Naples airport to the city centre: the November closure, the Alibus, taxi fares and the station

💡 The Short Version: Naples Capodichino airport is closed to all flights from 1 to 30 November 2026, for runway works, and flights move to Salerno Costa d’Amalfi e del Cilento airport. From Salerno airport take the Salerno Airlink bus to Salerno station (€8, about 30 minutes), then a regional train to Napoli Centrale (42 to 46 minutes, from €5.80). The rest of the year, the Alibus costs €5, runs every 20 minutes and stops at Napoli Centrale and Piazza Municipio by the port. A taxi has a fixed fare: €21 to Napoli Centrale, €24 to the port and €28.50 to the Via Partenope hotels. Metro Line 1 does not reach the airport.

The November 2026 closure

Naples Capodichino airport is closed to commercial flights from 1 to 30 November 2026 for runway renovation (aeroportodinapoli.it). Flights move to Salerno Costa d’Amalfi e del Cilento airport, at Pontecagnano Faiano. Your airline tells you which airport your flight uses; the Alibus and the taxi fares below are for Capodichino.

From Salerno airport to Naples:

• Salerno Airlink is run by Busitalia Campania and runs every day, with times set to the flight schedule and published monthly. A single is €8, and a bag up to 55 × 40 × 20 cm travels free. You buy at the Busitalia ticket office inside the station, with the UnicoCampania app, at tobacconists and newsstands, or from the driver by card at no extra charge. Trenitalia sells the train and the bus as one ticket (fsbusitalia.it).
• The ordinary regional tickets do not work on the Airlink bus, which needs its own €8 ticket.
• For the Amalfi Coast, Salerno is where the ferries to Amalfi and Positano leave: the Amalfi Coast from Naples has the times and fares.

The Alibus

The Alibus is ANM’s airport shuttle between the airport, Napoli Centrale and Piazza Municipio. A ticket is €5, valid for one ride within 90 minutes, bought at authorised sellers or on board. It also takes a contactless tap-in on board. Buses leave every 20 minutes every day (unicocampania.it).

• Stops: Stazione Centrale, on Piazza Garibaldi, and Piazza Municipio by Molo Beverello, where the Capri, Ischia and Procida boats leave and the cruise terminal sits.
• On GetYourGuide the Alibus ticketad is sold at the same €5 (4.6 stars from 2,522 reviews) and cannot be refunded.

Taxi

The Comune di Napoli sets fixed fares per car for rides from the airport. They include the airport, night, holiday and bag supplements and apply 24 hours a day. They exclude motorway tolls, and a minivan adds €5. Ask for the fixed fare at the start and take the receipt; the notice is on the seat back.

The taxi rank outside Napoli Centrale. Photo: CAPTAIN RAJU, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The metered fare starts at €4 on weekdays from 6:00 to 22:00 and €7.50 on holidays and at night, with a €5 minimum and a €5 airport surcharge on metered rides. Inside the city, fixed fares include Napoli Centrale to Molo Beverello at €15.50 and to Via Partenope at €17.50.

For trips out of town the Comune’s fixed fares per car are Vesuvius National Park €65, Pompei Scavi €70, Sorrento €125, Positano €145, Amalfi €155, Ravello €160, Caserta €85, Baia €55 and Cuma €75.

Private transfers

A prebooked car or shuttle costs more than the Alibus and meets you at arrivals. The private transfer between the airport and Naplesad is from €49 for a private car (4.7 stars from 170 reviews). The shuttle from Naples airport to the Sorrento coastad is from €25 (4.4 stars from 832 reviews), with hourly departures.

The station: Napoli Centrale and Piazza Garibaldi

Napoli Centrale and the Piazza Garibaldi station are one complex, and most routes start there.

The platforms at Napoli Centrale. Photo: Falk2, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

• Napoli Centrale is Trenitalia’s station: the Frecciarossa to Rome (1 hour 13 minutes), and the regional trains to Salerno, Caserta, Paestum and Pompei.
• Napoli Garibaldi is the underground platforms beneath Piazza Garibaldi, with Metro Lines 1 and 2 and the Circumvesuviana to Ercolano Scavi, Pompei Scavi and Sorrento. Napoli Porta Nolana is the Circumvesuviana’s terminus, a few minutes’ walk away.
• Metro Line 1 runs from Garibaldi to Museo for the MANN, Dante for Spaccanapoli and Municipio for the port. Metro Line 1 does not reach the airport and has no official opening date for the extension.
• Hotels: hotels near Napoli Centrale are listed by distance, and the hotel areas compare the rest of the city.

The canopy over Piazza Garibaldi, in front of Napoli Centrale. Photo: CAPTAIN RAJU, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Naples public transport has the metro, funicular and Circumvesuviana fares and the fines. The cruise port guide covers the walk from the terminal, and what to book before you go to Naples lists the entry rules and the closed days.