Fastest€31.14
- Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori NT965517:021h 38m18:40Venezia Mestre railway stationPrato Centrale
Door to door 2h 22mCO2 7.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Mestre to Prato train
Trains from Mestre to Prato start at €30.04 and take 2h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Mestre to Prato starts at €30.04 and takes 2h 22m door to door, run by 4 operators over 231 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 22mDoor to door
- 1h 38mMoving
- €30.04From
- 7.6 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 |
|---|---|
 Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori | €30.04 |
 SBB | €27.29 |
 SNCF | €27.29 |
 Trenitalia | €26.19 |
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When to book Mestre to Prato
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.8390 days
- €10.6360 days
- €12.2845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €15.0321 days
- €18.3314 days
- €23.287 days
- €24.933 days
- €29.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €29.88, 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.
- €16.13Sun
- €14.48Mon
- €14.48Tue
- €16.68Wed
- €18.33Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €17.78Sat
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
Prato
Rail
- Prato Centrale
- Prato Centrale railway station
- Vaiano 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.
- Direct or connecting
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 231 km against 201 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 Modena, Ferrara, Bologna, Ravenna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Mestre at 06:35 and the last at 17:05, across 16 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 | 2h 22m | 1h 38m | 44m | €30.04 | 7.6 kg | 16 |
| Coach | 3h 57m | 3h 13m | 44m | €14.48 | 6.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Mestre to Prato
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 Prato take?
The Train from Mestre to Prato takes 2h 22m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 231 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 Prato cost?
The Train from Mestre to Prato starts at €30.04 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €31.14. 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 Prato?
4 operators run the Train from Mestre to Prato: Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, SBB, SNCF, Trenitalia. Between them they file around 16 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 Prato use?
The Train from Mestre to Prato leaves from Venezia Mestre railway station and arrives at Prato 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 Prato?
Traveling from Mestre to Prato by Coach costs €14.48 and takes 3h 57m door to door, against 2h 22m 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 Prato?
Fares for the Train from Mestre to Prato bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 181 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mestre to Prato produce?
The Train from Mestre to Prato produces about 7.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 231 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 Prato?
Operators on the Train from Mestre to Prato publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 22m 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 Prato on September 10, 2026: 231 km of route against 201 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €30.04, and 2h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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