Cheapest€10.08
- FlixBus FB741211:282h 19m13:47Piazzale StazioneParma, Terminal Bus
Door to door 3h 3mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Padua to Parma bus
Buses from Padua to Parma start at €11.18 and take 3h at their fastest.
The Buses from Padua to Parma starts at €11.18 and takes 3h door to door, run by 2 operators over 161 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3hDoor to door
- 2h 16mMoving
- €11.18From
- 4.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
The trip ends at Parma railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Parma for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Padua to Parma
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
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0830 days
- €10.6321 days
- €12.8314 days
- €16.137 days
- €21.083 days
- €22.181 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 120 percent. The most expensive point is €22.18, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €12.28Sun
- €11.18Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €12.83Wed
- €14.48Thu
- €13.93Fri
- €13.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Padua
Bus
- Piazzale Stazione
- Autostazione di Padova
Parma
Bus
- Parma, Terminal Bus
- Linea 23
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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 161 km against 140 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 Carpi, Verona, Ferrara, Modena. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 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 Padua at 06:02 and the last at 17:09, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 56m | 1h 12m | 44m | €21.24 | 5.3 kg | 16 |
| Coach | 3h | 2h 16m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.3 kg | 6 |
Questions about Padua 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 Padua to Parma take?
The Coach from Padua to Parma takes 3h door to door, of which 2h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 161 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 Padua to Parma cost?
The Coach from Padua to Parma starts at €11.18 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €12.01. 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 Padua to Parma?
2 operators run the Coach from Padua to Parma: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus. Between them they file around 6 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 Padua to Parma use?
The Coach from Padua to Parma leaves from Piazzale Stazione 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 Padua to Parma?
Traveling from Padua to Parma by Train costs €21.24 and takes 1h 56m door to door, against 3h 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 Padua to Parma?
Fares for the Coach from Padua 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 120 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Padua to Parma produce?
The Coach from Padua to Parma produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 161 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 Padua to Parma?
Operators on the Coach from Padua 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 3h 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 Padua to Parma on September 9, 2026: 161 km of route against 140 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 3h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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