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Old Apr 1, 2012, 4:38 am
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Originally Posted by Giggleswick
An Italian friend kindly showed me that you can find the Regionale schedules, though not the fares, by using the Deutsche Bahn site, http://www.bahn.de (or http://www.bahn.com). It allows you to uncheck "Prefer Fast Connections" and check "Local Transport," and that will yield Regionale routes. Or you can customize further using "Further Search Options." (The checkbox for Regionali is "NV," I guess for NonVelocita.) On Trenitalia, I haven't been able to see even Regionale schedules on routes dominated by highspeeds.

A little OT: My friend told me she uses the DB site a lot because for some of her journeys that include changing from branch lines it shows routes that are actually faster, though longer in KMs, than Trenitalia does.
I just tried that, but it won't let me book the fare online. Also, how can I restrict the results to show only intercity routes? For example, from Milan to Venice? It's already too late for me to buy fast train fares for cheap. I think IC is the next fastest option, but cheap enough for me to buy them. These are the good value fares that were mentioned earlier right? Bahn.de does show R instead of IC (what I was expecting). Does that mean they're regional fares?

For example:

Station/Stop Date Time Duration Chg. Products Price for all travellers*
Earlier Standard fare

Milano Centrale
Su, 08.04.12 dep 17:25 3:26 0 R Tariff abroad

Choose return trip
Venezia Santa Lucia Su, 08.04.12 arr 20:51
Milano Centrale
Su, 08.04.12 dep 20:25 3:25 0 R Tariff abroad

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