Ferrara to Bologna runs about 28 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 18:43. One passenger pays between €10.07 and €11.88, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 10m over 51 km, on services run by 9 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 9 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€10.07 to €11.88
When it runs, leaving Ferrara
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:04First departure
- 18:43Last departure
- 28Services per day
- 100%Run direct
DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €10.07Tue15
- about €10.07Wed16
- about €10.07Thu17
- about €10.07Fri18
- about €10.07Sat19
- about €10.07Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.07Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Bologna. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bologna for the night the train gets in
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When to book Ferrara to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.073 days
- €10.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. The dearest point is €10.07, 90 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ferrara to Bologna and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
51 km
44 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
132,009 → 394,843
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 51 km against 44 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from BLQ into Bologna is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bologna
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bologna costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Bologna Centrale
Most of the points near Bologna Centrale open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Ferrara 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 it take to get from Ferrara to Bologna?
The fastest journey from Ferrara to Bologna takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 26m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 17m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Ferrara to Bologna?
The cheapest fare from Ferrara to Bologna is €10.07, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Bologna?
The cheapest way from Ferrara to Bologna is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on 15 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 31m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Ferrara to Bologna?
The fastest way from Ferrara to Bologna is by train, at 1h 10m door to door. Only 26m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €11.88.
When should I book Ferrara to Bologna?
Fares from Ferrara to Bologna bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 0 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ferrara to Bologna?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ferrara to Bologna, at €10.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ferrara to Bologna?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ferrara to Bologna, at €10.07 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Ferrara to Bologna?
9 operators sell services from Ferrara to Bologna across 2 modes: DB Fernverkehr, FlixBus, Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, ÖBB-Personenverkehr, SBB, SNCF. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Ferrara to Bologna?
Every service we sell from Ferrara to Bologna is direct, with around 36 departures a day and a fastest journey of 1h 10m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Ferrara to Bologna produce?
Travelling from Ferrara to Bologna by coach produces about 1.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 1.7 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Ferrara to Bologna use?
Services from Ferrara to Bologna by train leave from Ferrara railway station and arrive at Bologna Centrale. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ferrara to Bologna?
9 of the 9 operators we sell from Ferrara to Bologna allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ferrara to Bologna on 14 September 2026: 51 km of route against 44 km in a straight line, 36 services a day, 9 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Bologna is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Bologna and across Italy
Day trips that leave Bologna in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ferrara reaches 69 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 657 km. Bologna reaches 175 places in 39 countries, from 44 to 8,016 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ferrara
- 69Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 9Operators
Arriving in Bologna
Leaving Bologna
- 175Places you can leave for
- 39Countries
- 56Operators