🇮🇹 Train Routes in Italy:
High-Speed Cities & Alpine Crossings

The Riviera crossing from France into Italy — along the coast past Monaco, changing at Ventimiglia, on through Genoa to Milan in about 5h 30m.

Direct high-speed trains from Paris Gare de Lyon to Milan in around 7 hours — TGV INOUI and Frecciarossa through the Alps and the Fréjus tunnel, via Turin.

Milan to Turin by Frecciarossa in about 45-50 minutes, or by hourly regional train across the rice fields — with a guide to the two stations at each end.

Direct ÖBB Railjets from Wien Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia via Graz, the Koralmbahn and Udine — about 7h10, plus a direct Nightjet overnight.

The Frecciarossa arrives on the Venetian islands — no water taxi, no airport transfer, no Marco Polo queue.

Bavaria → Austrian Tyrol → South Tyrol → Venice: three countries, the Alps, and arrival directly on the Venetian islands.

Over the Alps to Milan — a Railjet over the Brenner Pass and one change at Verona, around 7 to 8 hours, with a direct Frecciarossa planned for summer 2027.

The highest non-rack railway in Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage crossing from the Swiss Alps into Italy.

The classic Italy–Switzerland link — past Como and Lugano, then under the Alps through the 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel.

The flying-free overnight link to Italy — the direct European Sleeper from Brussels-Midi over the Gotthard to Milano Porta Garibaldi, three nights a week from September 2026.

The direct night train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Milano Porta Garibaldi — European Sleeper, three nights a week from the December 2026 timetable change, in about 17 hours.

The Luxury Escape — 40 minutes from the fashion capital to one of Europe's most celebrated lakes.

The Heritage Dash — Florence to Rome in 89 minutes. So fast that no airline flies the corridor nonstop.

The Northern Italian Dash — Milan to Venice in about 2h 15m, arriving directly on the Venetian islands.

One of Italy's flagship high-speed runs — Milano Centrale to the edge of the Renaissance centre in under two hours, via Bologna.

The northern end of Italy's high-speed spine — Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale in about an hour, to the country's central railway crossroads.

Italy's flagship high-speed railway — Milan to Rome in under three hours by Frecciarossa or Italo, city centre to city centre via Bologna and Florence.

The Southern Direttissima — Rome to Naples in about 1h 10m, city centre to city centre and the gateway to the south.

Across the Apennines — Venice to Florence in about 2h 05m, island station to a few streets from the Duomo.

The classic route from Florence to the Cinque Terre — down the Arno to Pisa and up the Ligurian coast, no car and no reservations required.