Milano / Milan / Mailand to Brescia by train

How to travel from Milano to Brescia by train

The first stage of the high speed line between Milano and Venezia opened a few years ago, so the high speed Frecce and Italo services rush to Brescia in under 40 minutes.
However, that speed comes at a price, so if you will be booking tickets last minute at the station, the Regionale trains are a cheaper, but slower option

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Routes

Option 1: the slower, cheaper and most frequent trains

Journey Summary

Travel Time
1hr 5 min
Frequency
Daily
Travel Information

When taking a train journey from Milano to Brescia, you can reach your destination twice as fast, by taking the alternative high speed trains.
However, if you'll be booking tickets last minute at the station, you'll save more than €10 by taking these Regionale trains.

And if you will be travelling with a Eurail or InterRail Pass, you can avoid the €10 rail pass reservation fees payable on those journeys by Frecce trains

Final Destination: Verona P.N. and Brescia

The train service is operated by Trenord and not Trenitalia.

15 - 17 x trains per day

This service of Regionale trains is usually comprised of 1 x train per hour, but on Mondays to Fridays there are no departures between 08:25 and 11:25.
On weekends there are no departures between 09:25 and 11:25.

Tickets

Book early and save: No

Tickets will cost the same price if purchased at the same station immediately before departure.
These Regionale trains are always cheaper than the faster Frecciarossa trains; you can save a minimum of €5.
They'll be more than €10 cheaper, for this comparatively short journey, if you'll be booking last minute at the station.

InterRail and Eurail Passes can be used on Trenord's trains.

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
Trenitalia *

Trenitalia Guide

Trenitlalia is the national rail operator in Italy and in addition to its cheaper types of ticket; it also typically offers other discounts available to non-Italians, which include:

  • Group Offers, provides for a discount of up to 50% when 3-5 Adults travel together.
  • Family Offer for when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 11 and under.
  • The Children Free Offer is available for journeys by Frecce trains, when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 15 and under.
    Those aged 15 and under travel for free, but the Adults will need to purchase full price 'Base' tickets.

Option 2: the Frecce and EuroCity trains

Journey Summary

Travel Time
38 min
Frequency
Daily
Travel Information

The Frecce trains take the relatively new high speed route between Milano and Brescia on which they travel at more than 250/km/h

Final Destination: Venezia S.L. (or Trieste or Udine)

10-12 x trains per day
There are additional services in the summer months
Two of these trains are EC trains which have a journey time of 46 mins.

Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 4 months* ahead of the travel date

Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day - so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares.

* The cheapest tickets for these Frecce trains tend to be made available around 3 months ahead.

Trenitalia does not sell tickets for the Italo trains; and Italo does not sell tickets for the Trenitalia trains

If you're booking no more than 4 months ahead and have no particular preference for the train that you will be taking, the price and departure times of the Frecce and Italo trains can be directly compared on with Trainline or Omio, though look out for the fact that both of these services will charge a booking fee.

However, you can always save money by taking the alternative, slower Regionale trains between Milano and Brescia.

Rail Pass users can save €10 by avoiding these trains and taking the Regionale trains.

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
Trenitalia from €13

Trenitalia Guide

Trenitlalia is the national rail operator in Italy and in addition to its cheaper types of ticket; it also typically offers other discounts available to non-Italians, which include:

  • Group Offers, provides for a discount of up to 50% when 3-5 Adults travel together.
  • Family Offer for when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 11 and under.
  • The Children Free Offer is available for journeys by Frecce trains, when groups of 2 - 5 people are travelling together and at least one of the party is a aged 15 and under.
    Those aged 15 and under travel for free, but the Adults will need to purchase full price 'Base' tickets.
Italia rail from €13

Italia rail Guide

Italiarail lives up to its name by selling tickets for rail journeys within Italy and the core feature of its service is that it is primarily designed to be used by international visitors to Italy.
So the English translations of place names are used when looking up journeys and the terms and conditions for using each type of ticket are clearly explained.
It also clearly points out the additional costs of upgrading to other classes and types of tickets while spelling out the additional benefits of doing so.
Though Italiarail will charge a booking fee, typically of around €3.

The Early Bird service

Italiarail has launched an 'early bird' pre-booking service for journeys by Frecce trains.
Tickets can be booked up to a year ahead of travel at a flat-rate price per route, before the tickets have been released for sale by Trenitalia.
If when they are placed on sale, the price is cheaper than what you have already paid to Italiarail, it will automatically refund the price difference.
Conversely, if the price is more expensive, you won't be charged the price difference.
You can also have the peace of mind of securing your seat(s) on the Frecce train(s) when you are first planning a trip.
If before the tickets are placed on sale, you decide to change your plans, you can request a refund; but once the tickets are released for sale, you will then be bound by the terms and conditions of the ticket(s) you have booked.

Trainline from €13

Trainline Guide

Omio from €13

Omio Guide

Omio is an online ticket agency which offers tickets for rail journeys in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain.

The three key advantages of using Omio are

  • it offers prices in multiple currencies
  • it usually offers price comparison with other modes of travel including flights and buses
  • when visiting Europe, you can book journeys in multiple countries in one transaction.

The disadvantage of booking with Omio is that it often adds a booking fee to the final price; therefore when it does so without offering a price advantage, SMTJ doesn't tend to offer Omio as a booking option.

On this journey

Journey Features

Scenic - NoHigh Speed (total journey)

Good to Know

Note that a variety of different trains take this route, but for a journey such as this, it doesn't particularly matter which specific train will be used for your departure, particularly in Standard/Second class.

What all the types of train have in common is that they are air-conditioned and reservations are mandatory, so seats will be assigned when booking tickets.
The newer type of Frecciargento trains are used on this route.
(Seat reservations are not available on the slower Regionale services).

Option 3: taking the Italo trains

Journey Summary

Travel Time
37 min
Frequency
Daily
Travel Information

Final Destination: Venezia S.L.

These Italo trains share the high speed route with the Frecce trains operated by Trenitalia, and if you can book ahead they can be the cheapest option for a a Milano to Brescia rail journey.

6 x trains per day

Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 5 months ahead of the travel date

Tickets for the alternative Trenitalia Frecce trains are placed on sale around 4 months in advance, but these Italo train tickets are made available around 5 months ahead.

If you're booking no more than 4 months ahead and have no particular preference for the train that you will be taking, the price and departure times of the Frecce and Italo trains can be directly compared on with Trainline or Omio, though look out for the fact that both of these services will charge a booking fee.

Trenitalia does not sell tickets for the Italo trains - and Italo does not sell tickets for the Trenitalia trains.

Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day, so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares.

Rail pass users cannot travel by these trains

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
Italo from €9 approx

Italo Guide

Trainline from €9 approx

Trainline Guide

Omio from €9 approx

Omio Guide

Omio is an online ticket agency which offers tickets for rail journeys in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain.

The three key advantages of using Omio are

  • it offers prices in multiple currencies
  • it usually offers price comparison with other modes of travel including flights and buses
  • when visiting Europe, you can book journeys in multiple countries in one transaction.

The disadvantage of booking with Omio is that it often adds a booking fee to the final price; therefore when it does so without offering a price advantage, SMTJ doesn't tend to offer Omio as a booking option.

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