Getting from Rome Fiumicino Airport

Fiumicino Airport is connected to central Rome by train and bus. Some long-distance buses and local public transport also stop here.
It's quick and easy to get to the centre by train, and significantly cheaper but slower by bus.
Travel time | Price | Frequency | Link | |
Leonardo Express train | 38 minutes (Termini) | 14 eur | 15 minutes | Trenitalia.com |
Regionale train | 31 minutes (Ostiense) | 8 eur | 30 minutes | Trenitalia.com |
Buses (express) | 60 minutes (Termini) | 6 eur | 5-10 minutes | Terravision.eu Sitbushuttle.com Tambus.it |
Buses Cotral | 40 minutes (Eur Magliana) | 2,20 eur | 60 minutes | Cotral.it |
Train to the centre of Rome
The fastest way to get to Rome is by train. The station is within walking distance of the terminals and is clearly signposted. You can take advantage of two types of connections:
- The fast Leonardo Express with a journey time of 32 minutes and a price of 14 eur terminates at Termini Central Station and does not stop anywhere on the way.
- The Regionale stopping services run for 48 minutes at 8 eur, ending at Tiburtina station with stops at Trastevere, Ostiense and Tuscolana stations
Return tickets are not discounted and tickets are not valid for a specific connection, you can take any one on any given day.
To find connections, visit Trenitalia.com. Tickets can be bought at the ticket office or at a machine right outside the platform, and can be paid by card. Attention! You must mark your ticket at the platform.
- Travel time: 32 minutes
- Frequency: every 30 minutes on the Regionale + every 15 minutes on the Leonardo Express
- Fares: 8 eur (Regionale) / 14 eur (L. Express)
- Last trains from the airport: 23:27 (Regionale), 23:53 (L. Express)
- First trains from the centre: from Roma Termini (L. Express) at 4:50, from Roma Ostiense (Regionale) at 5:17
Bus to the centre of Rome
A cheaper way to get around are the many bus lines.
Express buses
All companies run to Termini Central Station, plus some companies stop near the Vatican (SIT Bus Shuttle) or at Ostiense Station (T.A.M.) in the south of the city.
You can buy tickets either online via the links below (click on the company name) or at the ticket counters on the right side of the Terminal 3 arrivals hall near the bus stops. The bus station is located approximately 50 metres to the right of Terminal 3.
Travel time is on average 45 to 65 minutes depending on traffic.
The prices below are valid when purchased online.
- Terravision (buy online at Terravision.com)
- Roma Termini (Via Giovanni Giolitti at the junction with Via Enrico Cialdini)
- Frequency: 25-50 minutes
- Price: 6 eur one way / 11 eur return
- Flixbus in collaboration with SIT Bus (buy online at Flixbus.com)
- Stops: Cornelia metro station (Circonvallazione Aurelia), Vatican (Via Crescenzio), Roma Termini
- Frequency: 25-50 minutes
- Price: 7 eur one way / 13 eur return
- T.A.M. (buy online at tambus.it)
- Roma Ostiense, Roma Termini
- Frequency: 25-30 minutes
- Price: 7 eur one-way / 13 eur return
- Rome Airport Bus (buy online at romeairportbus.it)
- Stops: Roma Termini (Via Giovanni Giolitti at the junction with Via Enrico Cialdini)
- Frequency: 30-60 minutes
- Price: 5,90 eur one-way / 9,90 eur return
Last buses from the airport | 0:05 Rome Airport Bus |
0:15 T.A.M. |
0:30 Terravision |
1:30 T.A.M. |
2:30 T.A.M. |
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First buses from Roma Termini | 4:15 Rome Airport Bus |
4:30 Terravision |
4:30 T.A.M. |
4:45 Flixbus |
4:50 Terravision |
Cotral buses
The blue Cotral buses are the standard regional public transport and are the cheapest mode of transport.
They run about once an hour from 5:30 to 23:30, and in Rome they stop at the metro stations Eur Magliana (metro line B) or Cornelia (metro line A). Prefer especially the route to Eur Magliana station, which is significantly shorter and cheaper:
- Route from the airport to Eur Magliana: 40 minutes and 2,20 eur
- Route from the airport to Cornelia station: 90 minutes and 3,40 eur
- Timetables can be found on the Cotral website, the airport can be found under the name "Aeroporto di Fiumicino"
- The lines are not numbered, you need to know the destination stop and ask the driver
The bus stop is located directly in front of the arrivals hall of Terminal 1.
You can buy your ticket in the following ways:
- at the Coffee & Bakery Panella, located outside Terminal 3 at Gate 4, approximately 100 metres from the Cotral bus stop. The café is open daily from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- from the terminal attendant at the bus stop, which may not always be available
- via the Cotral mobile app or Tabnet
When travelling from the centre, you can buy your ticket at the newsagents (tabacchi) or snack bars at both Magliana and Cornelia stations. If you want a ticket for the Cotral bus, also tell the destination, according to which the ticket seller will sell you a ticket at the right price. The driver does not sell tickets!
You can then buy your metro ticket at the metro station for 1,50 eur, or 7 eur for 24 hours, see more in the Rome guide.
Buses to Fiumicino and Ostia
The nearby villages of Fiumicino or Lido di Ostia, where there are plenty of hotels if a night transfer is necessary, can also be reached by Cotral buses.
The ticket costs 1,30 eur.
At the airport, you can buy your ticket from the café mentioned above or from the attendant at the bus stop (he may not always be available), and in Fiumicino and Lido di Ostia from newsagents. Tickets to Ostia can also be bought via the Cotral or Tabnet mobile apps.
Buses run roughly every 30 to 60 minutes from 5:30 to 21:00. The stop at the airport can be found between terminals 1 and 3, not at the main bus station where the buses to Rome leave from.
- Timetables can be found on the Cotral website, and the airport can be found under the name "Aeroporto di Fiumicino".
- Departure times can be found on the Cotral mobile app
Via Ostia to Rome
If you want to stop by the beaches of Ostia on your way from the airport to the city centre or vice versa, take the Cotral to Ostia bus service from the airport for 1,30 eur (see details above).
From Ostia to Porta San Paolo station near Ostiense station, there is then the "Roma-Lido" train line, which is fully integrated into public transport in Rome.
On this train line, all tickets valid for movement in Rome are valid, including all-day and multi-day tickets. For more information, see the guide to Rome.
To Ciampino Airport
The only way to get to Ciampino is by changing at the main station (Termini). The total journey will take at least 120 minutes. Allow at least 4 hours between flights .
Map of public transport stops in Rome towards the airport
Car rental
While a car is definitely not recommended when travelling to the centre of Rome, if you want to head straight from Fiumicino Airport to the countryside or the beaches of the Lazio region, a car is a great option.
There are many local and large international rental companies right in the terminal.
Long-distance buses
Around 50 metres to the right of Terminal 3 you will find, in addition to the stops of the big buses to Rome, intercity direct buses without transfers to Naples, Pescara, L'Aquila and other cities throughout Italy, for example.
Most services run 3-5 times a day and timetables and ticketing can be found on the individual company websites, but the vast majority of services are operated by a single company, Flixbus.
Any questions left?
If you have any questions or comments about the article...
5 comments
I would like a ride from Fiumicino airport to Fiumicino Varos (4 km) on February 21 at 21:30 for 7 people and 2 pine trees and back at 5 am on the same route. If someone could help me with info on where to ask for a ride, or if there is someone in the group who could help me out, I would be glad to help and not for free. I have inquired about taxi fares but for this 4 km I want a ride like they order a Rolls Royce with champagne for everyone.

