Stazione Tiburtina FS

This is the second largest stazione in Rome, serving as a hub for the Italian high-speed rail services. Originally built in 1886 as a terminal, it was redeveloped two decades ago as a major transportation center. We use it for changing trains to/from Naples.

While navigating the station can be daunting, the upper level of Tiburtina is an urban shopping and dining gallery bridging the train platforms. There are many excellent looking shops. Here you'll find train ticket offices and customer service. Escalators take you down to the binari del treno ("train tracks"). The large annunciator on this level guides you to the 25-plus track in this station.

Minor Rome train station, we stopped here on our way to Salerno.
It is one of the few stops that take long enough for a ehole bunch of smokers to decend like dead men walking the last mile before their death sentence.
I have mixed feelings. It looks almost deserted. It feels as if, once the sun comes down, all bets are off.
Apparently this place has been renovated and many a euro were spent. The result? Something neither i nor most of the others reviews i have read agree on. Money ABSOLUTELY not well spent.
The trains change direction which is the only noteworthy thing to mention.
Other than that, i find nothing positive or otherwise to mention.

Tiburtina station in Rome is like Roma Termini's awkward little brother, and although I only give it three stars, I will choose this station above Termini every chance I can.

So why 3 stars? Well, it is just ugly. I mean U-G-L-Y. It is in a state of perpetual construction, and for some reason, what was at one time a good single-story layout with underground tunnels has developed into a combination of that and an eyesore of a modern above-the-station station that screams "I wanna look ultra modern and artsy". But it is just UGLY. Moreover, that has developed it into a weird two-station station, where you have to wonder if you are supposed to go up or down. Hard to explain, but if you are there,you get it.

So why do I like this station? Because it is small, easy and convenient. Rome Termini is a massive train station that is always extremely crowded. If you need to connect trains, you may find yourself walking for 20 minutes between one train and another. Tiburtina is simply quick and efficient.

Also, this station is served by Italo, which is the competition for FS, and always my choice.

Tiburtina is just as well connected for people getting in and out of Rome as Termini is, but you won't spend a half hour trying waiting in lines, trying to figure out which train you are on, and trying to figure out where on earth your track is.