We are making plans for train travel from La Spezia to Rome. We will be on a train from Monterosso in the morning that arrives 6:44 am in La Spezia and the train to Rome leaves at 6:53.
Is the station at La Spezia very big and can we make it from one train to the next in 9 minutes?
We do have an earlier option from Monterosso that would leave us a one hour wait at 5:44 am. I know this would be a safer bet - but wanted to see if the station is very small we might be able to make the other one work.
La Spezia Central train station - how big is it?
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It's not a large station and pretty easy to navigate. 9 minutes would be enough time for me.
Luggage?? This could slow your speed down. 9 minutes should do it but you never know..an hour isn't that long for assurance sake.
I agree that 9 minutes is long enough to change. It's been a few years since we were there, but I recall that the station in Vernazza didn't open until 7am. If this is the case in Monterosso you might want to make sure that you buy your ticket in advance.
Thanks for all the replies - we will have carryon luggage on rollers - so all four of us should be very mobile. Thanks for the tip about the opening time of the train station - I had not thought of that!!!
Being conservative, I will probably plan on the earlier train.
Here's some pics. If you have to change tracks, it would take more time (usually stairs to go under the tracks).
http://www.stazionidelmondo.it/laspeziacentrale.htm