Italo Scraper - Italian High-Speed Train Fares

What does Italo Scraper do?

Italo Scraper extracts high-speed train fares, schedules, and seat availability from Italo, Italy's premium private high-speed rail operator. Search any Italo route and get structured data including train numbers, departure and arrival times, journey durations, prices by travel class, and availability status.

Italo operates high-speed trains (up to 300 km/h) on major Italian routes including Roma-Milano, Roma-Napoli, Firenze-Venezia, Torino-Napoli, and Bologna-Salerno. This actor extracts the same fare data you see when searching on italotreno.com.

No login, cookies, or Italo account required. The actor runs on the Apify platform, giving you API access, scheduling, webhooks, and integrations with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and Slack.

Why use Italo Scraper?

• Price monitoring — Track fare changes on popular routes like Roma-Milano or Roma-Napoli. Schedule daily runs to find the cheapest Italo tickets before they sell out.
• Travel comparison — Compare Italo fares against Trenitalia (the other Italian high-speed operator) to find the best deal. Build travel aggregation dashboards.
• Revenue management research — Analyze Italo's dynamic pricing patterns, class distribution, and availability across routes and dates.
• Business intelligence — Hotels, tour operators, and travel agencies can use Italo schedule data to plan packages, coordinate transfers, and inform guests about train options.
• Academic research — Study high-speed rail pricing, competition dynamics between Italo and Trenitalia, or Italian transport infrastructure.

How to scrape Italo data

1. Go to the Italo Scraper page on Apify Store.
2. Click Try for free to open the actor in Apify Console.
3. Enter your origin and destination (e.g. "Roma" and "Milano").
4. Optionally set a departure date (YYYY-MM-DD, or DD/MM/YYYY). If omitted, it defaults to 7 days from today.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to complete.
6. Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect it to your app via the Apify API.

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
origin	string	Departure city or station name	Roma
destination	string	Arrival city or station name	Milano
departureDate	string	Travel date (YYYY-MM-DD or DD/MM/YYYY). A past date searches today (tomorrow after 18:00 Italian time) and says so in the status message. A value that is not a date stops the run with a message naming it	7 days from now
passengers	integer	Number of adult passengers (1-9)	1
maxResults	integer	Maximum results to return	50
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings. The automatic pool is the default; RESIDENTIAL + country IT is available if you are blocked	Apify Proxy (automatic)

Example input

{
    "origin": "Roma",
    "destination": "Milano",
    "departureDate": "2026-07-15",
    "passengers": 1,
    "maxResults": 50
}

The actor resolves city names against Italo's own live station list, so short names like "Roma", "Milano", "Napoli" and full names like "Roma Termini", "Torino Porta Susa" both work, and so does a station code such as RMT. A city that has one aggregate entry (Roma, Napoli, Venezia) is searched across all of that city's Italo stations.

Italo also sells tickets to cities it reaches through a connection, such as Pisa, Livorno, Siena and La Spezia. Those names resolve to the city's main station in Italo's list ("Pisa" becomes Pisa Centrale). Names are matched on whole words, so "San Benedetto" finds San Benedetto del Tronto and never a station that only contains the letters.

If a name is not in Italo's station list, the run stops immediately and names it, together with the closest entries in the list. Italo serves the Torino-Milano-Bologna-Firenze-Roma-Napoli-Salerno spine plus Venezia, Verona, Brescia, Genova, Padova, Ferrara, Rimini, Bari and Reggio Emilia; it does not serve Sicily or Sardinia.

When Italo answers but has nothing on sale for the pair and date (a date beyond its roughly six-month sale window, or no direct service that day), the run succeeds with zero results and says so in its status message rather than reporting a failure.

