Deep-dive

Getting around: AMTS, metro, Circumetnea, airport

AMTS runs buses, parking, ZTL permits and CTGO sharing; the Ferrovia Circumetnea runs the metro and the railway around Etna; the railway does not run on Sundays and holidays. Fontanarossa has a Trenitalia stop linked to the terminal by a bus, with dozens of trains a day from Catania Centrale, and the Alibus line.

Sections: Arrival · Airports · Trains · Buses · Car & licence · Cycling · Accessibility

Buses and parking

AMTS (Azienda Metropolitana Trasporti e Sosta), created in 2011 from the old municipal company and merged with Sostare in 2021, runs the urban bus lines, car parks and paid street parking, permits for the ZTL and pedestrian areas, CTGO car and bike sharing and vehicle removal. Timetables, routes and tickets are in the AMT Catania app.

Metro and Circumetnea

The Ferrovia Circumetnea (FCE) runs the Catania metro, in service every day except 25 December and Easter Sunday, and the late-nineteenth-century railway that circles Etna through fourteen municipalities: from Catania and Misterbianco to Paternò, Adrano, Bronte and Randazzo, then Linguaglossa, Piedimonte Etneo, Fiumefreddo, Giarre and Riposto. The railway does not run on Sundays and holidays. The "MetroBus City" pass combines metro and AMTS buses.

Airport and trains

Vincenzo Bellini airport at Fontanarossa has the Trenitalia stop "Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa", linked to the terminal by an AMTS bus that can be bought together with the train ticket. On weekdays there are 50 connections a day from Catania Centrale to the airport; there are also trains to and from Messina, Siracusa, Taormina, Enna, Caltanissetta and Caltagirone. Alternatively there is the AMTS Alibus, with its own ticket. Closures due to Etna ash are described under Climate.

Monthly transport pass

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Source: AMTS Catania – Biglietti e abbonamenti · AMTS non pubblica un mensile «ordinario»: le tariffe sono per categoria (es. lavoratori dipendenti 22 €, pensionati/studenti 20 €); l'impersonale è l'unico senza requisiti. Integrato MetroBus City (metro FCE + linee AMTS) 35 €/mese

€40/ person·month