[Idyllchat] Trains from Milan to Verona

[Russ Crum]

Patricia,

I don't think you should have any problems getting your tickets the  
day of departure; just don't wait until the last minute. One time we  
bought train tickets from the self serve kiosks in Milan, which  
worked fine. At that time if you used the ticket agent inside the  
station, you had to take a number and wait your turn. Last fall when  
we arrived in Milan, we went to a travel agency that was located in  
the train station but from an outside entrance from the street. We  
just walked in - no problems and no waiting! They spoke English. I  
bought the tickets for several trips and dates at the same time and  
the price was the same that I had got from the Trenitalia web site.

One thing I did there, and have done in other European countries,  
which has facilitated purchasing train tickets is go with a printout  
of the train schedule from the web site. Between my limited local  
language and the printout, it has worked great. The ticket agent was  
very happy since she could just go down my printout and punch the  
trains up on her computer screen.

I don't know about the senior discount. I did not try on the train  
tickets even though we would qualify for the age. In Spain a couple  
years ago I tried to get the senior discount at two museums in  
Madrid. One refused and told me that only EU citizens qualified.  
Another did give it to me - although that one did not ask to see our  
passports either. It must have been the grey hair that got me through!

Russ

Russ Crum
rrcrum at sbcglobal.net

On Sep 23, 2007, at 19:40 , Patricia Edie wrote:

> We leave in four days for Italy.  Part of our trip includes our  
> first Untour, in Tuscany North from Oct. 10 - 24.  I "think" we are  
> ready!
>
> I have a quick question for those who are familiar with Italian  
> trains.  We are flying in to Milan and staying for two nights in  
> the city.  Then we are taking the train from Milan Centrale Station  
> to Verona Porto Nuovo station. I have looked up on the Trenitalia  
> site and know the times of all departing trains.  Since it is not  
> heavy tourist time and since it is a Sunday, we are planning to  
> just buy our tickets at the station.  I speak a little Italian and  
> can handle the language issue.  My questions are:
>
> Are we being naive to think we can just buy our tickets the day we  
> are going?
>
> Does our Senior Citizen status in age (65 and 70) qualify us for  
> Sr. citizen tickets in Italy or does that Sr. citizen discount only  
> apply to Italian citizens?
>
> We have traveled many times to Italy but always either with a group  
> or a car.  For this part of the trip we are using the trains so it  
> will be a new experience for us.  Any info would be appreciated.
>
> Grazie,
> Patricia Edie
>
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