One passenger pays between $37.81 and $66.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 462 km and are run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 20, 2026
$37.81 to $66.49
- 133%Moves across the booking window
133%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this trip
Pick a departure for Geneva to Bologna and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $83.91Wed7
- about $93.01Thu8
- about $69.96Fri9
- about $70.56Sat10
- about $71.17Sun11
- about $65.11Mon12
- about $45.09Tue13
- about $54.19Wed14
- about $74.82Thu15
- about $61.47Fri16
- about $60.87Sat17
- about $63.29Sun18
- about $48.12Mon19
- about $37.81Tue20
- about $52.37Wed21
- about $50.55Thu22
- about $54.19Fri23
- about $53.58Sat24
- about $49.34Sun25
- about $44.49Mon26
- about $40.23Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Bologna. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Bologna for the night the train gets in
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When to book Geneva to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $35.9990 days
- $56.0160 days
- $43.8745 days
- $43.8730 days
- $40.2321 days
- $37.8114 days
- $45.097 days
- $69.963 days
- $83.911 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $35.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is $83.91, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Geneva 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
462 km
448 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
201,741 → 394,843
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 462 km against 448 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bergamo, Turin, Milan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 set by whoever drives it.
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 cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Bologna Centrale
Most of the points near Bologna Centrale open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Geneva to Bologna
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 it take to get from Geneva to Bologna?
Geneva to Bologna covers 462 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Geneva to Bologna?
The cheapest fare from Geneva to Bologna is $37.81, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $67.71. 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 Geneva to Bologna?
The cheapest way from Geneva to Bologna is by bus, at $37.81 for one passenger on October 20, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Geneva to Bologna?
Fares from Geneva to Bologna bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $35.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 133 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Geneva to Bologna?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Geneva to Bologna, at $40.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Geneva to Bologna?
March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Geneva to Bologna, at $35.38 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 service from Geneva to Bologna?
3 operators sell services from Geneva to Bologna across 2 modes: FlixBus, Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, SBB. 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 Geneva to Bologna?
0 percent of the services we sell from Geneva to Bologna are direct. The rest connect at Bergamo, Turin, Milan, with about 83 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 Geneva to Bologna produce?
Traveling from Geneva to Bologna by train produces about 14.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Coach produces about 15.6 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Geneva to Bologna use?
Services from Geneva to Bologna by train leave from Geneve Cornavin 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 Geneva to Bologna?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Geneva to Bologna allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Bologna is somebody else's catalog.
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
Geneva reaches 89 places in 30 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 10,181 km. Bologna reaches 81 places in 20 countries, from 37 to 8,166 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Geneva
- 89Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 50Operators
30
50Arriving in Bologna
Leaving Bologna
- 81Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 39Operators