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Students are provided with monthly transportation passes.
These passes work on buses, trams, and the metro. Become familiar with the closest stops near you.
You will be doing lots of walking and this will be your primary way to get around.
You will use the bus or metro to meet up with your professors for some of your walking lectures/ site visits around Rome.
Uber is not common and often not legally used. Instead, use the MyTaxi app.
Rome has three metro lines. You can access info on the metro here.
The closest metro stop to campus is Circo Massimo.
You can access the metro map here.
The metro opens every day from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm. On Friday and Saturday, the metro runs until 1:30 am.
You will need to check to make sure you line is running or making the stops you need late at night.
You can easily access bus on the opposite side of the hill from the Circo Massimo metro station.
Here is the link to the bus schedule.
There are different types of buses to be aware of:
Urban lines (U): The large majority. They start between 5 am and 6:30 am and finish at midnight.
Express (X): These lines are for the outskirts of Rome, for longer journeys.
Exact (E): These lines link the centre with the surrounding neighborhoods. They run on fixed timetables.
Urban lines (U): The large majority. They start between 5 am and 6:30 am and finish at midnight.