Bologna to Berlin train

Trains from Bologna to Berlin start at €111.99 and take 7h 7m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bologna to Berlin starts at €111.99 and takes 7h 7m door to door, run by 1 operator over 906 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 7mDoor to door
  • 6h 23mMoving
  • €111.99From
  • 29.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€85.04
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB971907:302h 27m09:57Bologna CentraleInnsbruck Hauptbahnhof
  2. easyJet Europe JE162011:261h 13m12:39Innsbruck INNBerlin BER

Changes at Innsbruck, with 89 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 6mCO2 164.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€141.14
  1. SNCF SN509506:486h 29m13:17Bologna CentraleBerlin Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 7h 13mCO2 29.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
SNCF€93.846h 51m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

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Booking window

When to book Bologna to Berlin

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

  1. €100.4490 days
  2. €66.2260 days
  3. €65.6345 days
  4. €77.3430 days
  5. €95.1321 days
  6. €116.9614 days
  7. €154.137 days
  8. €143.513 days
  9. €197.201 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €65.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 200 percent. The most expensive point is €197.20, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €112.24Sun
  2. €104.57Mon
  3. €111.06Tue
  4. €119.32Wed
  5. €138.20Thu
  6. €118.14Fri
  7. €116.96Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Bologna

Rail
  • Bologna Centrale
  • Bologna Ravone
  • Bologna Fiere railway station

Berlin

Rail
  • Berlin Hauptbahnhof
  • Berlin Hbf
  • Berlin Nordbahnhof
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.

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 906 km against 906 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 Leipzig, Innsbruck, Munich, Treviso. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Bologna at 06:48 and the last at 17:01, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains 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
Flight4h 46m1h 36m3h 10m€104.57229.5 kg2
Train7h 7m6h 23m44m€111.9929.9 kg7

Questions about Bologna to Berlin

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 Train from Bologna to Berlin take?

The Train from Bologna to Berlin takes 7h 7m door to door, of which 6h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 906 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 Bologna to Berlin cost?

The Train from Bologna to Berlin starts at €111.99 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €118.59. 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 Bologna to Berlin?

1 operators run the Train from Bologna to Berlin: SNCF. Between them they file around 7 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 Bologna to Berlin use?

The Train from Bologna to Berlin leaves from Bologna Centrale and arrives at Berlin Hauptbahnhof. 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 Bologna to Berlin?

Traveling from Bologna to Berlin by Flight costs €104.57 and takes 4h 46m door to door, against 7h 7m 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 Bologna to Berlin?

Fares for the Train from Bologna to Berlin bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €65.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 200 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bologna to Berlin produce?

The Train from Bologna to Berlin produces about 29.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 906 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Bologna to Berlin?

Operators on the Train from Bologna to Berlin publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 7m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Berlin on September 12, 2026: 906 km of route against 906 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €111.99, and 7h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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