roveri (Trenitalia TPER on FER tracks) | Closed in 2022 to be moved underground; should open in late 2025 |
| 447 | Città di Castello – Sansepolcro (Ferrovia Centrale Umbra) | The former FCU lines have been transferred to RFI and are being modernised, this section and route 448 below should be the last to re-open in 2026 |
| 448 | Perugia Ponte S. Giovanni – Terni (Ferrovia Centrale Umbra) | The former FCU lines have been transferred to RFI and are being modernised, this line and section 447 above should be the last to re-open in 2026 |
| - | Licola – Torregaveta (Circumflegrea – EAV Srl) | |
| - | [Napoli Porta Nolana –] Napoli Garibaldi – Volla | Closed from July 2024 for maintenance work on the tunnel; should re-open September 2027 |
| - | Benevento Centrale – Cancello [– Napoli Centrale] (EAV Srl) | Closed for modernisation, should re-open in 2027 |
| 460a | [Bari Centrale –] Bari Mungivacca – Rutigliano (Ferrovie del Sud Est) | Closed for re-electrification and modernisation, should re-open in late 2025 with Triggiano and Capurso stations dropped in a tunnel |
| - | [Potenza Inferiore Scalo –] Avigliano Lucania – San Nicola (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane Srl) | |
| - | Genzano – Gravina in Puglia (Ferrovie Appulo Lucane Srl) | |
| 494 | Barletta Centrale – Andria Sud (Ferrotramviaria) | Service suspended for resignalling following a serious collision |
| - | Catanzaro Lido – Catanzaro Città (Ferrovie della Calabria Srl) | Closed for modernisation, doubling and a new underground section; re-opening was originally planned for July 2023 but has slipped to 2025 |
| - | Madonna di Porto – Soveria Mannelli (Ferrovie della Calabria Srl) | Closed for modernisation work; should re-open December 2026 |
| - | Soveria Mannelli – Rogliano (Ferrovie della Calabria Srl) | Closed due to a landslide; re-opening has slipped several times, latest news (April 2025) says this section should re-open late 2026 |
The following routes are shown on the Indice Grafico delle Relazioni (route diagram) in In Treno, but have no Trenitalia service at all, train or bus. In a few cases, which are noted, there is a train service not shown in In Treno.
| 60 & 70 & M65 | Ancona – Ancona Marittima | |
| 125 | Vercelli – Casale Popolo | |
| 134 | Sesto Calende – Oleggio | |
| 286 | Fabriano – Pergola | Special excursions regularly running on the line, see entry IT25/112 |
| 323 | Napoli – Sorrento | Former bus service; Circumvesuviana services not included in In Treno |
| 325 | Sarno – Codola | The north to east side of the triangle at Codola is closed to all traffic |
| 338 | Bari – Matera | Former bus service; Ferrovie Appulo-Lucane trains shown in table 466 |
| 347 | Lecce – Gallipoli – S. Maria di Leuca | Former bus service; Ferrovie Sud Est trains shown in tables 462 and 464 |
| 349 | Lecce – Otranto | Former bus service; Ferrovie Sud Est trains shown in tables 463 and 465 |
| 388 | Alcamo Diramazione – Milo – Trapani | Should re-open electrified December 2026 |
Services not shown in In Treno
Timetables for the following services can be found at the websites shown. Some of these lines are shown on the Indice grafico delle relazioni delle altre imprese ferroviarie (route diagram of the other operators) in In Treno, but the corresponding table has an incorrect timetable or no timetable at all. Urban metro systems are not included in this list.
| L’Assunta/Maria Himmelfahrt – Collalbo/Klobenstein (“Rittner Bahn”) | Service operated by STA – Strutture Trasporto Alto Adige SpA, timetables at südtirolmubiltà (Table 160) |
| Trento – Mezzana | Trentino Trasporti esercizio SpA |
| Sassi – Superga | Gruppo Torinese Trasporti SpA (train service is WX) |
| Ferrovia Genova Casella | Ferrovia Genova Casella – AMT Genova SpA (note often closed due to landslides) |
| Circumvesuviana network | EAV Srl Linee Vesuviane |
| Napoli Montesanto – Torregaveta and Licola | EAV Srl Linee Flegree |
| Cancello – Benevento (temporary bus service) and S. Maria Capua Vetere – Piedimonte Matese | EAV Srl Napoli - Benevento and Napoli - Piedimonte Matese |
| Bari – Cecilia and Bari – Barletta via Bitonto | Ferrotramviaria SpA (to download pdf click on “Documents and Forms”) |
| Potenza Terminal Gallitello – Avigliano Citta and Potenza Terminal Gallitello – Gravina | Ferrovie Appulo Lucane Srl |
| Cosenza – Catanzaro Lido | Ferrovie della Calabria Srl |
| Paternò – Randazzo – Riposto | Ferrovia Circumetnea |
| Sassari – Alghero | ARST SpA – Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
| Sassari – Sorso | ARST SpA – Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
| Macomer – Nuoro | ARST SpA – Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
| Monserrato San Gottardo (Cagliari) – Monserrato – Isili | ARST SpA – Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna |
In some cases it is only possible to use a search engine to look up trains available at a selected time. For some of these lines, lists of train times are available on the E656 website. Look for 'Orario' in the menu bar.
Deletions since previous edition
IT24/146 Civitavecchia – Civitavecchia Marittima
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. A diesel railcar "Roma Express" was operated by Seatrain Tours between Civitavecchia Marittima and Roma San Pietro, but it appears it is not running since early 2022.
