Train Travel

Turin is on the main Paris–Rome TGV express line and is also connected with Milan, 90 minutes away on the fast train. The fastest (Frecciarossa) trains cover the 667-km (414-mile) trip to Rome in just over four hours; other trains take between five and seven hours.

Services to the larger cities east of Turin are part of the extensive and reliable train network of the Lombard Plain. In the mountains to the west of the region's capital, however, train service begins to peter out in favor of bus connections; information about train-bus mountain services can be obtained from train stations and tourist information offices, or by contacting FS–Trenitalia, the Italian national train service.

Italo. Italian state-run railway's only competition, Italo operates fast, dependable, and often less expensive train service between many (but not all) of Italy's major cities. 06/0708; www.italotreno.it/en.

Trenitalia. Italy's national train service. 199 89 20 21; www.trenitalia.com/en.