There are 9 ways to get from Biel/Bienne to Bologna by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
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Train via Zurich
best- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
7h 29m€154–465Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bolognabus FlixBus 439 / ...
9h 56m€71–200Drive 558.6 km
- Drive from Biel/Bienne to Bolognacar 558.6 km
5h 47m€98–141Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
4h 38m€130–366Train
- 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
8h 36m€73–134Bus
- Take the bus from Biel/Bienne, Bahnhof/Gare to Yverdon-les-Bains, garebus Ev5
- Take the bus from Yverdon, Petits-Champs to Bolognabus
12h 12m€99–120Train to Basel, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BSL - BLQ
6h 42m€77–264Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne 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 43m€156–448Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne 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 28m€142–413
Biel/Bienne to Bologna by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Biel/Bienne to Bologna is to train which costs €70 - €140 and takes 8h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Biel/Bienne to Bologna is to train and fly which takes 4h 38m and costs €130 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Biel/Bienne to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Biel/Bienne, Bahnhof/Gare and arriving at Bologna via Yverdon-les-Bains, gare and Yverdon, Petits-Champs. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Biel/Bienne to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Biel/Bienne and arriving at Bologna centrale via Zürich HB, Como S. Giovanni and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 29m.
The distance between Biel/Bienne and Bologna is 580 km. The road distance is 558.6 km.
The best way to get from Biel/Bienne to Bologna without a car is to train via Zurich which takes 7h 29m and costs €150 - €470.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Biel/Bienne to Bologna, including transfers.
Biel/Bienne to Bologna bus services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Biel/Bienne, Bahnhof/Gare station.
Biel/Bienne to Bologna train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Biel/Bienne station.
The best way to get from Biel/Bienne to Bologna is to train via Zurich which takes 7h 29m and costs €150 - €470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €120 and takes 12h 12m.
What companies run services between Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and Bologna, Italy?
You can take a train from Biel/Bienne to Bologna centrale via Zürich HB, Como S. Giovanni, and Milano Centrale in around 7h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Biel/Bienne, Bahnhof/Gare to Bologna via Yverdon-les-Bains, gare, Yverdon, chemin de la Chèvre, and Yverdon, Petits-Champs in around 12h 12m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Bern to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Bus from Biel/Bienne, Bahnhof/Gare to Yverdon-les-Bains, gare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €56–62
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 0824 46304
- [email protected]
- Website
- sellitto.com
Bus from Yverdon, Petits-Champs to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
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More Questions & Answers
Biel/Bienne to Bologna bus services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Yverdon-les-Bains, gare station.
Biel/Bienne to Bologna train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Biel/Bienne to Bologna is 559 km. It takes approximately 5h 47m to drive from Biel/Bienne to Bologna.
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