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From Milano Malpensa
Solution 1:
take a shuttle bus to Milano Stazione Centrale (central railway
station) from outside the airport terminals 1 and 2. the bus runs
every 20 minutes and costs about 10 €. It takes 50 minutes to
get to Milan, then from there a train to Pavia (around 4 €).
Solution 2:
get the train from the airport to Milano Stazione Centrale
(around 10 €), then from there a train to Pavia (around 4 €).
ORIO AL SERIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
orio al Serio airport is situated in the hearth of Northern Italy
and is easily reached from all over lombardy. It is the main low
cost companies’ airport.
orio al Serio is 45 km from Milan and 88 from Pavia.
Info: + 39 035.326.323 or www.sacbo.it
From Milano Orio al Serio (Bergamo)
Solution 1:
take a shuttle bus to Milano Stazione Centrale (central railway
station) from outside the airport. the bus runs every 30 minutes
and costs about 10 €, and It takes 1 hour to get to Milan, then
from there a train to Pavia (around 4 €)
Solution 2:
take the bus to the Bergamo’s Station (2 €), and then a train to
Pavia (around 7 €).
Be careful! You will have to change the train in Milano lam-
brate, there are different trains to Milan (centrale, cadorna,
porta garibaldi...), check if the one you want to take stops in
the right station!
TRAINS AND STATIONS
the easiest way to check the train timetable is to go to the Ital-
ian railway service website: www.trenitalia.com
You can find the English version at http://www.ferroviedel-
lostato.it/homepage_en.html. It is a reduced version of the
Italian website and therefore it doesn’t contain information on
discount cards and other services.
Ticket - Biglietto
the best way to buy your ticket is to buy it at the train station.
the ticket office in Pavia is open from 6.00 to 20.30. Some
travel agencies as well as some newsagents are also entitled
to sell train tickets (although the latter only sells tickets by the
kilometre).
You can also buy your ticket on-line with a credit card and col-
lect it from the self-service machine at the station. alternatively,
you can print out the payment receipt that will be e-mailed to
you along with the reservation code (Code PNR) if you choose
the “ticketless” option. If you choose to collect your ticket from
the self-service machine at the railway station you should have
a confirmation e-mail and a reservation code. the self-service
machine procedure will probably not save your time. on the
contrary, it might be a bit annoying to find out that you will still
have to queue and that the self-service machines often do not
work properly. You may have to go to the ticket office anyway
to get your ticket.
Regular tickets are valid for two months. You can travel on
all the trains that do not need a reservation. You should plan
your journey in advance or allow enough time at the station
before your train departure to buy the ticket. the station gets
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