Padua to Cagliari train

Trains from Padua to Cagliari start at €93.84 and take 7h at their fastest.

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The Trains from Padua to Cagliari starts at €93.84 and takes 7h door to door, run by 1 operator over 832 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for October 4, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7hDoor to door
  • 6h 16mMoving
  • €93.84From
  • 27.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 4, 2026

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

Fastest€108.14
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB607107:301h 2m08:32Dolo railway stationBologna Centrale
  2. Trenitalia T839409:194h 10m13:29Bologna CentraleCagliari

Changes at Bologna, with 47 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 43mCO2 24.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

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€100.996h 27m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Trenitalia

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Cagliari is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Padua to Cagliari

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

  1. €49.6890 days
  2. €42.5360 days
  3. €41.9845 days
  4. €40.3330 days
  5. €39.7821 days
  6. €47.4814 days
  7. €50.237 days
  8. €77.183 days
  9. €66.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €39.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 94 percent. The most expensive point is €77.18, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €47.48Sun
  2. €51.33Mon
  3. €59.03Tue
  4. €54.08Wed
  5. €68.93Thu
  6. €58.48Fri
  7. €74.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Padua

Rail
  • Dolo railway station
  • Mestrino railway halt
  • Padova 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
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 832 km against 723 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 Bologna, Florence, Prato, Ferrara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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 Padua at 06:04 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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
Train7h6h 16m44m€93.8427.5 kg5
Coach12h 8m11h 24m44m€44.7322.5 kg1

Questions about Padua 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 Padua to Cagliari take?

The Train from Padua to Cagliari takes 7h door to door, of which 6h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 832 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 Padua to Cagliari cost?

The Train from Padua to Cagliari starts at €93.84 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €120.79. 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 Padua to Cagliari?

1 operators run the Train from Padua to Cagliari: Trenitalia. Between them they file around 5 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 Padua to Cagliari use?

The Train from Padua to Cagliari leaves from Dolo railway station 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 Padua to Cagliari?

Traveling from Padua to Cagliari by Coach costs €44.73 and takes 12h 8m door to door, against 7h 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 Padua to Cagliari?

Fares for the Train from Padua to Cagliari bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €39.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 94 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Padua to Cagliari produces about 27.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 832 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 Padua to Cagliari?

Operators on the Train from Padua to Cagliari publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 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 Padua to Cagliari on September 13, 2026: 832 km of route against 723 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €93.84, and 7h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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