Although Torino is in the northwest corner of Italy (the French border is about 50 miles away), rail connections make day trips to some important Italian cities possible. For example, you can get to Milan in one hour, to Genoa or Pavia in two hours, and to Bologna in two and a half hours. High-speed trains (Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, Frecciabianca, Italo) may be expensive but if you purchase your ticket well in advance you may take advantage of economy and super economy fares.
Local and regional trains are slower and cheap, and they can take you to closer but beautiful places like Asti, Casale Monferrato,  Bergamo, Cremona, Lake Como, Mantova, Stresa (Lake Maggiore).
You do not need to print Trenitalia tickets purchased online or via the app. Simply show the QR code on your phone or provide the PNR code you received by message or email. Paper tickets must still be validated before departure.
Do not board the train without a ticket. If you do, find a conductor right away and ask how to buy a ticket; it will cost you more, but you’ll avoid the hefty fine you’d face if you were caught without a ticket during an inspection.

To plan a trip and to purchase tickets online, go the Trenitalia website. [Please note that the official and legitimate site of Trenitalia is “trentitalia.com”, NOT “thetrainline.com”]. There is no need for reservations to board local and regional trains and no discounted fares are available.
You can also find high speed trains on the Italo website.

There are fewer Frecce trains from Trento but numerous regional trains take you to Verona (where there are connections to Venice, Milan, Bologna) or, northward, to Bolzano.

From Siena, it is possible to take a regional train to Florence or to several small towns in the area, but the bus lines are cheaper and much more extensive. Some buses leave from the train station, which is a bit of a walk from the city center, but many buses, including the ones that run to Florence or San Gimignano, depart from Piazza Gramsci, which is a short walk from Piazza del Campo, right in the center of town. See the Tiemme website for schedules. Buses to Florence are faster than trains, provided you take the “rapida” instead of “ordinario.” Click here for the schedule of buses from Siena to Florence and return. [< This link will become active as soon as the summer 2026 bus schedule is published]