Turin to Milan train

Trains from Turin to Milan

Trains from Turin to Milan are really frequent, and you’ll have no trouble catching one from very early in the morning through till around mid_evening. The available train trips vary in travel time, depending on the number of stops or changes and the time of day. On average, trains to Milan from Turin take 1_2h. The direct trains are the fastest, particularly as you’ll always travel with a high_speed rail provider for this short journey – these two northern Italian cities aren’t far apart at all.

Turin to Milan Train Time: Daily Departures

There are more than 60 trains from Turin to Milan per day, giving you hundreds of options every week. The departures are densely concentrated around the traditional commuter rush hours. At these peak times the trains leave the station every 5_10min, so you’ll barely have to wait to board one. The timetable then stretches to about half_hourly intervals during off_peak times. The first trains leave at around 04:45, with the last one pulling out at about 21:25.

How long is the journey by train from Turin to Milan?

You essentially have two options when booking trains from Turin to Milan. There are the direct trains that don’t make any changes on the way there, and the ones that make one change. On the former routes you’ll simply board a high_speed commuter train at the station in Turin and be whisked along to reach Milan in just under or around 1h, depending on the time of day. The other option will take just under 2h, boarding trains that require one change en route.

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What are the departure and arrival stations for trains from Turin to Milan?

Departure train station: Trains to Milan depart from Turin Porta Nuova station. The Line 11 bus leaves from the Fermata 248 stop every 5min, taking roughly 9min. Otherwise the Line 4 tram from the Fermata 246 stop takes about 10min. This is the largest train station in Turin, with plenty of shops and restaurants, including the popular Old Wild West pub and eatery. They’re located opposite the platform 8_10 buffer stops. Passengers with limited mobility are assisted by the comprehensive Sala Blu service, and there are cash machines and a left luggage facility.

Arrival train station: You’ll arrive either at Milan Centrale Station or Milan Porta Garibaldi Station. Both are modern stations with Sala Blu limited mobility amenities, cafés, pubs and restaurants. They also have left luggage facilities and cash machines. To get to central Milan from Centrale Station, catch a Line 3 local subway train that takes about 12min, or a Line 43 bus taking roughly 18min. There’s also a night bus taking about 13min. From Porta Garibaldi you can catch the Line 2 subway and get there in about 3min, and a Milan Trams bus will take about 9min.

Which train companies travel from Turin to Milan?

Trains from Turin to Milan are operated by two train companies, Trenitalia and Italo. They both provide high_speed trains on the route, with Trenitalia offering a choice between its Frecciarossa service and its Regionale Veloce service. Trips take either around 1h or around 2h, depending on what time of day they leave. These day_time trains are all direct, getting you to Milan without making any intermediate stops. Trenitalia also offers its Intercity Notte service, which are night trains that take between about 1h 55min and 2h 45min. The longer trips make a single stop en route at Novara Station, where you’ll also change trains. The shorter night trains are all direct. These trains arrive at Milan Porta Garibaldi Station and both direct and one_stop trains leave at around 21:25.

Trenitalia trains from Turin to Milan

Trenitalia is one of Italy’s main high_speed train services. It offers trains throughout the day and into the mid_evening on this route. The vast majority travel directly to Milan without any changes, except for a couple in the evening making one stop and a train change at Novara. The fastest Trenitalia trains take just under 1h. These are the Frecciarossa ones. The Regional Veloce trains take about 2h, also travelling direct. Trenitalia’s Intercity Notte provides evening trains, which take up to about 2h 45min at the outside. These trains are very frequent, leaving within about 5_10min of each other during peak times, and at roughly 30min intervals during the rest of the day and evening.

Italo trains from Turin to Milan

Italo is the other main high_speed operator in Italy that operates trains to Milan from Turin. It offers fewer trains than Trenitalia, around a dozen of the over 60 a day that ply this intercity route each day. These take between about 57min and 1h 10min, making them some of the quickest trips you’ll find. The first trains leave at around 06:00 and continue every hour or two throughout the day, with the last one leaving at around 19:25. They all travel directly there, without any changes required on the way.

Train Turin to Milan: Services on Board

As these are short, high_speed train journeys, there are no restaurant carriages on the Trenitalia trains, but you can get snacks and drinks in the bar coach. Digital entertainment comes in the form of movies and TV shows, which you can access on a laptop or mobile device through Trenitalia’s FRECCE online portal. You can bring a bicycle, folded or disassembled in a bag. A small dog or other pet can travel in the right_sized pet carrier. You can get a First or Second class ticket, and choose whether you want Executive, Business, Premium or Standard services. There aren’t any specific luggage restrictions, but the standard is two items of hold luggage and one piece of hand luggage. Italo doesn’t have classes, offering Travel Ambiences instead: Smart, Comfort, Prima and Club Executive. Prima and Comfort equate to first and second class. You can get sandwiches and drinks, and there are vending machines. Two hold luggage items are allowed, plus a carry_on bag. Dogs and cats up to about 11 lb (5 kg) are welcome. You can only take bicycles in a bag of a specified size with you.

Night trains Turin

Trenitalia offers two Intercity Notte trains each day, which are the company’s night trains. These both leave from Turin at around 21:25, with one of the travelling directly to Milan, taking roughly 1h 55min to make the journey. The other makes a single stop at Novara, where you’ll change to a Trenitalia Regionale Veloce train. This route will take about 2h 45min.

Travelling by train: Sustainable journey

Trenitalia’s trains are designed to reduce energy usage by up to 30%. They have KERS units, which converts braking force and heat into electric energy, feeding about 15% back to the grid. New trains have been built using up to 20% of recycled materials. The Italo Green policy dictates that 90% of the material used to build trains must have been recycled. Thus, while a car trip from Milan to Rome produces about 145 lb (66 kg) of carbon emissions, an Italo train only emits around 31 lb (14 kg).

How to find cheap train tickets from Turin to Milan?

You can use several ways to get cheap tickets for Turin to Milan trains. The first is to book well in advance, to take advantage of early_bird specials as the train operators try reach optimal capacity as soon as possible for economies of scale. By the same token, the opposite approach also works – if you wait until the last minute you can often pick up cheaper tickets due to late cancelations. This requires that you stay flexible with your travel dates. You can also train trips that take longer, or have more intermediate stops or train changes, as these are often lower priced.

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To Milan by train—travel tips

Milan is Italy’s fashion capital, as well as a major commercial centre, and has a long and celebrated history. The main tourist attractions here include Il Duomo, the Milan Cathedral, a magnificent Gothic structure built in the 14th century, with its facade completed under Napoleon in the early 1800s. The church has the largest stained glass windows in the world. The Castello Sforzesco was the home of Milan’s ruling families until 1535, and houses a sculpture museum containing Michelangelo’s last masterpiece. The city’s fine art heritage is also showcased at Pinacoteca di Brera, one of the finest art museums in Italy. San Maurizio has the most impressive interior of all Milanese churches and also contains the Civico Museo Archeologico (the Archaeology Museum), built on the ruins of an ancient Roman circus. The Omio online travel magazine, The Window Seat, also has many more suggestions for you.

• Da Vinci’s orginal "Last Supper", painted on a wall in Santa Maria delle Grazie.
• Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – the largest shopping mall in Europe
• Opera at Teatro alla Scala
• The Romanesque Church of Sant'Ambrogio
• Outdoor Art Nouveau scultures at Cimitero Monumentale
• Naviglio, for canal_side live music venues
• Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology