Fastest€26.74
- DB Fernverkehr DB808206:371h 41m08:18Salzburg HauptbahnhofBolzano/Bozen
Door to door 2h 25mCO2 7.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Salzburg to Bolzano train
Trains from Salzburg to Bolzano start at €26.74 and take 2h 25m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Salzburg to Bolzano on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Salzburg to Bolzano starts at €26.74 and takes 2h 25m door to door, run by 2 operators over 224 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 25mDoor to door
- 1h 41mMoving
- €30.04 to €60.84From
- 06:27 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 7.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€30.04 to €60.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
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DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €59.74Mon21
- about €44.89Tue22
- about €59.74Wed23
- about €60.84Thu24
- about €51.49Fri25
- about €49.29Sat26
- about €48.74Sun27
- about €35.54Mon28
- about €30.04Tue29
- about €35.54Wed30
- about €41.04Thu1
- about €33.89Fri2
- about €36.09Sat3
- about €38.29Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €23.99 |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr | €24.54 |
The train gets you into Bolzano. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Bolzano for the night the train gets in
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When to book Salzburg to Bolzano
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €11.1845 days
- €13.9330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €19.9814 days
- €22.187 days
- €27.683 days
- €26.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 148 percent. The most expensive point is €27.68, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €19.98Sun
- €18.88Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €18.33Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €17.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Salzburg
Rail
- Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Salzburg Hbf
- Salzburg Süd Bahnhof
Bolzano
Rail
- Bolzano/Bozen
- Bolzano Sud/Bozen Süd
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 224 km against 194 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 Trento, Bogenhausen, Innsbruck, Rosenheim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Salzburg at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 6 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 25m | 1h 41m | 44m | €26.74 | 7.4 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 3h 59m | 3h 15m | 44m | €12.83 | 7.6 kg | 1 |
Questions about Salzburg to Bolzano
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 Salzburg to Bolzano take?
The Train from Salzburg to Bolzano takes 2h 25m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 224 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 Salzburg to Bolzano cost?
The Train from Salzburg to Bolzano starts at €26.74 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €32.24. 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 Salzburg to Bolzano?
2 operators run the Train from Salzburg to Bolzano: DB Fernverkehr, ÖBB-Personenverkehr. Between them they file around 6 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 Salzburg to Bolzano use?
The Train from Salzburg to Bolzano leaves from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Bolzano/Bozen. 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 Salzburg to Bolzano?
Traveling from Salzburg to Bolzano by Coach costs €12.83 and takes 3h 59m door to door, against 2h 25m 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 Salzburg to Bolzano?
Fares for the Train from Salzburg to Bolzano bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 148 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Salzburg to Bolzano produce?
The Train from Salzburg to Bolzano produces about 7.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 224 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 Salzburg to Bolzano?
Operators on the Train from Salzburg to Bolzano publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 25m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Salzburg to Bolzano on September 20, 2026: 224 km of route against 194 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 2h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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