Trieste Centrale is the terminal station at Trieste city center. It is only a 15-20 minutes'…read morewalking distance to the cruise port. The location is convenient. However, this is a fundamental station with almost nothing inside. The station has very few stores and a coffee shop with pizzas and sandwiches available. Perfect for a quick meal or a cup of coffee while waiting for the train. The biggest problem with this station is they have very few chairs in the lobby area for the passengers to sit down and wait for their train. Trieste Centrale is clean, and the area looks safe. Many bus stops are in front of the station. Very easy to navigate inside the station.

This was an easily negotiated, edge of town train station, with no stairs to go up and down…read more We walked to it from our hotel in under 10 minutes. We were delighted as when we went to buy our return tickets to Venice the smiling young lady spoke perfect English and was able to answer all our travel questions. When you buy tickets you have a window of train times you can take so it's not just jump on any train going your way. So just be alert. And the polite staff are fastidious about checking tickets aboard the train. It was an 100 mile each way journey to Venice Santa Lucia and back at an hour and 15 minutes each way - 15 euro each way per person - 2nd class. No first class offered but the scenic views were priceless. The Trieste station had a fairly big cafe serving a good range of reasonably priced food and drinks and the signage was easily read and followed. If you are more comfortable with technology then there are plenty of machines to buy tickets with a selection of languages available but we do prefer dealing with human beings especially as pleasant as the staff we encountered. It was a grand day out.