direct regional hop across the Ponte della Libertà, about 10 minutes, very frequent
Trenitalia, Italo · ~150/day
Route
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direct regional hop across the Ponte della Libertà, about 10 minutes, very frequent
Trenitalia, Italo · ~150/day
door to door
Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer
The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.
Easy to get wrong
Mestre is on the mainland; Santa Lucia is the station actually inside Venice, across the causeway. Many hotels advertised as "Venice" are really in Mestre - checking which station your booking names before travelling avoids a wasted taxi.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-06
Hours
Regional and high-speed trains alike make this short hop; on a typical day well over a hundred trains cross the causeway between the two stations, so waiting is rarely more than a few minutes.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-06