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Napoli Centrale by sleeper train

The hub for Pompeii, Herculaneum and Sorrento, and a city that rewards a stay of its own.

Stay: Two or three daysNaples
Why stop off

Reasons to get off here

  • Circumvesuviana trains run from beneath the station to Pompeii, Herculaneum and Sorrento
  • Metro line 1 from Garibaldi reaches the Duomo, the historic centre and the National Archaeological Museum
  • Fast ferries to Amalfi and Positano leave from Molo Beverello between April and October
Near the station
  • Circumvesuviana station (Piazza Garibaldi), reached by an underground passage from the main concourse
  • Molo Beverello ferry pier, about 2 km away
Onward connections
  • Circumvesuviana to Pompei Scavi: 35 to 40 minutes
  • Circumvesuviana to Sorrento: about an hour
  • Regional train to Salerno: about 40 minutes
Sleeper trains calling here

When the night train calls

TrainDirectionArrivesLeavesRuns
Intercity Notte Rome–Sicily · ICN 1955Rome → Naples → (ferry) → Messina → Palermo22:2322:33Daily

Local times from each operator’s published timetable; see each route page for sources.

Check your date before travelling.

Roma TerminiLatinaFormia-GaetaNapoli CentraleSalernoVilla San GiovanniMilazzoBarcellona P.G.CefalùTermini ImeresePalermo Centrale
Questions

Napoli Centrale, answered

Intercity Notte Rome–Sicily.

Times in both directions are below.

ICN 1955 (Rome–Naples–(ferry)–Messina–Palermo): arrives 22:23, leaves 22:33.

Times are local and can change for engineering works.

The hub for Pompeii, Herculaneum and Sorrento, and a city that rewards a stay of its own.

We would allow: two or three days.

Usually only by booking two separate journeys: most sleeper fares are for one train on one date, and you cannot get off and rejoin the same ticket the next night.

Check the fare rules with the operator when you book.