Upon arrival at Rome Airport (FCO), you can choose either the Leonardo Express, a Regionale FL1 train, or a high-speed Alta Velocità (AV) train. The AV train is ideal if you’re NOT planning to spend any time in Rome and want to get straight to Florence from the airport.

The AV trains (high-speed) leave from Rome Airport (FCO) twice per day, at 11:08AM and 3:08PM. They do stop along the way in Rome, but you don’t need to change trains. This trip takes 2 hours and 24 minutes, and ticket prices range from $28-34.

There are many more train options that will get you from Rome Airport (FCO) to Florence each day, but these require a train change in Rome. The Leonardo Express offers non-stop service to Roma Termini station (Rome). This trip takes 32 minutes, and the trains leave the airport every 15-30 minutes throughout the day. The FL1 trains connect the airport with other stations in Rome, including Tiburtina and Ostiense. These are commuter trains, therefore they make more stops en route, but the trip is still just over 30 minutes. The first trains bound for Rome from FCO leave the airport at 5:57AM and the last at 7:57PM. Ticket prices from Rome Airport (FCO) to Rome range from $17-21.

Once in Rome, you can take a direct Trenitalia AV train from Roma Termini to Firenze Santa Maria Novella (abbreviated to SM Novella) Florence. This 143.5 mile distance is covered in as little as 1.5 hours. Some of the AV trains also depart from Roma Tiburtina, which cuts 10 minutes off the journey time. There are 68 trains on this route from Termini alone per day. The first train leaves Termini for Florence at 6:20AM, the last at 8:50PM, and ticket prices range from $20-50 on this route.

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