Roma Trastevere Station: Which Exit Reaches Trams, Buses and Taxis

Use the Piazza Flavio Biondo/Circonvallazione Gianicolense side for the street-transport interchange and the official taxi rank. From the platforms, follow Uscita toward the main station building and Piazza Flavio Biondo. At Roma Trastevere station, this is the transport-facing side: ATAC stops are directly outside and the taxi stand is in the same forecourt. Do not keep walking toward Marconi or Via Portuense if your next connection is a city tram, bus or taxi.

The station name can be misleading. This is not in the pedestrian heart of Trastevere around Santa Maria in Trastevere. It sits farther south, beside Viale di Trastevere and Circonvallazione Gianicolense, so most visitors still need a tram, bus or taxi for the last part of the journey.

From the platform to the correct exit

1. Leave the train and follow signs for Uscita or Exit.
2. Use the station underpass to reach the main building. If you have luggage, follow the lift signs rather than taking the stairs.
3. Look for Piazza Flavio Biondo or the main station frontage. The pale station building opens onto this square.
4. Once outside, stop before walking away. The tram tracks, bus bays and taxi area are all concentrated around the forecourt and the adjoining Circonvallazione Gianicolense.

RFI has been developing additional access on the Marconi/Portuense side of the railway. That side is useful for the neighborhoods south of the tracks, but it is not the side to choose for the established tram, bus and taxi interchange at Piazza Flavio Biondo. For current station access and lift information, check the official RFI station page.

Where to find the tram stops

The tramway runs across the front of the station. Under normal operation, lines 3 and 8 serve the stop marked Staz.ne Trastevere or Staz.ne Trastevere (FS). The abbreviation Staz.ne simply means stazione, while FS identifies the railway connection.

For the historic Trastevere district and the city center, line 8 is normally the useful choice. Check that the destination display points toward Piazza Venezia. A vehicle showing Casaletto is going the opposite way, away from central Trastevere. Line 3 normally leaves toward Valle Giulia and serves the Aventino, Colosseum/San Giovanni side of Rome before continuing north.

There is an important temporary change in 2026: as of late August, ATAC is running replacement buses on lines 3 and 8 while sections of the tram network are under maintenance. You may therefore see rails and tram platforms but need a bus marked 3BUS, 3NAV, 8BUS or another replacement designation instead. Check the ATAC tram service update before relying on the physical tram stop, and follow temporary yellow or white ATAC notices at the station.

Bus stops are split between the square and nearby streets

This is the part that catches people out. “Stazione Trastevere” is a cluster of stops, not one single bus pole. Piazza Flavio Biondo was reorganized with bus platforms and shelters in the central area, but some routes use stops just outside the square.

• Staz.ne Trastevere / Staz.ne Trastevere (FS): use these for routes that start, finish or stop at the station forecourt. Look at the route number and the destination on the pole before joining a queue.
• Gianicolense/Staz. Trastevere: this is on Circonvallazione Gianicolense beside the station area. Through buses can use this stop instead of entering the middle of the forecourt.
• Orti di Cesare (FL1): this stop is down by Via degli Orti di Cesare, reached from the edge of Piazza Flavio Biondo. Routes such as 170 and 781 use this street in normal service. Do not wait in the square if your journey planner specifically names Orti di Cesare.

The safest rule is to match all three pieces of information: line number, stop name and destination. A route number alone is not enough because the opposite-direction stop may be on the other side of the street or on a different part of the interchange.

If you are heading into central Trastevere

For Piazza Sonnino, Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Viale di Trastevere and the lanes around Santa Maria in Trastevere, use the city-center direction of line 8 or its current replacement bus. Look for Piazza Venezia on the destination display. Do not take the Casaletto direction.

If you arrived on the FL1 from Fiumicino Airport, this is usually the point where the trip changes from railway to city transport. Our Rome airport-to-city guide explains why the FL1 is useful for Trastevere even though it does not go to Termini.

Where the taxis are

The official taxi rank is at Piazza Flavio Biondo, in the station forecourt. You should not need to cross the neighborhood looking for a cab. Rome’s licensed taxis are white and carry the municipal taxi markings and licence number. If the rank is temporarily empty, Roma Capitale’s ChiamaTaxi service can send the nearest available vehicle; current details are on the official Rome mobility taxi page.

Ignore anyone approaching you inside or immediately outside the station offering an unofficial ride. Go to the marked rank or order through an authorized taxi channel. With several suitcases, a stroller or a late arrival, the taxi rank is often simpler than working out which nearby bus pole your route uses.

Luggage, lifts and step-free movement

All six passenger platforms are listed by RFI as reachable by lift, although lift availability can change. RFI currently publishes lift operating hours of 05:00 to 00:00. If you are traveling very early, very late, or with reduced mobility, check the station page on the day rather than assuming the lift will be available.

With a rolling suitcase, avoid taking the stairway down toward Via degli Orti di Cesare unless your bus actually leaves from that street. The flatter choice for trams, replacement buses and taxis is to stay on the Piazza Flavio Biondo level. If a lift is out of service, ask railway staff for the accessible route rather than carrying heavy luggage on the stairs.

Sundays can move the bus stops

Porta Portese market changes traffic patterns in this part of Rome on Sundays. Roma Servizi per la Mobilità regularly diverts lines including 170, 719 and 781, and the usual Orti di Cesare stop may be skipped by some routes. If you arrive on a Sunday morning and your bus is not where the app says it should be, look for a temporary fermata soppressa notice, meaning “stop suspended,” or a notice giving a fermata temporanea, a temporary stop.

Do not assume the bus has stopped running. Walk only after checking the notice on the pole, because the replacement stop may be on Via Ettore Rolli, Circonvallazione Gianicolense or another nearby street depending on the diversion.

Late arrivals and missed connections

There is no Metro station inside this rail station. If your planned tram or bus has finished for the night, do not waste time searching for a Metro entrance that does not exist. Check the night-bus stop names around the forecourt and Gianicolense, or use the taxi rank.

If you are building a trip that combines the airport train, local rail and buses, leave a little margin for the street-level transfer. The rail platform may be only a short walk from the square, but finding the correct bus pole can take longer when there are works or diversions. You can also organize the rest of your Italy route around realistic station-to-street transfers rather than treating every connection as platform-to-platform.

Common mistakes and the quick fix

• You walked toward Marconi or Via Portuense: turn back toward Piazza Flavio Biondo if you need the established tram/bus interchange or taxi rank.
• You are standing beside the tram rails but no tram comes: check the ATAC service notice. In 2026, replacement buses are operating during major tram works.
• Your app says Orti di Cesare: do not wait at a random station-front pole. Follow the stop name to Via degli Orti di Cesare.
• Your bus number is correct but the destination is wrong: cross to the opposite-direction stop before boarding.
• You expected to walk straight into the postcard part of Trastevere: the rail station is south of the tourist core. Use the 8 corridor toward Piazza Venezia, another suitable bus, or a taxi.
• You cannot find the stop on Sunday: check for Porta Portese market diversions before assuming the service has been cancelled.

For a wider explanation of Rome’s buses, trams, Metro and urban rail, see our guide to getting around Rome without stress. At this station, though, the one piece of wayfinding that matters most is simple: for trams, most connecting buses and taxis, come out on the Piazza Flavio Biondo side and read the exact stop name before you move away from the forecourt.