Train commuters in Italy are facing a nightmare day after Rome’s two largest train stations came to a standstill.

No trains were able to depart from Rome’s Termini and Tiburtina stations, the two biggest railway hubs of the Italian capital, causing huge delays and cancellations across much of the country’s network.

The chaos began at around 6.30am local time when an unspecified “failure” hit the section between the two stations.

To make matters worse, departure boards at the stations went completely black, leaving hundreds of passengers clueless and raising fears of a cyberattack.

“Simply put, you don’t know from which platform your train is leaving,” one traveller posted on X. “But you can always board a random one, you might be lucky.”

Another said he had been stuck on a platform for an hour and a half.

“The staff doesn’t know anymore what to tell us,” he wrote. “They’ve cancelled dozens of trains. It will take hours, if not days to go back to normal. It’s a collapse!”

National operator Trenitalia said train traffic remains “heavily disrupted” and is advising travellers to reschedule their trips.

At least 22 high-speed and intercity routes have been shut down, and 14 have been partially cancelled. The disruption is affecting major corridors including Naples-Milan, Rome-Naples, Rome-Milan, Milan-Salerno, Florence-Rome and Rome-Turin.

Other trains are facing delays of between 60 and 180 minutes.

Trenitalia has published the list of cancelled or partially cancelled trains here.

Since June, Rome has already been hit with at least five days of severe travel chaos.

Although the incidents are unrelated, it is the second consecutive day of disruption for travellers in Italy. On Tuesday, all flights in and out of Milan Bergamo airport were cancelled after a Ryanair plane got stuck on a runway after a tyre exploded upon landing.

Milan Bergamo airport – also known as Orio al Serio and serving the Italian city of Bergamo – endured a day of chaos on Tuesday, following an incident involving a Ryanair flight arriving from Barcelona El Prat.

The plane was landing at 07.55 am local time when the four tyres of the rear undercarriage burst, leaving it stuck on the runway.

The incident however did not affect the landing manoeuvre or cause any particular problems on board, airport authorities said.

However, it damaged the runway, forcing urgent reparation works.

A statement issued later during the day said operations at the airport were expected to resume at 06.00 pm local time.

Milan Bergamo airport: Where are flights diverted to and when will the airport reopen?

The airport’s website showed all flights until midnight tonight (Tuesday 1 October) as either delayed, cancelled or diverted. Check your flight’s status here.

Some departing flights appeared to be delayed until 2pm local time, implying the airport was hoping to be operational by this time.

If you are due to fly into or out of Bergamo airport, it is best to check your flight’s status before heading to the airport.

Where are Bergamo flights being diverted to?

Bergamo is a city and province 1-hour’s drive north-east of Milan.

The nearest airports to Bergamo Orio Al Serio are Verona, a 1 hour 10 minute drive away, and Milan Malpensa, a 1-hour drive away.

Airlines are required by law to transport passengers to their final destination but it is not yet clear how they are making sure passengers get to their final destination of Bergamo.

What happened with the Ryanair flight?

SACBO said the Ryanair flight arrived from Barcelona El Prat at 07.55 local time.

Firefighters arrived shortly after and evacuated all 161 passengers and the crew. No one was injured.

“The tyre blowout caused 450 meters of damage to the runway,” said SACBO.

The reparation works were aiming to fix the pavement, which was nicked to a depth “of about one centimetre”.

A Marseille neighbourhood has been crowned the “coolest in the world” in Time Out magazine’s annual ranking.

Licked in graffiti, lined with vintage stores and soundtracked by live music, Notre-Dame-du-Mont was selected for its “rebellious spirit”.

It’s among 38 neighbourhoods identified by Time Out’s global team of on-the-ground writers and editors as the best places to visit right now.

Two other European ‘hoods also made the top 10: Stokes Croft and St Paul’s in Bristol UK (6th place) and Príncipe Real in Lisbon, Portugal (8th place).

What makes Notre-Dame-du-Mont Europe’s coolest neighbourhood?

With its diverse population, rich culture and Mediterranean climate, the port city of Marseille in southern France is cool and chaotic in equal measure.

Once known as the artists’ district, Notre-Dame-du-Mont encapsulates this with its lively restaurants, art galleries and independent shops.

Time Out recommends heading to iconic neighbourhood bakery Pain Pan for brioche before checking out the paintings and sculptures at Galerie Charivari.

Grab a new read at L’Histoire de l’œil bookshop and youth space, paired with coffee from Razzia or a drink on the terrace at Café la Muse.

Cap off your day with dinner at Livingston, which hosts a rotation of chefs in residence, before bedding down at the design-led Mama Shelter hotel.

Marseille is easily reachable from across Europe, with TGV InOui trains linking it with Paris in just three hours. The arrival station, Marseille Saint-Charles, is just over 20 minutes’ walk from Notre-Dame-du-Mont.

Where are Europe’s other coolest neighbourhoods?

Time Out’s list recognises 38 neighbourhoods around the world, ranging from overlooked suburbs to historically cool spots experiencing a renaissance.

It doesn’t all come down to hipster hallmarks like street art and craft breweries: the locales were selected for reflecting the best of the cities’ culture, community spirit, nightlife, food and drink.

Zabłocie in Kraków, Poland came in 11th place, trumping original hipster hub Kazimierz thanks to its rejuvenated riverside parks and creative eateries paired with landmark sites like Oskar Schindler’s Factory and the brutalist Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK).

Punavuori in Helsinki, Finland, takes 14th place, with Time Out comparing it to the likes of New York’s Brooklyn or Berlin’s Kreuzberg.

In Berlin itself, though, Friedrichshain (18th place) outshines Kreuzberg, having matured after years of being trampled by tourists seeking out fabled nightclub Berghain and the East Side Gallery.

Back in France, bustling Belleville in Paris comes in 20th place for its vibrant atmosphere and line-up of festivities and carnivals.

In the UK, Strathbungo in Glasgow (22nd place) and Leyton in London (24th place) are where it’s at, while in Dublin, Ireland, Inchicore takes 25th place.

Portugal gains another entry with Bonfim, Porto, in 30th place, followed by Hungary’s Palace District in Budapest (31st place).