during normal operation hours...
Fiumicino Airport (Leonardo da Vinci) (Ciampino
Airport below)
Rome's main airport is well-connected to the center during the day by a direct train and slower trains. The direct train between Fiumicino and Termini costs L. 16.000 (€ 8,26) and takes approximately 30 minutes. It leaves from and arrives at track 22 at Termini (the main train station).
Tickets can be purchased:
- At vending machines at both Termini and Fiumicino
- At the Alitalia office near track 22 at Termini (6.30am / 9pm)
- At the ticket window by the platform at Fiumicino.
The following schedule is applicable from May 30 through September 25; the winter schedule may vary by a few minutes.
Fiumicino - Roma
7.37am - 8.07am - 9.07am - 10.07am - 11.07am - 12.07pm - 1.07pm - 2.07pm - 3.07pm - 4.07pm - 4.37pm - 5.07pm - 6.07 pm - 6.37 pm - 7.07 pm - 8.07 pm - 8.37 pm - 9.07 pm - 10.07 pm.
Tip: For more about Fiumicino
Airport click here
Roma - Fiumicino
6.50am - 7.20 am - 8.20 am - 9.20 am - 10.20 am - 11.20 am - 12.20 pm - 1.20 pm - 2.20 pm - 3.20 pm - 3.50 pm - 4.20 pm - 5.20 pm - 5.50 pm - 6.20 pm - 7.20 pm - 7.50 pm - 8.20 pm - 9.20 pm.
There is another train connecting Fiumicino airport to central Rome - when you are at the airport train station look for the train with the destination
"Orte" or "Fara Sabina". It is slower (and cheaper) because it stops at some smaller local stations along the way but does not stop at Termini. Use the Tiburtina station stop to reach the center. Trains leave approximately every 20 minutes (every hour on Sunday) and cost L. 8.000 (€4,13). They take 46 minutes to reach
Tiburtina.
Fiumicino Airport - Trastevere - Ostiense - Tiburtina
From: 6.27am until 11.27pm
Tiburtina - Ostiense - Trastevere - Fiumicino Airport
From: 5.04am until 10.34pm
To reach Termini from:
Ostiense: Metro line B stop Piramide or bus 175
Tiburtina: Metro line B stop Tiburtina or bus 649 or 492
Trastevere: Tram 8 to Largo Argentina and bus 64
Ciampino Airport
A smaller airport dealing mainly with charter flights and budget airlines. It is connected to Line A metro station: Anagnina (about 30 mins by metro from Termini) by Cotral bus; cost L 2.000 (€1,03). Buses leave every half hour.
Tip:
For
more about Ciampino Airport click here.
After hours...
Fiumicino
For arrivals and departures between 11.30pm and 5am, there is a night bus running between Fiumicino and Tiburtina station. It stops at Termini Station.
From Fiumicino: 1.15am - 2.15am - 3.30am - 5am
From Tiburtina: 0.30am - 1.15am - 2.30am - 3.45am
The 40N bus connects Tiburtina and Tremini during the night.
Ciampino
Buses connecting Ciampino airport with the center of Rome stop running at 11pm, so the only way to get into town late at night is by taxi.
Taxi / Cabs
The average fare for a taxi ride from Fiumicino airport (or Ciampino) to the center is L 80.000(€41,3) during the day, more expensive at night.
Tip: There is also an extra charge levied for every item
of luggage.
After having exited the arrival hall at
Fiumicino, you will find the taxi rank.
You may be approched by illegal taxi drivers in the station and at the airport. If you need a taxi, look for the official yellow or white taxis which have meters. There are taxi ranks at both Fiumicino and Termini.
