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Originally Posted by Chris
Except it didn’t take 45 minutes - that’s the time you were in the air, between two airports. If you add transit time between your home and the airport, and the airport and your destination, and check in/baggage collection time, how long did the journey really take?
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Yup - that’s why in Italy, the fast inter-city trains have taken a lot of business from the shuttle flights.
At the train station, turn up 10-15 minutes before, take your own luggage on board, walk about the train (and the Rome-Florence train had a cracking buffet, with fresh Espresso made to order), when you arrive at your destination quick taxi yo the hotel; when we did a Italy trip a couple of years ago, the train beat the plane (Rome - Florence) for price, time travelling, comfort, and enjoyment (lovely scenery).