Catching a train in Italy is a complex subject worthy of an Open University course, which is why I'm sharing my knowledge with keen rail travellers who might find Italian train travel utterly bewildering.

For instance, it can never have occurred to those who devise station announcements that passengers always need to know, first and foremost, the destination of the train as a way of identifying it. Not so in Italy. You are always told where the train has come from (...provinente da...) followed by a train number – which means nothing unless you are a train spotter.

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Source: http://www.italymagazine.com/