Cheapest€27.29
- DB Fernverkehr DB421106:391h 57m08:36Bologna CentraleBolzano/Bozen
Door to door 2h 41mCO2 8.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Bologna to Bolzano train
Trains from Bologna to Bolzano start at €27.29 and take 2h 41m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Bologna to Bolzano starts at €27.29 and takes 2h 41m door to door, run by 2 operators over 255 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 41mDoor to door
- 1h 57mMoving
- €32.24 to €69.64From
- 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 8.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€32.24 to €69.64 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €69.64Sat19
- about €58.64Sun20
- about €48.19Mon21
- about €41.59Tue22
- about €53.14Wed23
- about €64.14Thu24
- about €45.44Fri25
- about €45.44Sat26
- about €44.34Sun27
- about €38.29Mon28
- about €33.89Tue29
- about €38.84Wed30
- about €45.99Thu1
- about €32.24Fri2
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €27.29 | 2h 31m |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr | €27.84 | 2h 32m |
The train gets you into Bolzano. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bolzano for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bologna to Bolzano
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.7490 days
- €24.5460 days
- €28.9445 days
- €30.0430 days
- €33.3421 days
- €32.2414 days
- €45.447 days
- €48.193 days
- €69.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 184 percent. The most expensive point is €69.64, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.34Sun
- €38.29Mon
- €33.89Tue
- €38.84Wed
- €47.64Thu
- €33.34Fri
- €45.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Bologna
Rail
- Bologna Centrale
- Bologna Corticella
- Bologna San Ruffillo
Bolzano
Rail
- Bolzano/Bozen
- Bolzano Sud/Bozen Süd
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 255 km against 222 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 Verona, Vicenza, Trento, Ferrara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bologna at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Bologna to Bolzano
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 Bolzano take?
The Train from Bologna to Bolzano takes 2h 41m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 255 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 Bolzano cost?
The Train from Bologna to Bolzano starts at €27.29 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €37.74. 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 Bolzano?
2 operators run the Train from Bologna to Bolzano: DB Fernverkehr, ÖBB-Personenverkehr. 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 Train from Bologna to Bolzano use?
The Train from Bologna to Bolzano leaves from Bologna Centrale and arrives at Bolzano/Bozen. 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.
When should I book the Train from Bologna to Bolzano?
Fares for the Train from Bologna to Bolzano bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 184 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Bologna to Bolzano produce?
The Train from Bologna to Bolzano produces about 8.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 255 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 Bolzano?
Operators on the Train from Bologna to Bolzano publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 41m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bologna to Bolzano on September 18, 2026: 255 km of route against 222 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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