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.: By Bus
Roman busses are known to be highly unreliable. On some
of the bus stops you wont even find a schedule so everybody
is asking around when the next bus might come and how
long somebody is already waiting for the bus etc. This
is a common szenario on a roman bus stop in particular
at the weekend or bank holidays when busses work even
more irregular. None the less, due to a close bus network
of the ATAC, busses in Rome are a cheap and easy means
of transport to get around in the city quickly.
A characteristic of Rome and Italy in
general are these small elektrobusses, which will bring the traveler by even
the smallest road of the center. In Rome you will reach places like the Spanish
Steps and Via del Corso direkly when you are tired of walking.
In Rome elektrobusses are an ease to the air pollution that can
get fairly heavy sometimes. Up and then it will happen that a car free
sunday arises when values are higher then allowed by european regulations.
At night 23 bus lines operate. Even though night busses
should frequent every 30 minutes roughtly don’t be surprised
when they arrive delayed. The stops are marked by an owl.
Main night bus stops are Stazione Termini the main railways
station and Piazza Venezia. In addition to the local bus
of the city center there are blue busses (COTRAL), serving
the surrounding areas and suburbs of Rome.
Using busses in Rome during your vacation you should pay
attention to one rule. Always stamp your 1 Euro ticket
before you enter the bus. Be aware that the 1 Euro ticket
in only valid for 75 minutes. ATAC officers may enter
the bus on the front and back door simultaneously and
asked you for the ticket. In case you have no ticket you
may expect up to a 100 Euro fine. When you have no cash
it actually happens that ATAC inspectors will escort you
to the next ATM cash machine and wait for you to withdraw
the money. If you have no credit or debit card they will
introduce you to the local police station where you could
be offered to stay a night for free.
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