Fastest€66.34
- SNCF SN959014:163h 27m17:43Marseille Saint CharlesBologna Centrale
Door to door 4h 11mCO2 16.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Marseille to Bologna train
Trains from Marseille to Bologna start at €38.84 and take 4h 11m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Marseille to Bologna on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Marseille to Bologna starts at €38.84 and takes 4h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 495 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 11mDoor to door
- 3h 27mMoving
- €38.84 to €108.69From
- 06:30 to 14:16First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 16.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€38.84 to €108.69 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €72.94Wed16
- about €108.69Thu17
- about €73.49Fri18
- about €77.34Sat19
- about €72.94Sun20
- about €60.29Mon21
- about €52.59Tue22
- about €50.94Wed23
- about €69.64Thu24
- about €63.59Fri25
- about €69.09Sat26
- about €58.09Sun27
- about €41.04Mon28
- about €38.84Tue29
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 cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €49.84 | 4h 7m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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 Marseille to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.9390 days
- €22.7360 days
- €23.2845 days
- €31.5330 days
- €22.7321 days
- €24.3814 days
- €30.987 days
- €53.533 days
- €50.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 136 percent. The dearest point is €53.53, 3 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.
- €37.03Sun
- €28.23Mon
- €24.38Tue
- €37.03Wed
- €35.93Thu
- €40.33Fri
- €39.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Marseille
Rail
- Marseille Saint Charles
- Marseille St-Charles
- Marseille-Blancarde
Bologna
Rail
- Bologna Centrale
- Bologna Ravone
- Bologna Fiere railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 495 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Marseille at 06:30 and the last at 14:16, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 11m | 3h 27m | 44m | €38.84 | 16.3 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 4h 19m | 1h 9m | 3h 10m | €53.83 | 125.5 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 7h 13m | 6h 29m | 44m | €24.38 | 13.4 kg | 4 |
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 the Train from Marseille to Bologna take?
The Train from Marseille to Bologna takes 4h 11m door to door, of which 3h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 495 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 Marseille to Bologna cost?
The Train from Marseille to Bologna starts at €38.84 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €62.49. 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 Marseille to Bologna?
1 operators run the Train from Marseille to Bologna: SNCF. Between them they file around 4 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 Marseille to Bologna use?
The Train from Marseille to Bologna leaves from Marseille Saint Charles and arrives at Bologna 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 Marseille to Bologna?
Travelling from Marseille to Bologna by Coach costs €24.38 and takes 7h 13m door to door, against 4h 11m 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 Marseille to Bologna?
Fares for the Train from Marseille to Bologna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Marseille to Bologna produce?
The Train from Marseille to Bologna produces about 16.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 495 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 Marseille to Bologna?
Operators on the Train from Marseille to Bologna publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 11m 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 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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Marseille to Bologna on 15 September 2026: 495 km of route against 495 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.84, and 4h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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