Verona to Genova / Genoa by train

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From Verona Porta Nuova to Genova Piazza Principe

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Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 4 months ahead of the travel date (usually)

This one daily direct train from Verona to Genova/Genoa departs daily at 17:02 - so target that time when looking up tickets for this journey.

Our step-by-step guide to booking train tickets on the Trenitalia (Italian national railways) website is available HERE.

Though when looking up this journey on the ticket booking websites, you will see more than a dozen daily journey options, which all involve changing trains in Milano Centrale.

If you're new to booking tickets for train journeys in Italy, we also recommend taking a look at our guide to Italian train tickets - it should help you save time and money and confusion.

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
Trenitalia from €19.90

Trenitalia Guide

Trenitlalia is the national rail operator in Italy and in addition to its cheaper types of ticket; it also typically offers other discounts available to non-Italians, which include:

  • Group Offers, provides for a discount of up to 50% when 3-5 Adults travel together.
  • Family Offer for when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 11 and under.
  • The Children Free Offer is available for journeys by Frecce trains, when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 15 and under.
    Those aged 15 and under travel for free, but the Adults will need to purchase full price 'Base' tickets.
ItaliaRail from €20 approx (in £s)

ItaliaRail Guide

ItaliaRail lives up to its name by selling tickets for rail journeys within Italy and the core feature of its service is that it is primarily designed to be used by international visitors to Italy.
So the English translations of place names are used when looking up journeys and the terms and conditions for using each type of ticket are clearly explained.
It also clearly points out the additional costs of upgrading to other classes and types of tickets while spelling out the additional benefits of doing so.

Users of InterRail and Eurail passes can also book seat reservations on the Frecce and InterCity trains without paying a booking fee,

Trainline from €19.90

Trainline Guide

On this journey

Journey Features

High Speed (partial)

Good to Know

This one daily direct train from Verona to Genova/Genoa departs daily at 17:02.

Though when looking up this journey on the ticket booking websites, you will see more than a dozen daily journey options, which all involve changing trains in Milano Centrale.

Rail pass users can save the €10 rail pass reservation fee payable on this Frecce train by taking Regionale trains from Verona to Millano Centrale and connecting there for other Regionale trains on to Genova.

Final Destination: Genova Brignole

The train also calls at: Genova Piazza Principe*

*Note that this train makes two station calls in Genova/Genoa - it will call at Piazza Principe station before continuing on to terminate at Genova Brignole.

So choose your station with care - though if you are heading to the city centre, the quickest option will be to take this train to Piazza Principe station and transfer to the metro there.

The train will reverse direction on departure from Milano Centrale.

Only the comparatively small part of the journey between Brescia and Milano will be at high speed.

If you are new to travelling by train in Italy, our Italian Train Travel Guide is packed with info and useful links to help ensure you’ll have a stress-free trip.

This one daily direct train from Verona to Genova/Genoa departs daily at 17:02.

Though when looking up this journey on the ticket booking websites, you will see more than a dozen daily journey options, which all involve changing trains in Milano Centrale.

Rail pass users can save the €10 rail pass reservation fee payable on this Frecce train by taking Regionale trains from Verona to Millano Centrale and connecting there for other Regionale trains on to Genova.

Final Destination: Genova Brignole

The train also calls at: Genova Piazza Principe*

*Note that this train makes two station calls in Genova/Genoa - it will call at Piazza Principe station before continuing on to terminate at Genova Brignole.

So choose your station with care - though if you are heading to the city centre, the quickest option will be to take this train to Piazza Principe station and transfer to the metro there.

The train will reverse direction on departure from Milano Centrale.

Only the comparatively small part of the journey between Brescia and Milano will be at high speed.

If you are new to travelling by train in Italy, our Italian Train Travel Guide is packed with info and useful links to help ensure you’ll have a stress-free trip.

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