As a German, I always loved the long distance trains I. Italy. I remember a trip in 2008 crossing From south to North Italy which cost a fraction of what it would have in Germany. It had A/C and it was on time. So comfy. Meanwhile in Germany, they charged a shitton of money and it had no A/C.

Still last year I found it much better than in Germany, overall. The only thing that PISSES me off is that the stupid Trenitalia does not show me which platform the train is departing/arriving from. It blows my mind that this CRUCIAL information is not shown anywhere and you literally have to be standing in the station to hopefully find it.

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ThePowerOfFuet 5 days ago | parent [-]

>The only thing that PISSES me off is that the stupid Trenitalia does not show me which platform the train is departing/arriving from. It blows my mind that this CRUCIAL information is not shown anywhere and you literally have to be standing in the station to hopefully find it.

The Trenitalia app shows arrival and departure platform and time info per station, as well as for trips you are currently taking.

There is also this gem of a website, no TLS and with 2007 iPhone 1.0 design language, but it works:

http://www.viaggiatreno.it/infomobilitamobile/pages/cercaTre...

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7bit 4 days ago | parent [-]

I just tried again an the app does not show the platform.

	▲	aquatica 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		It does. Open your train ticket from the app, then the "i" next to "On time"/"+X MIN" text, and it shows the list of all train stops and where the train is. Next to the train stop you find a number which is the platform