Bologna to Parma bus

Buses from Bologna to Parma start at €10.07 and take 2h 9m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Bologna to Parma starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 9m door to door, run by 2 operators over 100 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 9mDoor to door
  • 1h 25mMoving
  • €10.07From
  • 2.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 14, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.07
  1. BlaBlaCar BB296906:181h 27m07:45Bologna AutostazioneParma, Terminal Bus

Door to door 2h 11mCO2 2.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

  • BlaBlaCar
  • FlixBus

The trip ends at Parma railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Parma for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bologna to Parma

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

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0814 days
  7. €11.737 days
  8. €12.283 days
  9. €13.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 38 percent. The most expensive point is €13.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.08Thu
  6. €10.08Fri
  7. €10.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bologna

Bus
  • Bologna Autostazione
  • Bologna Autostazione Centrale

Parma

Bus
  • Parma, Terminal Bus
  • Linea 23
The journey

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 100 km against 87 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bologna at 06:18 and the last at 18:05, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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 30m46m44m€14.643.3 kg24
Coach2h 9m1h 25m44m€10.072.7 kg8

Questions about Bologna to Parma

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Bologna to Parma take?

The Coach from Bologna to Parma takes 2h 9m door to door, of which 1h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 100 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 Bologna to Parma cost?

The Coach from Bologna to Parma starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €11.73. 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 Bologna to Parma?

2 operators run the Coach from Bologna to Parma: 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 Bologna to Parma use?

The Coach from Bologna to Parma leaves from Bologna Autostazione and arrives at Parma, Terminal Bus. 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 Bologna to Parma?

Traveling from Bologna to Parma by Train costs €14.64 and takes 1h 30m door to door, against 2h 9m 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 Bologna to Parma?

Fares for the Coach from Bologna to Parma bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 38 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Bologna to Parma produce?

The Coach from Bologna to Parma produces about 2.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 100 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Bologna to Parma?

Operators on the Coach from Bologna to Parma publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 9m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

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 modeled 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 Bologna to Parma on September 10, 2026: 100 km of route against 87 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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