München / Munich to Milano / Milan / Mailand by train
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By day a connection between trains is required in Verona Porta Nuova station, but it's also a stunning train ride.
The direct night trains have been taken off the current timetable.
Routes you can take to go from München / Munich to Milano / Milan / Mailand
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DB is the national railway operator in Germany, so its website can be used for booking journeys by German express trains; the ICE and IC trains and it doesn't charge booking fees.
It also sells tickets for journeys by direct trains on all international routes from Germany regardless of whether DB is operating the train service.
It also sells an extensive range of end-to-end journeys which involve making connections both within Germany and in neighboring countries, but journeys between Germany and Britain cannot be booked on DB.
On journeys within Germany and on most international journeys from and to Germany on trains operated by DB:
For journeys by the express trains, EC. IC and ICE trains an adult (on German railways an adult is a person aged 15 and over) can take up to four children aged 6 - 14 with them at no additional charge.
Tickets need to be booked for children aged 0 - 5, but there is no charge for them.
Those aged 65 and over can take journeys at a discounted rate.
Dogs, which are too large to be placed in pet carriers, require tickets which cost 50% of the adult rate.
When booking both types of the discounted 'Sparpreis' tickets seat reservations are an optional extra, so need to be added when booking if you want an assigned seat(s).
There are no direct daytime trains from München / Munich to Milano but the four EC trains per day from München to Verona offer connections there into high speed trains on to Milano Centrale, the city's main rail station.
The fastest connections between trains is only 34mins, so it's typically a straightforward journey
Though rail pass users can save at least €10 by taking a slightly slower Regionale Veloce train on from Verona.
However, because of the frequency of the trains on to Milano, the ticket agents can offer multiple options that have the same departure time from München Hbf.
The longer end-to-end journey times allow more time to make the connection between trains in Bologna.
This journey is made up of 1
change.
Train 1
Between München Hbf/Munich main station and
Verona Porta Nuova
Not High SpeedLandscape (Hills / Mountains)Scenic - Yes
Good to Know
Final Destination Bologna or Rimini or Verona
From early April Railjet trains will also begin to operate on this route.
These trains will also call at Munchen Ost after departure from Munchen Hbf.
If the starting point of journey is in central Munich/München (around Marienplatz, it will be a quicker trip if you join the train at München Ost.
Journey description:
The train journey between Rosenheim and Verona is one of the most incredible in Europe, but sit on the right of the train (when facing the direction of travel) to see the best of the stunning views.
Though the first of the scenic highlights, when the train follows the River Inn from Kuftstein into Innsbruck, is on the left.
But the most incredible part of the journey is that between Innsbruck and the border at Brennero.
Winter
Summer
And as can be seen in these videos, the best of the views on this part of the train ride can be seen on the right.
Though this sequence of clips were taken heading north between Brenner station and Innsbruck.
The fabulous views continue after the train exits the Brenner Tunnel and begins to travel through Italy.
Between Brennero and Verona the railway route primarily travels through a massive valley, by the River Adige and on this part of the journey, there are some great views to be had from either side of the train.
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Depart Munich at around 07:30, 09:30 and 13:30 and the train on from Verona will also typically call in Desenzano del Garda/Sirmione
Depart Munich at around 11:30 and the train on from Verona will also typically call in [Peschiera del Garda](Peschiera del Garda) - though there are also hourly Regionale trains from Verona will call in both Peschiera del Garda and Desenzano del Garda/Sirmione
Final Destination: Milano Centrale
The train also callls at: Desenzano del Garda and Brescia
Tickets
Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings usually open: up to 6 months ahead of the travel date - but this period of time is shorter when looking up journeys in August to October.
When looking up the journey on the DB website, you can use the tool which increases the minimum transfer time between trains, in order to see additional options.
A choice of tickets
Three types of tickets are available:
Two types of discounted tickets, which will be cheaper the further ahead you book - Sparpreis Europa and Super Sparpreis Europa
One type of non-discounted ticket - Flexpreis Europa.
A key difference between these types of tickets is refunds:
Super Sparpreis tickets are cheapest, but they can't be refunded at all.
Sparpreis tickets can be refunded for a fee, but the refund will be in the form of travel vouchers to be used for alternative / future journeys.
Flexpreis Europa tickets can be refunded at no additional charge.
Travelling from Munchen Ost station:
When making a booking online on DB it uses ‘Munich (München)’ as a default for looking up journeys from the city in the ‘From’ box.
But it is possible to select München Ost as the ‘From’ station (you need to use the German spelling with the character (the umlaut) over the ‘u’).
You won’t save any money by booking from München Ost, but the departure time of your train from Munchen Ost will be on your ticket.
Booking agents, when looking up Munchen to Bologna journeys, will see that the fastest journey from Munchen is from Munchen Ost, so can assume that this is where you want to join the train.
So if you're using an agent confirm whether your ticket has been booked from Munchen Hbf or Munchen Ost; particularly if you do want to join the train at Munchen Hbf.
Making the connection:
If the train from Munich arrives in Verona too late to make the booked connection on to Venezia / Venice, regardless of the circumstances, the tickets will be valid on a Regionale Veloce train on from Verona Porta Nuova.
Though if you would rather travel on to Venezia / Venice on a later Frecce train in reserved seats, you should be able to have tickets re-issued at the travel desks in Verona Porta Nuova
There is relatively new E.U. legislation which protects travellers against financial loss in the event of missed connections due to train delays, but it only applies to 'through tickets'.
Though the operators of the EC and Frecce trains have also signed up to Agreement on Journey Continuation (AJC) policy for when a traveller holds separate transport 'contracts' for an end-to-end journey involving more than one train.
So this agreement applies both when 'a bundle' of tickets / contracts is issued as the result of a single transaction - and if travellers have bought several different tickets for their journey, even from different sales channels/ticket providers.
As long as the passenger had planned enough connecting time to change trains (called “reasonable connecting time”), the AJC will apply.
So in usual* circumstances, if a delay to the EC train causes the booked connection to be missed, replacement tickets/reservations will be issued at Verona Porta Nuoba.
*= But that new E.U legislation specifically states that in exceptional circumstances, the train operators do not need to issue replacement tickets - and the terms and conditions on the Trenitalia website reiterate this.
These exceptional circumstances specifically stated in Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament include:
extraordinary circumstances not connected with the operation of the railway, such as extreme weather conditions, major natural disasters or major public health crises...
...the behaviour of a third party... such as persons on the track, cable theft, on-board emergencies, law enforcement activities or sabotage.
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