Added Messina-Taormina to the schedules. Schedules now include major ports of Civitavecchia, Livorno, Napoli, Venice and Messina.

Based upon our experiences during our Oct '08 trip, I have made a few minor changes/additions to the train site. These pertain to Livorno/Firenze.

Good news for thoses going through Civitavecchia - elevators in the sottopassagio (underground) are coming. Could not get a time frame other than "soon". Used them in Pisa - big help when you have luggage.

Added a new section called "Italian Train Basics" which includes better organization and a bunch of new pictures. Now you can see why or why not baggage might or might not be a problem for you.

Rewrite of the FCO-Rome-Civitavecchia section (with more pics and tips) is about done.

Very well done Ftroute... you are close to being able to run their whole train system..

Another tip which can become crucially important. Learn how to say the name of the port of Rome...CIVITAVECCHIA.
On a recent cruise 2 English ladies were late getting back with the train so they grabbed a taxi and asked to be taken to the PORT (they didnt know the name )
The driver took them to the Airport instead and they missed the ship's departure even if the captain waited an entire hour.
They took a plane from the airport to Sardinia, Alghero where they caught up with the ship.