Everything is written in the text above - transport to Fiumicino and Ostia. Cotral buses run here.
I wrote this because I was wondering afterwards and the last COTRAL bus leaves Fiumicino at 21:00 and the plane I'm on will land at 21:05. I was also wondering about the autoberles, which is probably good, but at 5 in the morning the shuttle from the Kolcsonzo parking lot is not working and I have to take a taxi from the parking lot to the airport, which is again very expensive I think (4 km to the airport the taxi costs 38-50 Euro). I've been looking for an alternative for two weeks now and thought there might be someone who knows or knows someone who can help me out with this problem, for a fee of course. Thank you for your help.

Hello,
Can anyone advise me how to get from FCO airport to Ostia, how to buy a ticket, where the bus stops, the designation or the number of the line.
Thank you
He can, but why would he do that when it is sufficiently described in the article and even in the comments...

By bus Cotral currently in September 2024:
FCO Airport -> Lido di Ostia 1,30€
FCO Airport -> Fiumicino 1,10€

Hello,
can you advise me on the best way to get from FCO airport to Ostia?
I would be grateful for any info. If possible, where the bus stops, the number of the line, or how it is marked and how best to buy a ticket.
Thank you
Above it says it stops at the stop between terminals 1 and 3, isn't that enough for you? The line used to have a number a long time ago, but it doesn't anymore. The Cotral bus will have Cotral written on it and probably the destination - Ostia. As mentioned above and below, you can buy a ticket at a newsagent or from a carrier employee running around the bus at the stop or even on two apps.
Try reading the guidebook first next time and then ask questions.

First of all, thank you for your reply, but if it bothered you so much, you didn't have to take the trouble to reply to me, and even on behalf of someone else.
. I have read the guide and the comments several times, but at the mention that I can buy a ticket from an employee of the carrier, "WHO MUST NOT BE THERE", or in the mobile application COTRAL, which unfortunately does not work at all, and I saw the comment of a person who was actually there only recently and certainly has very fresh experience, I took the liberty to ask for his help and guidance in this form.
Thank you again for sacrificing your precious time and enlightening me on how interpersonal relationships work.
I wish you a wonderful holiday season
It might help to pull your head out of your ass before you go. 😉
I saw the guy with the payment terminal there in person, it was quite a novelty. Hopefully the cafe hasn't been closed down in the meantime, and you can actually buy a ticket on the Cotral app (it even says in the comments here what you need to do to do that). The other thing is whether you can validate the ticket in the app at all, but that's not the fault of the passenger, but of the carrier. And then there's the other app, which looks like it might even work. Is that not enough for you? By the way, I didn't reply on behalf of anyone else, that would just be your hallucination. 😉
I'll add my experience with Terravision - I bought the ticket online (I also used the discount from this site, which doesn't make much of the few €) and bought the return ticket directly, which also makes the trip a bit cheaper. For 4 adults it made a total of 41,80€ after discounts. The pitchfork was thrown in the road by Ryanair, when the departure from Prague was 2,5h delayed. Here I appreciate the possibility to use a later bus than booked. It is also possible to change times in the customer account up to 15 minutes before departure, which I used on the return trip. Our hotel was a short walk from Termini, so fine for me.
Good morning,
As I'm staying at "hu Camping in Town", it's convenient for me to take the Cotral BUS from the airport to Cornelia station.
I know it's a longer journey, but this way I can avoid transfers while we're carrying luggage.
I assume the departure point is Terminal 1. Can anyone tell me precisely where the Cotral stop is in that terminal?
The café where we can buy tickets is in Terminal 3 (where the other Shuttles leave), right?
Thank you