The Pisa train station is small in scale, and mainly for commute between the coast and inland. You…read morecan take trains from here to Florence and ocean towns, and I would suggest to pay close attention to which platform to board your trains as there are different types.

Stazione di Pisa Centrale is a smaller train station and does not have the Pharmacia or coffee…read moreshops the train stations normally have. This one just has a couple vending machines, bus tickets & train ticket kiosks to purchase tickets from. Very close to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. About a 20 minute walk or if you take the bus, it is only a 8-10 min ride. There is also a closer train station to the Tower of Pisa that is only a 5 min walk. This station is a bit dated and older. It still does its job though. I was able to get on and off the train here just fine. When leaving to go back to Florence, originally it was supposed to be Platform 4, however, last minute got changed to Platform 10. We didn't know what was going on but lots of people who we waiting on the same platform with us starting running down the stairs and going to Platform 10. I feel like a screen stating the changes made in platforms for example would be great to have. Because, if we hadn't paid attention to where everyone went off to, we most likely would've missed this train to go back to Florence.

We visited the area and stayed in Tirrenia at the Grand Continental. When I researched that hotel…read moreand how to get from it, via train to Venice and bought the tickets, I didn't think about using the Pisa train station. Turns out this train station is actually a little farther out of the way from Tirrenia than Pisa and once the train leaves, the first stop is in Pisa - So, if you need to go towards Firenze do yourself a favor and use Pisa's train station instead. As for this station, it looked decent, even though we got there at 4:30AM and there were homeless people sleeping all over inside it on the floor. It was a little scary being the only non-homeless people in there in the early morning darkness, something I probably wouldn't do again.

My hubby and I were on a 10-day cruise, and one of our stops was in Livorno. So we took a shuttle…read morebus from the ship to downtown, where we bought a bus ticket on the public bus and headed to Stazione di Livorno. There we boarded a train to Florence (about a 1 hour train ride) so we could spend a day in Florence! The train was really nice, clean, and comfortable. We were able to find a seat right away and were actually seated near one of the restrooms. We noticed a "cleaning gal" checked the restroom multiple times to make sure it was clean and stocked. We spent our day in Florence and then were able to take the train back to Stazione di Livorno. (There are several trains that go back and forth throughout the day.) We then had to take the public bus again back to downtown to board our shuttle back to the ship. Overall, it's a lot of moving pieces to get you to the train station, but not difficult! Well worth it!

Everything you need in a small town train station but nothing special. They do have an actual…read moreticket office which is nice - and it was actually open every time we were in the station. There are two dead end tracks on either side of station so if you have a train leaving from one of these, be careful to be sure which side you need to be on, as it can be confusing.

A small train station that services a small town. The station is old with that run down charm that…read moreyou may see in a movie. The station has one ticket window and couple of self help ticket machines. Bathroom is a sad situation for the females, no seats in any stall. For the guys, urinals are ok. But if you have to do a number 2, good luck - no seats. Tip: if you are doing a day trip, buy the arrival and return tickets together.

It's a pretty dumpy little train station with no working elevators the day we were there. The…read moreticket machines seem super slow (and there is no ticket office) but it's very close to the Leaning Tower so it's a very useful station for tourists. It likely gets very lightly used by anyone that isn't a tourist. The only selling point is that it really is just a short walk from the Leaning Tower so it makes it a much easier day trip to visit Pisa via this station than Pisa Centrale on the other side of town.