Genoa to Cagliari train

Trains from Genoa to Cagliari start at €71.84 and take 4h 39m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Genoa to Cagliari starts at €71.84 and takes 4h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 576 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 39mDoor to door
  • 3h 55mMoving
  • €71.84From
  • 19.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.

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
Trenitalia€61.944h 39m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Trenitalia

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Booking window

When to book Genoa to Cagliari

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

  1. €34.2890 days
  2. €22.1860 days
  3. €24.9345 days
  4. €24.9330 days
  5. €31.5321 days
  6. €32.6314 days
  7. €38.687 days
  8. €39.783 days
  9. €62.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €62.33, 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.
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. €38.13Sun
  2. €32.08Mon
  3. €36.48Tue
  4. €33.18Wed
  5. €46.93Thu
  6. €38.13Fri
  7. €32.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Genoa

Rail
  • Genova Piazza Principe
  • Genoa Piazza Manin railway station
  • Bari railway station

Cagliari

Rail
  • Cagliari
  • Cagliari railway station
  • Cagliari Elmas railway station
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
92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 576 km against 576 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 Porto Torres, Olbia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 88 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Genoa at 06:01 and the last at 18:15, across 4 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 20m1h 10m3h 10m€66.22145.9 kg6
Train4h 39m3h 55m44m€71.8419.0 kg4
Coach8h 17m7h 33m44m€32.0815.6 kg4
Ferry18h 5m16h 35m1h 30m€41.5966.2 kg10

Questions about Genoa to Cagliari

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 Genoa to Cagliari take?

The Train from Genoa to Cagliari takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 3h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 576 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 Genoa to Cagliari cost?

The Train from Genoa to Cagliari starts at €71.84 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €66.89. 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 Genoa to Cagliari?

1 operators run the Train from Genoa to Cagliari: Trenitalia. Between them they file around 4 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 Genoa to Cagliari use?

The Train from Genoa to Cagliari leaves from Genova Piazza Principe and arrives at Cagliari. 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 Genoa to Cagliari?

Traveling from Genoa to Cagliari by Flight costs €66.22 and takes 4h 20m door to door, against 4h 39m 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 Genoa to Cagliari?

Fares for the Train from Genoa to Cagliari bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 181 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Genoa to Cagliari produce?

The Train from Genoa to Cagliari produces about 19.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 576 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 Genoa to Cagliari?

Operators on the Train from Genoa to Cagliari publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 39m 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 Genoa to Cagliari on September 12, 2026: 576 km of route against 576 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €71.84, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

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