Before boarding the bus, you need to punch a ticket on the yellow punch-in machine (record the boarding time), otherwise even if you buy a ticket, it will be regarded as fare evasion. Ticketing staff in Italy are quite polite at work and will often be accommodating to foreigners who forget to take a ticket on the bus, but don't take any chances. There will be automatic ticket vending machines in Italian train stations, which can generally sell 6 mainstream European languages. Some can be paid with cash and credit card, while others can only be paid with credit card, which is more convenient if you don't want to queue up to buy tickets. In some large railway stations, there will also be service points of other organizations (such as hotels, travel agencies). They will also sell train tickets on an agency basis, but please confirm in advance whether there will be additional service fees for each service. In addition, it is relatively dangerous to take night trains in Italy, especially girls traveling alone, so they must avoid taking trains at night. Traditionally speaking, the area near a train station is generally considered a dangerous area, so you must pay attention to property safety and personal safety around the train station.

Generally speaking, Italian trains are divided into three categories: Regionale (local train, referred to as R), InterCity (intercity express, referred to as IC), and EuroStar (European Star).

Among the three categories, R is the slowest and the carriages are in the worst condition, but the fare is the cheapest. The train stops at every station, is not announced, and is often late. After the delay, we have to give way to higher-level IC and Eurostar lines, so R is really slow, but it is also a good way to get familiar with the local customs. Another point is that although the carriages in R are in very poor condition, they are sometimes divided into 1st and 2nd class carriages. Never let the ticketing staff find fault with you for getting into the wrong carriage.

IC is a type of train that is in the middle in all aspects. It is not the fastest, and the environment inside the train is not the best, but all conditions are better than R (slow train). When taking IC, you must sit according to the instructions on the ticket, otherwise other passengers will protest against you. The stops are similar to domestic express trains, only stopping in some larger cities. In most cases, the station will be reported.

Everyone must have heard that Eurostar’s interior conditions are slightly inferior to those of the domestic Harmony, but the speed is not necessarily much slower. Eurostar, like IC, must seat according to the seat number on the ticket. Similar to IC, Eurostar only stops in big cities, and the station will be announced at each stop. In addition, Eurostar has the highest travel class in Italy, so the probability of delays is also the lowest among the three types of trains.