[Idyllchat] Trains from Milan to Verona

[vkelber1 at comcast.net]

In addition to the advice given by other Untourists, I just want to mention that you can also purchase train tickets at the American Express offices in Europe.  We recently spent a week in Rome and a week in Venice and purchased tickets for day trips at both American Express and the train station. Note that there are two types of tickets, depending on the type of train.  For one type which was more of a local train (not express), you could purchase a ticket and use it on any of the trains (at any time) of that type.  For the faster trains, the tickets were for a specific train.

Vickie
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From: "Patricia Edie" <jpedie at ca.rr.com>
> 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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