Cheapest€11.73
- FlixBus FB750406:502h 52m09:42Milano LampugnanoBologna Autostazione
Door to door 3h 36mCO2 5.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Milan to Bologna bus
Buses from Milan to Bologna start at €13.38 and take 3h 26m at their fastest.
The Buses from Milan to Bologna starts at €13.38 and takes 3h 26m door to door, run by 2 operators over 201 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 26mDoor to door
- 2h 42mMoving
- €13.38From
- 5.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | 3h 26m |
 FlixBus | 3h 25m |
The journey ends at Bologna Centrale. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Milan to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €13.3821 days
- €17.2314 days
- €19.987 days
- €17.783 days
- €24.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 142 percent. The dearest point is €24.38, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €14.48Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €14.48Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €16.68Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €17.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Milan
Coach
- Milano Lampugnano
- Orioshuttle - Milano Stazione Centrale
Bologna
Coach
- Bologna Autostazione
- Bologna Autostazione Centrale
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 201 km against 201 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Milan at 06:02 and the last at 18:36, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 10m | 1h 26m | 44m | €26.74 | 6.6 kg | 20 |
| Coach | 3h 26m | 2h 42m | 44m | €13.38 | 5.4 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 51m | 41m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 50.9 kg | 3 |
Questions about Milan to Bologna
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Milan to Bologna take?
The Coach from Milan to Bologna takes 3h 26m door to door, of which 2h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 201 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Milan to Bologna cost?
The Coach from Milan to Bologna starts at €13.38 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.83. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Milan to Bologna?
2 operators run the Coach from Milan to Bologna: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Milan to Bologna use?
The Coach from Milan to Bologna leaves from Milano Lampugnano and arrives at Bologna Autostazione. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Milan to Bologna?
Travelling from Milan to Bologna by Train costs €26.74 and takes 2h 10m door to door, against 3h 26m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Milan to Bologna?
Fares for the Coach from Milan to Bologna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 142 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Milan to Bologna produce?
The Coach from Milan to Bologna produces about 5.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 201 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Milan to Bologna?
Operators on the Coach from Milan to Bologna publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 26m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Milan to Bologna on 12 September 2026: 201 km of route against 201 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.38, and 3h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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