Marseille to Bologna runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:48 and the last around 14:34. One passenger pays between €23.83 and €53.24, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 7m over 498 km, on services run by 3 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€23.83 to €53.24
- 99%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Marseille
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.
- 06:48First departure
- 14:34Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 50%Run direct
SNCF runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Marseille to Bologna on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Marseille to Bologna on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €43.08Tue15
- about €50.78Wed16
- about €44.18Thu17
- about €53.53Fri18
- about €48.03Sat19
- about €54.63Sun20
- about €27.68Mon21
- about €30.98Tue22
- about €37.03Wed23
- about €35.93Thu24
- about €40.33Fri25
- about €39.23Sat26
- about €37.03Sun27
- about €23.83Mon28
- about €24.38Tue29
- about €24.93Wed30
- about €28.23Thu1
- about €27.13Fri2
- about €28.23Sat3
- about €27.68Sun4
- about €24.38Mon5
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 flight gets you into Bologna. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bologna for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Marseille to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.4890 days
- €24.9360 days
- €29.8845 days
- €22.1830 days
- €24.3821 days
- €23.8314 days
- €27.687 days
- €44.183 days
- €43.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 99 percent. The dearest point is €44.18, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Marseille 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
498 km
495 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
877,215 → 394,843
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/6
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 498 km against 495 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nice, Genoa, Parma, Prato. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
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 flight 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 Marseille 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 Marseille to Bologna?
The fastest journey from Marseille to Bologna takes 4h 7m door to door, of which 3h 26m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 41m, 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 Marseille to Bologna?
The cheapest fare from Marseille to Bologna is €23.83, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €63.86. 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 Marseille to Bologna?
The cheapest way from Marseille to Bologna is by coach, at €23.83 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 7h 26m 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 Marseille to Bologna?
The fastest way from Marseille to Bologna is by train, at 4h 10m door to door. Only 3h 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 €34.44.
When should I book Marseille to Bologna?
Fares from Marseille to Bologna bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €22.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 99 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 Marseille to Bologna?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Marseille to Bologna, at €24.38. 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 Marseille to Bologna?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Marseille to Bologna, at €21.08 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 Marseille to Bologna?
3 operators sell services from Marseille to Bologna across 3 modes: FlixBus, Ryanair, 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 Marseille to Bologna?
56 percent of the services we sell from Marseille to Bologna are direct. The rest connect at Nice, Genoa, Parma, Prato, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Marseille to Bologna produce?
Travelling from Marseille to Bologna by coach produces about 13.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 125.5 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Marseille to Bologna use?
Services from Marseille to Bologna by train leave from Marseille Saint Charles 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 Marseille to Bologna?
2 of the 3 operators we sell from Marseille 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Marseille to Bologna on 14 September 2026: 498 km of route against 495 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €23.83, and 4h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight 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
Marseille reaches 192 places in 38 countries on services we hold, over distances from 29 to 8,784 km. Bologna reaches 175 places in 39 countries, from 44 to 8,016 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Marseille
- 192Places you can leave for
- 38Countries
- 61Operators
Arriving in Bologna
Leaving Bologna
- 175Places you can leave for
- 39Countries
- 56Operators