Output

The actor stores results in a dataset. Each item represents one train service with a specific fare class. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Example output

{
    "trainNumber": "9921",
    "departureStation": "Roma Termini",
    "arrivalStation": "Milano Centrale",
    "departureTime": "2026-07-15T08:00:00+02:00",
    "arrivalTime": "2026-07-15T10:55:00+02:00",
    "duration": "2h 55m",
    "price": 39.90,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "travelClass": "Smart",
    "availability": "Available",
    "carrier": "Italo",
    "url": "https://www.italotreno.com/en",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Data fields

Field	Type	Description
trainNumber	string	Italo train service number
departureStation	string	Departure station name
arrivalStation	string	Arrival station name
departureTime	string	Departure date and time
arrivalTime	string	Arrival date and time
duration	string	Journey duration (e.g. "2h 55m")
price	number	Ticket price in EUR (null if unavailable)
currency	string	Currency code (EUR)
travelClass	string	Service class: Smart, Comfort, Prima, Club Executive, Flex, Economy, Low Cost
availability	string	Seat availability: Available, Sold out, Few seats left
carrier	string	Train operator (Italo)
url	string	Search URL on Italo
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp when data was collected

Italo travel classes

Class	Description
Smart	Standard class with comfortable seats, Wi-Fi, power outlets
Comfort	Extra legroom, wider seats, dedicated quiet zone
Prima	Premium class with leather seats, welcome drink, snacks
Club Executive	Top-tier: lounge access, meal service, extra-wide leather seats

Italo routes covered

Italo serves all major Italian cities with high-speed connections:

• Roma Termini <-> Milano Centrale (2h 55m)
• Roma Termini <-> Napoli Centrale (1h 10m)
• Roma Termini <-> Firenze S.M.N. (1h 30m)
• Roma Termini <-> Venezia Santa Lucia (3h 30m)
• Roma Termini <-> Torino Porta Susa (4h 15m)
• Milano Centrale <-> Bologna Centrale (1h 05m)
• Milano Centrale <-> Venezia Santa Lucia (2h 15m)
• Napoli Centrale <-> Firenze S.M.N. (2h 50m)
• Bologna Centrale <-> Firenze S.M.N. (0h 35m)

Plus secondary stops at Salerno, Padova, Verona, Brescia, Reggio Emilia AV, Ferrara, and more.

How much does it cost to scrape Italo?

A typical run searching one route returns 20-80 results (depending on available trains and classes). This actor charges $0.02 per run (start fee, based on its 4 GB memory allocation) plus $0.002 per result — a 50-result run costs about $0.12.

For scheduled monitoring (e.g. checking Roma-Milano prices daily), expect to spend a few dollars a month depending on how many routes you track.

Tips

• Use simple city names — "Roma", "Milano", "Napoli" work fine. The actor resolves them to the correct Italo station automatically.
• Book early for best fares — Italo's dynamic pricing means fares increase as departure date approaches. Schedule weekly scrapes to track price trends.
• The default proxy is enough. Italo's booking API answers Apify's automatic datacenter pool, which carries no per-GB charge, and the actor retries a refused request on a fresh session. Switch to RESIDENTIAL with country IT only if your runs report blocked requests.
• Compare with Trenitalia — Pair this actor with the Trenitalia Scraper to compare fares between Italy's two high-speed rail operators.
• Schedule runs to build a price history. Italo fares on Roma-Milano can range from EUR 19.90 (Low Cost) to EUR 129.90 (Club Executive).

Italo vs Trenitalia

Italy has two high-speed rail operators competing on the same routes:

Feature	Italo	Trenitalia
Operator	NTV (private)	Trenitalia (state-owned)
Train	AGV / Pendolino EVO	Frecciarossa / Frecciargento
Top speed	300 km/h	300 km/h
Roma-Milano	~2h 55m	~2h 55m
Classes	Smart, Comfort, Prima, Club Executive	Standard, Premium, Business, Executive
Pricing	Dynamic, often cheaper	Dynamic

FAQ and support

Is it legal to scrape Italo? This actor accesses publicly available train schedule and pricing information — the same data you see when searching on italotreno.com. No login or authentication is required.

Why are some prices null? When a fare class is sold out or not available for a route, the price is returned as null and availability shows "Sold out" or "Check online".

Can I search routes Italo doesn't serve? Italo only operates on specific high-speed corridors in Italy. If you search a route that Italo doesn't serve (e.g. small regional towns), the actor will return zero results. Check the routes list above.

Results look empty? Make sure your station names are correct. Try simple names like "Roma" or "Milano". A date in the past searches today (tomorrow after 18:00 Italian time), and the status message says so. If your scheduled task uses a fixed date, leave departureDate empty instead and every run searches 7 days ahead. A date beyond Italo's sale window succeeds with zero results and a status message.

For bugs or feature requests, open an issue in the Issues tab. For custom scraping solutions, contact us through the Apify platform.