The annual internal meeting of the AMORE (Algorithmic Methods for Optimizing Railways in Europe) research network will be held on May 8-10, 2003 in L'Aquila (Italy). The goal of the meeting is to present results of research that have been obtained within the AMORE research network and outside of it, and to discuss about the future of AMORE.

Requests for participation can be submitted by e-mail to Gabriele Di Stefano (gabriele@ing.univaq.it).

• The town of L'Aquila
• How to reach L'Aquila
• Meeting venue
• Hotel accommodation
• Map of L'Aquila
• Climate
• List of participants
• Program of the meeting
• Photos

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By bus: L'Aquila can be reached by taking the ARPA bus from the train station Roma Tiburtina. The train service from the Fiumicino Airport to Roma Tiburtina is available from 6.55am to 10pm every 20 minutes (travelling time: 40 min; a train ticket costs about 5 Euro). If you reach Rome by means of a train that does not stop at Roma Tiburtina, you can get off at Roma Termini or Roma Ostiense, then take the metro (line B, direction Rebibbia) and stop at Tiburtina FS.

The time schedule of the ARPA bus from Roma Tiburtina to L'Aquila is as follows:

Weekdays: 6.15 - 6.45 - 7.30 - 8.10 - 9.00 - 10.00 - 11.00 - 12.25 - 13.20 - 14.15 - 14.45 - 15.15 - 16.15 - 17.15 - 17.45 - 18.45 - 19.30 - 20.30 - 21.30 - 22.45

Holidays: 8.10 - 11.00 - 13.30 - 15.00 - 18.00 - 19.00 - 19.30 - 20.30 - 21.30 - 22.00 - 22.15 - 22.45

A bus ticket costs Euro 8.70 and must be bought before boarding the bus at the ARPA agency located near Tiburtina Railway Station. The trip lasts about 1 hour and 30 minutes. The bus terminal in L'Aquila is near to Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio (Via Strinella). You can reach the center of L'Aquila (Piazza Duomo) from the bus terminal by taking a subway with a moving staircase.

The time schedule of the ARPA bus from L'Aquila to Roma Tiburtina is as follows:

Weekdays: 4.40 - 5.40 - 6.45 - 7.15 - 8.00 - 9.00 - 10.10 - 11.00 - 13.00 - 13.30 - 14.05 - 15.10 - 15.20 - 17.15 - 18.00 - 19.00 - 20.00

Holidays: 6.00 - 8.00 - 10.10 - 12.30 - 15.00 - 15.20 - 18.00 - 19.00 - 20.00

L'Aquila can also be reached by bus from Pescara: The time schedule is as follows:

Weekdays: 6.05 - 6.40 - 8.00 - 8.30* - 10.30* - 13.10 - 14.05 - 16.00 - 17.50 - 19.30

Holidays: 8.00 - 13.00 - 18.00 - 19.45

The time schedule of the ARPA bus from L'Aquila to Pescara is as follows:

Weekdays: 6.00 - 8.10 - 10.00 - 13.00 - 14.10 - 15.15 - 16.10* - 17.15 - 18.15 - 20.30*

Holidays: 8.10 - 13.00 - 15.30 - 21.10*

(* via national road).
The trip lasts 1 hour and 50 minutes via motorway and 2 hours and 20 minutes via national road.

By car: L'Aquila can be reached via motorway or road:

From Rome : Motorway A24 Roma-L'Aquila or by Via Salaria Roma-Rieti-L'Aquila

From Autostrada Adriatica (Motorway A14): Casello Roseto - Traforo del Gran Sasso - L'Aquila

From Pescara: Motorway A25 Pescara-Popoli and then S.S. 17 Bussi-L'Aquila

From Napoli: Motorway A2 Roma-Napoli - S.S. 82 Ceprano-Sora-Avezzano - Motorway Avezzano-L'Aquila A24/A25

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All the hotels in the list are located in the center of the town at walking distance from the conference venue (10-15 minutes).

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1. Bus terminal
2. Piazza del Duomo (the center of L'Aquila)
3. Grand Hotel e del Parco
4. Hotel Duomo
5. Hotel San Michele
6. Meeting venue, via Paganica 21 (Palazzo Baroncelli-Cappa)
7. Castello Cinquecentesco (starting point of the downtown excursion)
8. Ristorante Pizzeria "Le Fiaccole", via Ortolani 12 (welcome dinner)
9. Basilica "Santa Maria di Collemaggio"
10. Ristorante "L'Antico Borgo", piazza S. Vito 1 - in front of "Fontana 99 Cannelle" (social dinner)

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