Originally Posted by RJSachs
I'm trying to buy train tickets between Rome and Pescara on the
Trenitalia website.
I'm a little confused on whether buying a ticket for a specific departure time guarantees me a seat or whether there's another step involved.
Also, I've heard that the quality difference between first and second class usually doesn't justify the price differential.
Can anyone help educate me?
If you proceed in your booking you will have to choose a seta.That guarantees you a seat.Buying on line won't give you a ticket but a code that you have to show to the ticket controller(or whatever's called!).Depending on when you have to go you might get some offers.From mid June there are going to be more trains and offers(summer schedule:they want to kill AZ I guess!)
Be aware that there arre only regional trains and they leave from Roma Tiburtina and not Roma Termini(you can take a metropolitan train from Termini to Tiburtina though).On regional train there's just 2nd class.and anyway you are right it doesn't change much between 1st and 2nd class.
hope this helps