bus and train services brindisi
As in many places in Puglia, public transport information is not always very accessible. This also applies to Brindisi, although there are many good options. There are excellent train connections anyway. There are also many options by bus, often better than you see in other places in Italy. Below is an overview of public transport in Brindisi city, Brindisi airport del Salento and Brindisi province. Scroll down for all options: airport shuttle, trains and specific bus lines for your trips.
AIRPORT TO BRINDISI CITY AND VICE VERSA
STP Brindisi carries out the connection service among Brindisi Salento Airport (Papola-Casale), Brindisi Centre (Railway Station and via del Mare/Piazza Capitanerie di Porto) and Costa Morena harbour, dock for tourist ferry-boats.
The line is a circle one with terminus at the Airport , it is active everyday and the runs are performed from 5.30 am (from Piazza Crispi – FS Railway Station) to 11.45 pm, at a 30 minute frequency. Depending on the traffic conditions, it just takes between 10 to 15 minutes to get to the town centre, between 15 to 20 minutes to reach the car park of Via del Mare, and between 25 to 30 minutes to get to Costa Morena. Price for a single bus ticket: € 1,10. On board with an extra charge: € 1,50. Bus ticket selling in the Airport Arrivals terminal: Giunti bookshop.
Actual timetables: check STP Brindisi public transport bus website
train connections brindisi
Railways in Italy are state-owned and also very available in Brindisi and the rest of Puglia. There is the national RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana ) network, with local trains, intercities and high-speed trains. For the Salento, the southernmost part of Puglia below Brindsi, there is a separate company Ferrovie del Sudest. From Brindisi central station you can reach towns in Brindisi province, the north of Puglia, but also Lecce and other places further south in Salento. It is even possible to take highspeed trains to the rest of Italy, including Rome, Bologna and Milan. Below you find the several types of trains.
RFI train types:
Intercities and
local stop-trains.
They travel on both the high-speed line and traditional lines, speed up to 250 km/h.
Travel up to 300 km/h and connect the main Italian cities to each other every day on the high-speed line.
This is the separate train operator for villages north-west of Brindisi and in particular the Salento region south of Lecce, with different types of local trains, including diesel trains. Sometimes these trains are a bit slower, but you can reach places such as Martina Franca, Gallipoli and Otranto. Quite a lot tourists in Puglia do not know that these train connections exist. To use it from Brindisi you first take an RFI train (see above) to Lecce or Francavilla Fontana. There you can transfer to the southernmost rail network.
Line 1: Bari-Martina Franca–Taranto and Bari-Casamassima-Putignano
Line 2: Martina Franca–Lecce
Line 3: Novoli-Gagliano del Capo
Line 4: Gallipoli–Casarano
Line 5: Zollino–Gallipoli
Line 6: Maglie–Gagliano del Capo
Line 7: Lecce–Otranto
This company also operates a number of connecting bus routes in the same region, which can also reach specific villages such as Manduria, Alberobello and Locorontondo. Attention: in general you have to buy the bus tickets half an hour in advance, the bus driver often handles no payments.
bus lines for your trips
When it comes to public transport to take trips or go to the beach, it is important to know the difference between Urban lines, Extra-Urban lines and Seasonal lines.
STP operates all of these, with boarding points at Brindisi central station and other places in the city.
urban lines
Connections for reaching the city center of Brindisi and its surrounding residential areas. Some of these are also buses that continue to places outside Brindisi city, so there's an overlap with the Extra Urban lines.
extra urban lines
Connections beyond the city limits to visit towns and villages in the province of Brindisi. For example tourist hotspots like Mesagne, Ostuni, Cisternino. But also Lecce and Taranto beyond Brindisi province.
seasonal lines
Temporary summer connections (July 1 to September 1) to Adriatic beaches further from Brindisi city. For example Torre Guaceto, Torre Canne, Torre Santa Sabina and Apani. But there are also connecions to the Ionian sea at Torre Lapillo.