Need help to get to Rome from port of Civitavecchia

[dkcop]

We're taking a Mediterranean cruise in Sept. which will end in Civitavecchia. Our boat (Princess Enchanted) docks at 0500. I think we're going to use the train. Trying to decide which train would be best. I thought I'd try & buy ticket ahead of time. I'm just not sure what time to get the ticket for since I don't know how long it will take to disembark & get to station. Is it easy to purchase ticket at station or are there long lines? .It would be nice to use express train, but looks like it doesn't leave till 0900 so I feel like we'd wasting a lot of time to ride that.  Any ideas which train would be best? Any help would be appreciated.

[gnome12]

37 minutes ago, dkcop said:

We're taking a Mediterranean cruise in Sept. which will end in Civitavecchia. Our boat (Princess Enchanted) docks at 0500. I think we're going to use the train. Trying to decide which train would be best. I thought I'd try & buy ticket ahead of time. I'm just not sure what time to get the ticket for since I don't know how long it will take to disembark & get to station. Is it easy to purchase ticket at station or are there long lines? .It would be nice to use express train, but looks like it doesn't leave till 0900 so I feel like we'd wasting a lot of time to ride that.  Any ideas which train would be best? Any help would be appreciated.

You have posted in the wrong forum. This forum is for technical help on using the forums. You need to post in either (or both) the Princess forum https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/119-princess-cruises/

for help as to how long it might take to disembark or the Italy port forum https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/464-italy-ports/

for information on taking the train.

[Host Kat]

2 hours ago, dkcop said:

We're taking a Mediterranean cruise in Sept. which will end in Civitavecchia. Our boat (Princess Enchanted) docks at 0500. I think we're going to use the train. Trying to decide which train would be best. I thought I'd try & buy ticket ahead of time. I'm just not sure what time to get the ticket for since I don't know how long it will take to disembark & get to station. Is it easy to purchase ticket at station or are there long lines? .It would be nice to use express train, but looks like it doesn't leave till 0900 so I feel like we'd wasting a lot of time to ride that.  Any ideas which train would be best? Any help would be appreciated.

 

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[euro cruiser]

The first seat assigned train of the day from Civitavecchia to Rome is the 9:16 Freccebianca.  Everything before that is a regional train, so there's really no point in purchasing in advance.  These trains cannot sell out (there are no seat assignments) and the price never changes.

[CynBeth6]

We recently were on a cruise that ended in Civi. We went on Royal and booked through them the shuttle to the train station for 6:45 am. We missed it due to a miscommunication and had to wait for the next which was maybe 15-20 minutes. Once at the train station it as easy to buy tickets to Rome there was a tourist office right as we arrived selling other things but also had train tickets. It is small but we had to figure out which track the next regional train was on and discovered we had to go down steps to get under and back up to get to other side and had trouble validating our tickets in the green machine but luckily we found someone to help. It was an hour and 14 minute ride. We were going to Venice and luckily had booked the high speed train from Rome to Venice ahead of time as Rome Termini is huge and took time to figure out where to go. 

[euro cruiser]

Termini is big, but not as much as you might think if your first introduction to it was from a Lazio regional train.  These trains arrive and depart from auxiliary tracks three city blocks from the actual Termini station.

[dkcop]

Thanks so much for the info. Sounds a little confusing getting to the actual train & then leaving Termini station. Hopefully there's a lot of English speaking staff to help navigate it.

[euro cruiser]

Also, if you purchase a regional ticket on line it's good for four hours after the time you purchased.  So, for example, if you bought a ticket for the 6:36 regionale you could still use that ticket on any regionale train up to 9:58 train.  The next regionale after that would be past the four hour window.

[dkcop]

That is a question I had. Thanks for answering that! I didn't know how long disembarking would take so was worried about buying a ticket in advance. How long does disembarking usually take with Princess at end of trip?

[Vineyard View]

Have you looked at how many other ships are in Civi that day. Our disembarkation next year has 6 with some large sized so I have to believe that will Impact the boarding process? We have only sailed from Civi so I am glad for this thread OP. Thank you.
I am not sure yet if we will be flying out that day or the next, but assume taxi from Rome train station is the best option or another train.  

[dkcop]

How do you look to see how many ships will be in port that day?

[Vineyard View]

There are several timetables for ports that you can look at. Cruisetimetables.com, cruisemapper.com 

are a couple of them. They are really helpful in planning. 

[euro cruiser]

Wherever possible I try to look at the port site rather than a consolidator.  It's not always possible, but when it is, that's what I rely on.

 

Unfortunately, the newest set up for Civitavecchia only shows the current month, nothing further forward:  Crociere in Partenza al Porto di Civitavecchia: Luglio 2023 | Port Mobility Civitavecchia

[dkcop]

Thank you both. Will check it out closer to time of cruise.

[ldock]

I agree with the suggestion to buy a ticket on arrival. We’ve done this on both of our trips to Rome.  On the way back, yes termini big, but we just asked and found someone to help us. We found people to be helpful.   My tip…don’t overpack 😉 I saw way too many exhausted people struggling with big bags at the train stations . 

[dkcop]

Thanks for the info. I think that's the way we'll do it.

[DCGuy64]

34 minutes ago, dkcop said:

Thanks for the info. I think that's the way we'll do it.

Another small piece of advice if you're thinking of using the train: download the Italian railway app onto your smartphone. It's VERY good, we used it in 2021 while in Italy for a cruise. Making connections between the airport(s) and cruise port was so easy, you can purchase tickets right from the app and it'll display your ticket for you to show the train personnel to scan. Available in English and highly recommended. https://www.trenitalia.com/en/purchase/mobile_ticketing.html

[boykin]

We looked into the train but decided on Rome Cabs which we highly recommend.

 

 

[dkcop]

If we dock in Civitivecchia @ 0500, will we have enough time to catch train @ 0900? I don't know how long it will take to disembark & get to station. I really hate to waste all those hours for the fast train but worried about using regional trains with luggage.

[euro cruiser]

You'll have plenty of time, enough to enjoy a leisurely breakfast on the ship before heading to the train station.

 

[LuckyStar]

On 7/25/2023 at 11:30 AM, CynBeth6 said:

We recently were on a cruise that ended in Civi. We went on Royal and booked through them the shuttle to the train station for 6:45 am. We missed it due to a miscommunication and had to wait for the next which was maybe 15-20 minutes. Once at the train station it as easy to buy tickets to Rome there was a tourist office right as we arrived selling other things but also had train tickets. It is small but we had to figure out which track the next regional train was on and discovered we had to go down steps to get under and back up to get to other side and had trouble validating our tickets in the green machine but luckily we found someone to help. It was an hour and 14 minute ride. We were going to Venice and luckily had booked the high speed train from Rome to Venice ahead of time as Rome Termini is huge and took time to figure out where to go. 

Yes.  I remember not getting our tickets validated (didn't know we had to).  Man came around and shook us down for 5 euros each. Left a bad taste in my mouth after such great travels by train in Europe.

[euro cruiser]

I'm sure it didn't feel good, but nobody "shook you down".  You broke the law by not validating the ticket (without validation you could keep using the same ticket over and over) and appeared to the ticket agent to be trying to scam the system, which largely works on trust.  Put yourself in the agent's shoes, every tourist can claim to be ignorant of the process ... but ignorance isn't an excuse for breaking the law.