Bologna to Livorno train

Trains from Bologna to Livorno start at €16.84 and take 1h 52m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bologna to Livorno starts at €16.84 and takes 1h 52m door to door, run by 4 operators over 153 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 52mDoor to door
  • 1h 8mMoving
  • €21.24 to €39.39From
  • 06:07 to 17:20First and last departure
  • 15Per day
  • 5.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€21.24 to €39.39 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €39.39Mon21
  2. about €32.24Tue22
  3. about €32.79Wed23
  4. about €33.89Thu24
  5. about €31.69Fri25
  6. about €32.79Sat26
  7. about €29.49Sun27
  8. about €21.24Mon28
  9. about €21.79Tue29
  10. about €22.34Wed30
  11. about €25.09Thu1
  12. about €23.99Fri2
  13. about €23.99Sat3
  14. about €22.34Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Fastest€21.79
  1. Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori NT708212:131h 8m13:21Bologna CentraleLivorno Centrale

Door to door 1h 52mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori€16.84
SBB€17.39
SNCF€16.29
Trenitalia€20.69
  • Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori
  • SBB
  • SNCF
  • Trenitalia

The train gets you into Livorno. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Livorno for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bologna to Livorno

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €11.1890 days
  2. €10.6360 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0821 days
  6. €11.7314 days
  7. €15.037 days
  8. €17.233 days
  9. €17.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 71 percent. The dearest point is €17.23, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €11.73Sun
  2. €12.28Mon
  3. €11.18Tue
  4. €11.73Wed
  5. €12.83Thu
  6. €11.73Fri
  7. €12.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bologna

Rail
  • Bologna Centrale
  • Bologna Corticella
  • Bologna San Ruffillo

Livorno

Rail
  • Livorno Centrale
  • Livorno Porto
  • Livorno Calambrone
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 153 km against 133 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Campo di Marte, Florence, Prato. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bologna at 06:07 and the last at 17:20, across 15 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 52m1h 8m44m€16.845.0 kg15
Coach2h 49m2h 5m44m€10.075.2 kg3

Questions about Bologna to Livorno

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 Train from Bologna to Livorno take?

The Train from Bologna to Livorno takes 1h 52m door to door, of which 1h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 153 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 Train from Bologna to Livorno cost?

The Train from Bologna to Livorno starts at €16.84 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Bologna to Livorno?

4 operators run the Train from Bologna to Livorno: Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, SBB, SNCF, Trenitalia. Between them they file around 15 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 Train from Bologna to Livorno use?

The Train from Bologna to Livorno leaves from Bologna Centrale and arrives at Livorno Centrale. 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 Train the best way from Bologna to Livorno?

Travelling from Bologna to Livorno by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 49m door to door, against 1h 52m by Train. 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 Train from Bologna to Livorno?

Fares for the Train from Bologna to Livorno bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 71 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bologna to Livorno produce?

The Train from Bologna to Livorno produces about 5.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 153 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Bologna to Livorno?

Operators on the Train from Bologna to Livorno publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 52m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bologna to Livorno on 20 September 2026: 153 km of route against 133 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 1h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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