12th EFTMS workshop and the 1st EFTMS School: Travel Information

How to reach Matera


Through Bari

You have to first get to Bari which is connected to the national railway system Trenitalia.
It’s a 4-hour train ride from Rome to Bari. Get off at Bari Centrale station, exit the main station and go to a smaller regional railway station just outside it. When you walk outside onto the piazza outside the station, just look to your left, and you should see a building with the words “Ferrovie Appulo Lucane”.

  • Time Bari-Matera: about 1 hour 30 minutes
  • There are c.a. 14 trains a day (6 express trains).
  • If you take the local train, you have to change at Alta Mura station.
  • Please be careful not to miss Matera Central station (Matera Centrale).

From Rome through Ferrandina-Pomarico-Miglionico

  • From Rome to Ferrandina-Pomarico-Miglionico, you can use IC (Intercity) of the Italian State Railways. It takes 5 hours 30 minutes.
  • From the bus stop named Ferrandina Scalo, it takes 35 minutes by bus to Matera.
  • Bus runs only on weekdays.
  • Bus timetables can be found on the “Ferrovie Appulo Lucane”.

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Regional Railway Companies:

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