COTRAL/Schiaffini operates buses from both airports to the city. Don't forget to mark your ticket after getting on the bus; if the machine does not work (which is fairly common), you have to write your name, birth date and current date and time on the ticket. The timetables for its services can be found here:
Advance booking essential. From Leonardo da Vinci/Fiumicino, the bus stop is located outdoors at ground level, at the bottom of the Terminal 1 (Domestic Arrivals). You can buy tickets at the tobacco shop in the Terminal 1 baggage area, with the blue sign (Tabaccheria). Lines from Leonardo da Vinci/Fiumicino are:
Aeroporto-Termini-Tiburtina
The schedule for Aeroporto-Termini-Tiburtina is:
from Fiumicino: 1:15, 2:15, 3:30, 5:00, 10:55, 12:00, 15:30
from Rome Tiburtina station: 00:30, 1:15,2:30,03:45, 09:45,10:30,12:35,17:30
The night Fiumicino timetable is not kept very well. The bus may be half an hour late or not arrive at all. Perch on the bus stop, do not give up, it will probably come, eventually.
Aeroporto-Roma Cornelia (metro A) (schedule )
Aeroporto-Roma Magliana (metro B) (schedule )
Aeroporto-Ostia Lido (schedule )
Aeroporto-Fregene (schedule )
Aeroporto-Fiumicino (città) (schedule )
An inexpensive choice from Fiumicino is to take the bus (COTRAL) to EUR Magliana (stops directly at the metro station, which belongs to line B) and then take the Metro. It's the cheapest way to get to the centre (€2.50 bus + €1 metro). The sign on this bus reads "Fiumicino-Porto-Magliana".
Terravision operates buses every 30 minutes for the cost of EUR 6 (oneway) resp. EUR 4 (oneway, online-booking).
SITBusShuttle also runs 22 buses per day. Pricing is similar to Terravision.
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