Resumption of rail services between Gravina and Grumo Appula from August 3 – suspension of rail services between Bari Centrale and Grumo until August 29

We inform our kind passengers that, from August 3 to 29, 2026, rail services on the Bari Centrale–Grumo Appula section will be temporarily suspended to allow for infrastructure enhancement works. Rail services on the Grumo Appula–Gravina section will be regularly resumed.
For the entire duration of the works, a replacement bus service will be active according to the schedule attached. Buses departing from Bari Centrale for Grumo Appula will follow the scheduled train times, with an early departure of 15 minutes.
REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE STOPS BARI – GRUMO APPULA AND VICE VERSA
Bari – FS Bus Terminal via Capruzzi (terminus);
Bari Policlinico – via Ennio n. 78 (services departing from Bari);
Bari Policlinico – viale Orazio Flacco n. 6 (services arriving in Bari);
Bari Scalo – via Pasteur (depending on the direction of travel);
Modugno – FAL station;
Palo del Colle – FAL station;
Binetto – piazza Umberto (Town Hall stop);
Grumo Appula – FAL station (terminus)
DIRECT TRAINS MATERA – BARI AND VICE VERSA FROM AUGUST 3 TO 29
Direct trains no. 12 Matera Sud–Bari at 7:45 AM and no. 47 Bari–Matera Sud at 6:55 PM will be cancelled along the entire route and replaced by buses, with no changes to departure times, and will make the following stops.
Matera Sud (via della Quercia)
Matera Centrale (via A. Moro)
Matera Villa Longo (FAL station)
Altamura (FAL station)
Toritto (via G. Pugliese no. 220/314 or no. 163/267)
Bari Scalo (viale Pasteur depending on the direction of travel)
Bari Policlinico (via Ennio, no. 78, or via O. Flacco, no. 6)
Bari FS Bus Terminal (via Capruzzi).

Furthermore, in order to facilitate mobility in the presence of a higher influx of passengers and tourists traveling to Matera, additional replacement services will be established that will not make intermediate stops on the Bari – Matera section.
Replacement bus 111/25 (direct) departing from the Bari Bus Terminal at 9:44 AM and heading to Matera (will only stop at Villa Longo, Matera Centrale, and Matera Sud);
Replacement bus 113/29 (direct) departing from the Bari Bus Terminal at 10:33 AM and heading to Matera (will only stop at Villa Longo, Matera Centrale, and Matera Sud);
Replacement bus 38/126 (direct) departing from Matera Sud at 3:19 PM for Bari (stops only at Villa Longo, Matera Centrale, Matera Sud, and Bari Bus Terminal);
Replacement bus 40/128 (direct) departing from Matera Sud at 4:04 PM for Bari (stops only at Villa Longo, Matera Centrale, Matera Sud, and Bari Bus Terminal);
We remind our kind passengers that only the transport of folding bicycles is allowed on replacement buses
provided they are placed in the appropriate bag and with dimensions not exceeding 70 × 50 × 30 cm.
We apologize for the inconvenience