Originally Posted by
KLouis
It's as tedious as flying from any city to any city. But it is more expensive than the train, it takes about the same time if one counts from city centre to city centre, there are more services and it is certainly a more relaxed trip.
There's a nice free app with train information and timetables for Italy and much of the rest of Europe called Locomotimes. It can be downloaded from iTunes. I understand it is also available for Android.