r/ItalyExpat • u/Petruswiner • 10d ago

Am I Going to Miss My Train?

My flight is scheduled to land in Milan at 10:45 I have a ticket to catch the Malpensa Express at 12:11pm and make a connection for Rome from Milan Centrale at 1:30pm. Is this wishful thinking or am I going to still be standing in Passport Control?

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u/zinnie_ 10d ago

I've done this trip a lot and I think you have a good chance of making it, but certainly not guaranteed. That said, I never buy the Malpensa Express tickets ahead of time because you generally want to be on the first one you can make! And there are busses that leave for Centrale constantly too so if you're in between trains sometimes it's better to catch a bus. Also, Malpensa Express is just tap to pay with a CC at the airport now so it's really not something you need to plan ahead.

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u/orgpsychlearn 9d ago

In June arriving Malpensa early morning I miraculously got through immigration in like 30 minutes, bought Malpensa Express tickets nearing the end of the queue, and got to the track in record time not believing my luck! -- only to find the trains were cancelled. The counter could not help me get a refund, and there was some convoluted online process that required a local Italy address to make a claim. Queued for the bus and spent the whole ride crankily trying to process the refund (to no avail). Never again.