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dloech Dec 29th, 2019 05:45 AM

Fastest train Venice to Florence
 
Hi
I’m trying to create an itinerary for late August 2020 and having trouble finding any info about a “fast” train from Venice to Florence. The two European sites don’t have booking availability for August yet, but I’m trying to get an idea if train duration is less than 4 hrs 30 min which is what I’m seeing. Looking to book on a Sunday morning early because we want to have the day in Florence. Any insight? Thanks!

isabel Dec 29th, 2019 06:31 AM

There is a train which takes 2 hr and 15 min and runs approximately once an hour. Are you looking on the trenitalia.it site? Put in any date in the next month or so to get the schedule. I can't remember when the summer schedule usually comes out but it is rarely significantly different from the current one so while you can't book the actual train yet you can certainly find out times and duration. Make sure you use Italian spelling for the city names.

thursdaysd Dec 29th, 2019 06:36 AM

Right. What "European sites" are you looking at?

This site has schedules for the whole of Europe: https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml and shows the trains Isabel notes. It is certainly far too early to look for trains in August.

You might benefit for reading the info on European train travel here: https://www.seat61.com/Europe-train-travel.htm

Traveler_Nick Dec 29th, 2019 07:37 AM

The two railway companies both run that route. You should be booking on one of their websites. August schedule won't be much different than the current one.

Dukey1 Dec 29th, 2019 10:19 AM

Right NOW the fastest timing from Santa Lucia to Santa Maria Novella is two hours and 13 minutes. The timetables will change again in June but no, you do not need four hours to get between the two cities.

dloech Dec 30th, 2019 01:13 AM

Thanks everyone. The two websites mentioned above
will be helpful. thanks so much for the direction.
appreciate the quick response! Happy New Year.

D.



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