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Changing trains at Milan Central
I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one
from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? Thanks for your help/comments/suggestions if you are familiar with Milan Station. |
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Changing trains at Milan Central
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:51:55 GMT, Sudhir Ahuja
wrote: I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? Thanks for your help/comments/suggestions if you are familiar with Milan Station. Layout is easy enough....as the station is a terminus, you get off one train, look along the concourse for the departure indicator which shows the platform your connection leaves from, and hop on your next train. Hope the Rome train's on time, that's all ! Pic of the departure board he http://www.skateboardeurope.com/port...oCentrale1.jpg Keith, Bristol, UK |
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"Sudhir Ahuja" skrev i meddelandet ... I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? Thanks for your help/comments/suggestions if you are familiar with Milan Station. --------- I've done a connection in Milan in about a minute once so 25min is an eternity. However if your train happens to be very late you should try to be in the front of the train , once off the train just look at the monitors for the Zürich train and find the right track. |
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"Lennart Petersen" kirjoitti ... "Sudhir Ahuja" skrev i meddelandet ... I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? Thanks for your help/comments/suggestions if you are familiar with Milan Station. --------- I've done a connection in Milan in about a minute once so 25min is an eternity. However if your train happens to be very late you should try to be in the front of the train , once off the train just look at the monitors for the Zürich train and find the right track. At the Heathrow airport the deadline for check in for the European flights was 25 minutes a couple of decades ago........ Once I had to test this on one Saturday morning in 1980's. No, it wasn't a quiet day but the terminal building was packed by swarming travellers. When this appeared to me at the door, I was convinced I shall not make it in time. Fortunately I was wrong: a helpful member of the airport staff escorted to the front of one of the queues to clear myself to the flight. |
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"Sudhir Ahuja" wrote in message ... I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? There is no problem with the layout of the station. However, 25 minutes is risky. The station is large, and if your train is even moderately late, you may miss your connection, especially if you arrive on platform 1 and leave from platform 21. Also, a note of caution about an earlier poster's advice to sit at the front of the train. If your train from Rome calls at Florence Santa Maria Novella, it will reverse there, and so you would need to sit at the back in Rome in order to be at the front between Florence and Milan. Note also that most long-distance trains wil have first class carriages at one end. Alan Harrison |
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"Markku Grönroos" skrev i meddelandet news "Lennart Petersen" kirjoitti ... "Sudhir Ahuja" skrev i meddelandet ... I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? Thanks for your help/comments/suggestions if you are familiar with Milan Station. --------- I've done a connection in Milan in about a minute once so 25min is an eternity. However if your train happens to be very late you should try to be in the front of the train , once off the train just look at the monitors for the Zürich train and find the right track. At the Heathrow airport the deadline for check in for the European flights was 25 minutes a couple of decades ago........ But you can't compare airport connections exactly with rail connections where you're more or less likely to do the connection once there's a time difference. However if it's now a matter of records I've done an airport connection through Sandefjord (Oslo) in 5 min incl security , while I've done a rail connection in less than zero (!) , it's possible if you jump off before stop and jump on the connecting while running. I'm not recommending that however as it's a risk and I'm convinced I'm not repeating a such adventure. |
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"Lennart Petersen" kirjoitti ... But you can't compare airport connections exactly with rail connections where you're more or less likely to do the connection once there's a time difference. I don't follow. |
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"Markku Grönroos" skrev i meddelandet . fi... "Lennart Petersen" kirjoitti ... But you can't compare airport connections exactly with rail connections where you're more or less likely to do the connection once there's a time difference. I don't follow. Once there's a time difference (arrival-departure) you're more or less likely to do the connection. More likely if a small station and connecting to the adjacent platform, slightly´less if a big station and you've to move a lot.... |
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Changing trains at Milan Central
Make credence recognised that on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:32:46 GMT,
"Lennart Petersen" has scripted: "Sudhir Ahuja" skrev i meddelandet ... I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? Thanks for your help/comments/suggestions if you are familiar with Milan Station. --------- I've done a connection in Milan in about a minute once so 25min is an eternity. Last Sunday we managed to make a 4:20pm train, where it was stamped 4:23 on the validation of the ticket. The problem is the crowds on the platform, that I inevitably find myself swearing at for their stupidity for being in my way. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Changing trains at Milan Central
Make credence recognised that on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:35:13 +0100,
"ALAN HARRISON" has scripted: "Sudhir Ahuja" wrote in message ... I am taking train from Rome to Milan and 25 minutes later another one from Milan to Zurich. I am a little concerned about changing trains at Milan in 25 minutes since I do not know the train station layout, platforms etc.. where one train comes in and the other takes off from. Is 25 minutes sufficient time for a first timer?? There is no problem with the layout of the station. However, 25 minutes is risky. The station is large, and if your train is even moderately late, you may miss your connection, especially if you arrive on platform 1 and leave from platform 21. Are you kidding? Sure, if the train is 23 minutes late, it will be a squeeze, but it's more likely to be either on time, or 55 minutes late. Just go, and if it's really late, take the next train. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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