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Trains from Venice to Naples

Most trains from Venice to Naples take about 5h 40min on average, during most of the day. There are some that take about double that this time, but they’re in the minority. These get to Naples in about 9_11h. The trains leave at about 20_30min intervals, interspersed with bursts of a couple of trains within about 10min of each other. These tail off to roughly one per hour in the early evening.

Venice to Naples Train Time: Daily Departures

Around 30 trains from Venice to Naples leave each day, giving you around 200 trips to choose from per week, as there are only about 25 on weekends. They run from early in the morning until the early evening, with one or two late_night trains at around 23:00. The first trains depart just before 05:30, with regular service ending at about 18:30.

How long is the journey by train from Venice to Naples?

While the average travel time of trains from Venice to Naples is around 5h 40min, you can find shorter trips. Some of the morning trains will get you there about 5h 20min, and there’s a mid_morning train that only takes around 5h 10min. Other trains make the journey in about 6h, with the odd one taking around 9h. The late_night trains reach Naples in around 10h 30min.

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What are the departure and arrival stations for trains from Venice to Naples?

Departure train station: Trains to Naples from Venice leave from Venice Santa Lucia Station and Venice Mestre Station. To reach Santa Lucia from the city centre you’ll take a canal ferry ride of around 20min. The quickest way to get from central Venice to Mestre Station is on an ACTV bus that takes around 11min. Santa Lucia has small retail and convenience shops and a food court, and you’ll also find a few cash machines. Mestre has a kiosk for snacks and drinks, and both offer Sala Blu mobility assistance.

Arrival train station: All trains from Venice will take you to Naples Centrale Station. This is a busy station with modern facilities, including several types of shops, and a good few cafés and fast_food outlets. As is true in all major Italian train stations, it has the comprehensive Sala Blu services with passengers with wheelchairs or limited mobility. It will only take about 3min to get to the city centre on the N5 or R5 Azienda Napoletana Mobilita buses.

Which train companies travel from Venice to Naples?

The majority of trains on this route are various Trenitalia services. They’re all high_speed trains, with Frecciarosso dominating the schedule, travelling a little faster than the company’s Regionale, Intercity, and Regionale Veloce trains that also run the route. It often combines these types on journeys between the two towns on trips that make one or two changes on the way. Trenitalia uses its Intercity Notte trains on late_night journeys. Italo offers around seven high_speed trains a day, which all travel directly between the two cities. You can catch these at staggered intervals throughout the day, from early morning to early evening.

Trenitalia trains from Venice to Naples

Trenitalia is Italy’s leading high_speed train carrier, which is why the majority of trips from Venice to Naples are with this operator. It uses its flagship Frecciarosso models for the most part on this route, which takes about 5h 40min, sometimes less. These are interspersed with the company’s Regionale and Regionale Veloce services, which take between 8h 45min and just over 9h. The latter trips require changes at Bologna Centrale Station or Rome Termini Station. Its night time Intercity Notte buses take around 10h 30min, which include a change at Rome Termini.

Italo trains from Venice to Naples

Italo operates the remainder of the trains to Naples from Venice. There are around six or seven a day, with the first one leaving at just after 07:00. They then run every hour or two, taking between about 5h 11min and 5h 23min. The last Italo train leaves from Venice at just past 17:00, so these are very much daytime trains journeys. They all leave from Venice Santa Lucia and arrive at Naples Centrale Station.

Train Venice to Naples: Services on Board

Trenitalia offers plenty of on_board services, whether you travel in First class or Second class. All passengers get access to the Trenitalia FRECCE online entertainment portal through your laptop or mobile device, using the free Wi_Fi service provided. There isn’t a set luggage limit, but you’ll generally be able to take two hold luggage items and a carry_on bag. You can also travel with a small pet as long as it’s in a travel container, and cyclists can bring either foldable bikes or disassembled ones in a bag. You can get snacks and drinks onboard, and light meals on longer trips. Italo has the same luggage allowance, which you can’t exceed. It also has the same pet policies,

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hough limiting animals to a maximum weight of about 11 lb (5kg). Also note that you can only take bikes in bags – foldable ones are not permitted. Italo has Ambiences, rather than classes, offering Smart, Comfort, Prima or Club Executive. Both carriers offer wheelchair assistance on board, with specially trained staff.

Night trains Venice

There are a couple of night trains from Venice to Naples, all operated by Trenitalia Intercity Notte. One leaves from Santa Lucia Station and one from Venice Mestre Station, both heading for Naples Centrale, and both making a train change at Rome Termini Station. They take about 10h 24min and about 10h 33min, respectively.

Travelling by train: Sustainable journey

Both Trenitalia and Italo have implemented carbon saving and other sustainability programmes. Italo builds its trains from 90% recycled materials, with the net result that it saves about five times the energy used by a car driving the same route. Trenitalia saves around 30% in energy by using recycled materials, and also fits its engines with KERS technology to harvest energy from the brakes and return about 15% to the grid.

How to find cheap train tickets from Venice to Naples?

By booking the longer trips that take make changes in_between Venice and Naples, you can often save on the ticket price, as compensation for the extra travel time. Another method is to book well in advance, up to six months, if you can, as train operators often offer cheaper tickets to start filling empty scheduled trains. This works in the reverse way too, in that you can stay really flexible with your travel dates and times, thus being able to snap up last_minute discounts on cancelled tickets, as the train operators attempt to fill the empty seats. You can also set price alerts on Omio so that you can grab them as soon as they become available.

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To Naples by train—travel tips

Naples is a very busy modern city that’s quite different to the other major Italian centres. It’s on the southern coast, from where you can see the infamous Mount Vesuvius volcano. The best observation point is from the Lungomare beach promenade, where you’ll also find Castel Ovo that contains the Naples Etho_Prehistory Museum. For more ancient history there’s the National Archaeological Museum. Capodimonte Royal Palace and Museum is another landmark, used as an Italian holiday getaway home by King Charles III, and now housing the National Gallery containing works by Titian, Caravaggio, El Greco, and Bellini. It also has a unique room totally lined with porcelain, Salottino di Porcellana. The Catacombs of San Gennaro date back to the 2nd_century and are lined with precious artworks. Part of the complex is the Crypt of the Bishops, and underground basilica built in the 5th century. This is one of the rarest examples of early Christian architecture in the world. Check out our online travel magazine, The Window Seat, for more tourist tips.

• Cappella Sansevero with its Anatomical Machines
• Castel Nuovo
• Street market shopping on Via San Gregorio Armeno
• Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace)
• Teatro di San Carlo, a premier European opera house
• San Martino Monastery and Museum