How difficult is it to travel with luggage on the train that goes from Rome to Florence? Is there a place to store the luggage? Are there lots of stairs to contend with?

Q: How difficult is it to travel with luggage on the train that goes from Rome to Florence?

A: Not difficult, in the vast majority of cases.

Q: Is there a place to store the luggage?

A: The primary place to store luggage is above your head. It's 2-3 times larger than you might typically find on a (full size) airplane. It is not enclosed. You should be able to lift each piece of your luggage above your head. There is also space (about the size of a telephone booth) at the end of each car; this space might well be <i>out of</i> your direct line of sight, and not easily accessed while you are traveling.

Q: Are there lots of stairs to contend with? In these two stations, no. None. But getting on and off the train typically involves 4 steps that are slightly narrow and might be a challenge for less &quot;able-bodied&quot; folks, especially if carrying more luggage than you can easily handle.

Best wishes,

Rex

One correction to Rex's post. If you are departing from Naples to Rome, you generally have to depart from the tracks (its actually a separate station) which are underneath the main train station. You have to walk down quite a long flight of stairs. If there is an elevator I have never seen one, nor an escalator. With one or more large suitcaes, it is a total pain in the butt (I know from personal expereince), however, getting on and off the train are the worst ten minutes of the trip, after that it is easy. I travel with a lot of luggage and even I manage to struggle on and off without bodily injury.

There was a thread the other day about Italian trains no longer allowing people to put luggge in the luggage racks of the ends of the cars because of the Spanish attack, I don't know if this is true. The overhead racks will not hold a very large suitcase.

Despite all this apparent disadvantages, the train is a great way to go and I will continue to use it.

I also am travelling from Rome to Florence.I Am confused by the different websites to purchase tickets. Have had trouble with Trenitalia, have called Raileurope and been on their website,that seems easy enough but some say it is more expensive.How are you buying your tickets? Suggestions?

&lt;&lt;One correction to Rex's post. If you are departing from Naples to Rome...&gt;&gt;

Where does the question from Jacquie say anything about Naples?

&lt;&lt;How are you buying your tickets? Suggestions?&gt;&gt;

Just buy them there at a train station when you get to Rome. Easiest. No markup.

1 suitcase 22&quot;-24&quot; with wheels is fairly easy to manage. More than that... well less so. I don't know those specific stations but you'll always have the narrow steep steps up into the car.

I have always purchased my tickets at the train station just before departure.

Hi dawg,

Unless you are going to Florence immediately upon arrival in Rome, buy your tickets at the train station at FCO when you buy your ticket to Rome TE.

Purchasing in Italy is the cheapest way.

You can buy all of your tickets at the same time.

They take credit cards.