Finding information on Italian trains, let alone buying a ticket, has always been a problem for travellers based overseas. Of course there are travel agents but few in the UK are versed in the complexities of Continental, let alone Italian, trains.
So the arrival of a new UK-orientated website operated by the Italian rail system Trenitalia and geared to the UK market has to be good news.You can either treat the site as an information source for schedules and fares or use it to make bookings.
Of particular interest to executive travellers will be those services operating on key business routes like Milan-Rome or cross-border services such as Milan-Zurich.But don't be confused by Eurostar Italia trains which operate the country's finest and fastest services. These have no connection with the well-known cross-Channel operator of high-speed trains.
A section on airport-downtown train links will help you cut costs when flying into Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino or Pisa (for Florence).
For more information go to italiarail.co.uk
Report by Alex McWhirter
