Zurich to Bologna runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 16:46. One passenger pays between €39.39 and €54.79, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 23m over 390 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€39.39 to €54.79
- 179%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Zurich
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:32First departure
- 16:46Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 50%Run direct
SNCF runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Trainline lists departures for Zurich to Bologna on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €80.97Tue15
- about €76.84Wed16
- about €93.95Thu17
- about €65.04Fri18
- about €73.30Sat19
- about €70.58Sun20
- about €56.78Mon21
- about €47.48Tue22
- about €54.08Wed23
- about €66.73Thu24
- about €53.53Fri25
- about €55.01Sat26
- about €61.78Sun27
- about €47.93Mon28
- about €40.26Tue29
- about €41.43Wed30
- about €44.18Thu1
- about €46.93Fri2
- about €44.39Sat3
- about €42.62Sun4
- about €38.13Mon5
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 flight gets you into Bologna. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bologna for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Bologna Centrale and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Zurich to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.3890 days
- €33.7360 days
- €40.8545 days
- €34.2830 days
- €38.1321 days
- €47.9314 days
- €56.787 days
- €93.953 days
- €80.971 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €93.95, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zurich 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
390 km
385 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
415,367 → 394,843
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 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 390 km against 385 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 Milan, Monza, Quarto Oggiaro, Trento. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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 flight 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 Zurich 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 Zurich to Bologna?
The fastest journey from Zurich to Bologna takes 3h 23m door to door, of which 2h 47m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 47m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Zurich to Bologna?
The cheapest fare from Zurich to Bologna is €38.13, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €67.44. 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 Zurich to Bologna?
The cheapest way from Zurich to Bologna is by flight, at €47.93 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 8m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Zurich to Bologna?
The fastest way from Zurich to Bologna is by train, at 3h 31m door to door. Only 2h 47m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €54.79.
When should I book Zurich to Bologna?
Fares from Zurich to Bologna bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €33.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Zurich to Bologna?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Zurich to Bologna, at €47.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Zurich to Bologna?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Zurich to Bologna, at €35.54 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 Zurich to Bologna?
2 operators sell services from Zurich to Bologna across 2 modes: SNCF, Swiss International Air Lines. 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 Zurich to Bologna?
56 percent of the services we sell from Zurich to Bologna are direct. The rest connect at Milan, Monza, Quarto Oggiaro, Trento, with about 67 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 Zurich to Bologna produce?
Traveling from Zurich to Bologna by train produces about 12.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 97.7 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Zurich to Bologna use?
Services from Zurich to Bologna by train leave from Zurich Hauptbahnhof 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 Zurich to Bologna?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Zurich to Bologna allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Zurich to Bologna on September 14, 2026: 390 km of route against 385 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €38.13, and 3h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight 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
Zurich reaches 297 places in 74 countries on services we hold, over distances from 22 to 10,301 km. Bologna reaches 175 places in 39 countries, from 44 to 8,016 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zurich
- 297Places you can leave for
- 74Countries
- 80Operators
Arriving in Bologna
Leaving Bologna
- 175Places you can leave for
- 39Countries
- 56Operators