Fastest€23.44
- Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori NT835406:481h 13m08:01Parma railway stationDolo railway station
Door to door 1h 57mCO2 5.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Parma to Padua train
Trains from Parma to Padua start at €21.24 and take 1h 57m at their fastest.
The Trains from Parma to Padua starts at €21.24 and takes 1h 57m door to door, run by 4 operators over 161 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 57mDoor to door
- 1h 13mMoving
- €21.24From
- 5.3 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 | €21.24 |
 SBB | €19.59 |
 SNCF | €19.59 |
 Trenitalia | €19.04 |
The train gets you into Padua. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Padua
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When to book Parma to Padua
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0830 days
- €11.7321 days
- €12.2814 days
- €14.487 days
- €15.583 days
- €19.431 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 93 percent. The most expensive point is €19.43, 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.
- €12.28Sun
- €11.18Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €12.83Wed
- €12.28Thu
- €13.93Fri
- €13.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Parma
Rail
- Parma railway station
- Noceto railway station
- Colorno railway station
Padua
Rail
- Dolo railway station
- Mestrino railway halt
- Padova 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 161 km against 140 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 Carpi, Modena, Ferrara, Verona. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Parma 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 | 1h 57m | 1h 13m | 44m | €21.24 | 5.3 kg | 16 |
| Coach | 2h 57m | 2h 13m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.3 kg | 6 |
Questions about Parma to Padua
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 Parma to Padua take?
The Train from Parma to Padua takes 1h 57m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 161 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 Parma to Padua cost?
The Train from Parma to Padua starts at €21.24 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €23.99. 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 Parma to Padua?
4 operators run the Train from Parma to Padua: 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 Parma to Padua use?
The Train from Parma to Padua leaves from Parma railway station and arrives at Dolo railway station. 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 Parma to Padua?
Traveling from Parma to Padua by Coach costs €11.18 and takes 2h 57m door to door, against 1h 57m 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 Parma to Padua?
Fares for the Train from Parma to Padua bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 93 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Parma to Padua produce?
The Train from Parma to Padua produces about 5.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 161 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 Parma to Padua?
Operators on the Train from Parma to Padua publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 57m 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 Parma to Padua on September 10, 2026: 161 km of route against 140 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.24, and 1h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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