More Trenitalia regional train connections with tourist destinations and airports. The “Cefalù Line” and the “Taormina Line” return, adding stops in tourist areas along the Messina-Palermo line. This was announced by the Railways, which underlined: The Regionale (lead company of the passenger hub of the FS Group), in agreement with the Sicilian Region which commissioned the service, introduces additional connections to accompany tourists and regular travelers to discover places of high cultural and landscape value , starting from the spring weekends”.
The trains
With the new Sicilian regional trains, the 25 Pop and 17 Bluesreturns the Cefalù Line, service that on Saturdays and public holidays connects Palermo and the “Falcone e Borsellino” international airport in Cefalù.
In detail, they are expected between Central Palermo and Cefalù 4 new connections in total in both directions from Monday to Friday, 9 additional connections on Saturdays (5 from Palermo Centrale to Cefalù, 4 from Cefalù to Palermo) and 18 additional connections on Sundays and public holidays (9 in each direction) . Furthermore, on Saturdays and holidays there is a direct connection between Palermo Airport and Cefalù with 5 trips on Saturdays and 12 on Sundays. Always on Saturdays and holidays a new pair of connections becomes available again Palermo Airport and Milazzo.
On the Ionian coast the Taormina Linewith 6 additional connections on holidays distributed as follows: 2 from Catania Fontanarossa Airport to Letojanni, 1 from Catania Centrale to Letojanni and 3 from Letojanni to Catania Centrale.
Services between are also increasing Central Palermo And Palermo Airport, with the introduction of 3 trips on Saturdays and 2 on public holidays, to which are added a further 2 new connections between Palermo Centrale and Palermo Airport on 28 April, 12 and 26 May, 16 and 30 June. Furthermore, the offer on Isola delle Femmine is growing thanks to the assignment of additional stops to trains on the Palermo Centrale – Palermo Airport line (12 connections from Monday to Friday and 8 on Saturday); on the line Central Messina – S. Agata di Militello the Oliveri, Falcone and Novara service is strengthened with 6 connections on public holidays.
The service is always available to commuters and tourists Taormina Links, between the Taormina-Giardini station and the Taormina village, thanks to the Asm Taormina buses; the train+bus service between Agrigento Centrale and Agrigento Valle dei Templi, guaranteed by the collaboration between Trenitalia and Your Agrigentoand the Fontanarossa Airlink, a combined train+bus service born from the collaboration between Trenitalia and Amts Catania. Service that allows you to reach the Catania Airport terminal by bus in just a few minutes from the Catania Fontanarossa train stop.
