There are 10 ways to get from Žilina to Bologna by train, bus, plane, train (Trenitalia), night train, or car
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Train, bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Take the train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Take the bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane VIE - BLQ
7h 23m€53–210Train
- Take the train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain 526 / ...
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
12h 47m€119–214Bus
- Take the bus from Žilina to Vienna International Airportbus 1291 / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bologna Centralebus N1284
16h 50m€87–156Train, night train
- Take the train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain 526 / ...
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Bologna Centralenighttrain Nj
13h 52m€58–159Train, bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Take the bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane VIE - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
8h 17m€119–342Train, bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Take the bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane VIE - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
8h 58m€62–217Train, train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Zilina to Bohumintrain
- Take the train from Bohumin to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane KRK - BLQ
9h 13m€56–216Train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BUD - BLQ
9h 39m€72–315Train, bus
- Take the train from Žilina to Brno hl.n.train Rj 1046
- Take the bus from Brno Benesova Bus Station to Bologna Stazione Autolineebus : Prague Central Bus Station - Rome Tiburtina Bus Station / ...
17h 31m€86–127Drive 939.2 km
- Drive from Žilina to Bolognacar 939.2 km
9h 36m€146–211
Žilina to Bologna by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Žilina to Bologna is to train and bus which costs €85 - €130 and takes 17h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Žilina to Bologna is to train and bus and fly which takes 7h 23m and costs €50 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Žilina to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Žilina and arriving at Bologna Centrale via Vienna International Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Žilina to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Zilina and arriving at Bologna Centrale via Bratislava Hlavna Stanica, Wien Hbf and Venezia Mestre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 47m.
The distance between Žilina and Bologna is 833 km. The road distance is 939.2 km.
The best way to get from Žilina to Bologna without a car is to train which takes 12h 47m and costs €110 - €220.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Žilina to Bologna, including transfers.
Žilina to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Žilina station.
Žilina to Bologna train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), depart from Zilina station.
The best way to get from Žilina to Bologna is to train which takes 12h 47m and costs €110 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €160 and takes 16h 50m.
What companies run services between Žilina, Slovakia and Bologna, Italy?
You can take a train from Zilina to Bologna Centrale via Bratislava Hlavna Stanica, Wien Hbf, and Venezia Mestre in around 12h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Žilina to Bologna Centrale via Vienna International Airport in around 16h 50m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–120
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Zilina to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Zilina to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- *
- €8–12
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- *
- €90–140
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- *
- €8–12
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Zilina to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Žilina to Brno hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +421 2 55 422 734
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovak Lines
Bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Slovak Lines
Bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Slovak Lines
Bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Slovak Lines
- [email protected]
- Website
- levitour.sk
Bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- levitour.sk
Bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- levitour.sk
Bus from Bratislava Main Train Station to Vienna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- levitour.sk
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Žilina to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna International Airport to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brno Benesova Bus Station to Bologna Stazione Autolinee
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- RegioJet
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More Questions & Answers
Žilina to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Vienna International Airport station.
Žilina to Bologna train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), arrive at Bratislava Hlavna Stanica station.
Yes, the driving distance between Žilina to Bologna is 939 km. It takes approximately 9h 36m to drive from Žilina to Bologna.
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