Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Sorry, just to clarify the train question.
We have tickets for, say, the IC XYZ train that leaves Milano at 1200 and arrives in La Spezia at 1500. IC XYZ stops in Pavia at 1230 and Montereggiano at 1430. I take it that since Pavia and Montereggiano are stops between the ticketed points (Milano - La Spezia) we can get on and off that one specific train anywhere en route between the ticketed points? No intending to use the ticket the day before or the day after. Just on the day for that specific train.
No, you cannot do this. You would have to buy a ticket to Pavia, then a ticket to La Spezia. There is no way to get on and off different trains. As they say in Italy, "Not possible." If you really want to see Pavia, that would only cost you about 3 euros on a local train from Milano, then you could catch an Intercity from there to La Spezia. I think that Monterregiano is a region in Tuscany, it's not on the way to La Spezia from Milano.