There are 10 ways to get from Bern to Bologna by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus via Rho
best- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the bus from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanobus Re4
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centraletrain
6h 30mTrain, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Wolhusentrain Re7 / ...
- Take the bus from Luzern to Bolognabus FlixBus 1524 / ...
10h 41m€58–87Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Stationbus 3909
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Bolognabus
8h 48m€80–121Drive 527.7 km
- Drive from Bern to Bolognacar 527.7 km
5h 51m€95–137Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
4h 29m€132–364Train
- Take the train from Bern to Spieztrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the train from Spiez to Domodossolatrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho-Fiera Milanotrain Re
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centraletrain
7h 7m€65–110Train to Basel, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BSL - BLQ
6h 36m€108–302Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ZRH - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
5h 29m€153–426Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane GVA - BLQ
7h 47m€130–292Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 17m€149–351
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Bologna is to train and bus which costs €55 - €90 and takes 10h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Bologna is to train and fly which takes 4h 29m and costs €130 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Piazza Malpighi via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai, Z.I. Zola Predosa Nannetti and Casalecchio Casa Conoscenza. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Bologna centrale via Spiez, Domodossola and Milano Rogoredo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 7m.
The distance between Bern and Bologna is 489 km. The road distance is 527.7 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Bologna without a car is to train and bus via Rho which takes 6h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Bern to Bologna, including transfers.
Bern to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Bologna train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Bologna is to bus which takes 8h 48m and costs €75 - €130. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €60 - €110 and takes 7h 7m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Bologna, Italy?
You can take a bus from Bern to Piazza Malpighi via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai, Z.I. Zola Predosa Nannetti, Casalecchio Bixio, and Casalecchio Casa Conoscenza in around 8h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bern to Bologna centrale via Spiez, Domodossola, and Milano Rogoredo in around 7h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from Bern to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from Bern to Wolhusen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- BLS AG
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Domodossola to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luzern to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Bern to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Bern to Bologna train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Spiez station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Bologna is 528 km. It takes approximately 5h 51m to drive from Bern to Bologna.
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