From the arrival of the Frecciarossa at Milan Malpensa to the global reinforcing of rail and intermodal connections Trenitalia and Busitalia are offering more services for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Also intermodal train+bus services
There will be many extraordinary services towards the main competition areas will, including increased High Speed and Regional services, flanked by integrated intermodal train+bus services. Road transport will be further intensified to meet the needs of both spectators and athletes, guaranteeing easier and more capillary travel throughout the territory. Frecciarossa, on weekends from 7 February to 15 March 2026, will reach Malpensa airport with direct services from Milan to Venice/Udine.
Frecciarossa trains plus bus services
From 31 January until 16 March, after the conclusion of the Games, the intermodal FrecciaLink train+bus will guarantee daily services with Cortina d'Ampezzo and the Cadore, Tesero and Predazzo areas. The offer to Cortina d'Ampezzo will make it possible to leave by Frecciarossa from Milan, Naples, Rome, Florence, Bologna and Padua, continuing the journey from Venice Mestre by bus. In addition, departing from Rome, Florence, Bologna and Verona and stopping at Ora (Bolzano), it will be possible to reach Val di Fiemme by bus to Tesero, the new FrecciaLink stop, and also Predazzo.
Regional trains will also be boosted
Trenitalia will also reinforce the Regional trains towards the Belluno area, gateway to Cortina d'Ampezzo. On the Venice-Belluno line the service will be guaranteed every day, for a total of 39 trips daily, while on the Padua-Belluno line there will be 40 trips daily. The Treviso-Montebelluna and Belluno-Calalzo lines will also be upgraded. Thanks to the collaboration with Dolomitibus, the “Cortina 2026 Link” will be available, allowing passengers to reach Cortina with a single train+bus ticket, starting from Ponte nelle Alpi station.
Enhanced Busitalia services
More options are also available with Busitalia, which has activated daily connections to Cortina d'Ampezzo and Livigno from the AV stations of Padua and Milan, with convenient connections also from the airports of Orio al Serio and Venice Marco Polo. The Padua-Cortina Link will connect Padua to Ponte nelle Alpi, Longarone, Tai di Cadore, San Vito di Cadore and Cortina d'Ampezzo, offering a direct and continuous service to the Dolomites.
Airports will also be connected
The new Milan-Livigno line is the only direct service between Milano Centrale and the main ski resorts of Alta Valtellina-Bormio, Valdidentro and Livigno. The service operates from Monday to Friday, departing from Milan at 9:45 a.m. and returning from Livigno at 3:00 p.m. On weekends departures are scheduled at 10:15 a.m. from Milan and at 3:30 p.m. from Livigno. Airport connections complete the offer: Orio al Serio Airlink, with 24 trips per day also operating at night, and the Padova-Venezia Marco Polo service, operating all week with 54 trips daily.
50,000 reserved seats for accreditations
Some 50 charter trains and more than 400 buses daily will be provided for athletes, sports staff and accredited persons to travel to the Olympic venues. More than 50 thousand seats reserved for the event will also be available on high-speed trains on the main routes, in particular the Milan-Venice and Milan-Trento lines.
