Fastest€18.49
- Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori NT993014:221h 7m15:29Venezia Mestre railway stationBologna Centrale
Door to door 1h 51mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Mestre to Bologna train
Trains from Mestre to Bologna start at €20.14 and take 1h 51m at their fastest.
The Trains from Mestre to Bologna starts at €20.14 and takes 1h 51m door to door, run by 6 operators over 152 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 51mDoor to door
- 1h 7mMoving
- €20.14From
- 5.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €17.39 | 1h 51m |
 Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori | €17.39 | 1h 50m |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr | €18.49 | 1h 50m |
 SBB | €18.49 | 1h 50m |
 SNCF | €17.94 | 1h 50m |
 Trenitalia | €18.49 | 1h 50m |
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When to book Mestre to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0821 days
- €11.1814 days
- €11.737 days
- €16.133 days
- €15.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 60 percent. The most expensive point is €16.13, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.18Sun
- €11.18Mon
- €11.73Tue
- €11.18Wed
- €13.38Thu
- €12.28Fri
- €13.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Mestre
Rail
- Venezia Mestre railway station
- Venezia Mestre Porta Ovest railway station
- Gaggio train station
Bologna
Rail
- Bologna Centrale
- Bologna Ravone
- Bologna Fiere railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 152 km against 132 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Mestre at 06:35 and the last at 18:38, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 51m | 1h 7m | 44m | €20.14 | 5.0 kg | 24 |
| Coach | 2h 48m | 2h 4m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.1 kg | 8 |
Questions about Mestre 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 the Train from Mestre to Bologna take?
The Train from Mestre to Bologna takes 1h 51m door to door, of which 1h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 152 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 Mestre to Bologna cost?
The Train from Mestre to Bologna starts at €20.14 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €21.24. 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 Mestre to Bologna?
6 operators run the Train from Mestre to Bologna: DB Fernverkehr, Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, ÖBB-Personenverkehr, SBB, SNCF. Between them they file around 24 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 Mestre to Bologna use?
The Train from Mestre to Bologna leaves from Venezia Mestre railway station and arrives at Bologna Centrale. 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 Mestre to Bologna?
Traveling from Mestre to Bologna by Coach costs €11.18 and takes 2h 48m door to door, against 1h 51m 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 Mestre to Bologna?
Fares for the Train from Mestre to Bologna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 60 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mestre to Bologna produce?
The Train from Mestre to Bologna produces about 5.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 152 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 Mestre to Bologna?
Operators on the Train from Mestre to Bologna publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 51m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Mestre to Bologna on September 13, 2026: 152 km of route against 132 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 6 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.14, and 1h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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