There are 12 ways to get from Bologna to Leverkusen by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or car train
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Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
4h 14m€69–246Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
11h 7m€187–380Bus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Cologne Airport CGNbus N537
17h 15m€91–137Drive 1,042 km
- Drive from Bologna to Leverkusencar 1,042 km
9h 48m€169–244Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
4h 28m€87–260Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 5m€130–326Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VRN - CGN
5h 19m€87–275Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VCE - CGN
5h 57m€78–299Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane BLQ - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
6h 59m€88–339Train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
11h 43m€188–399Bus via Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Take the bus from Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne to Cologne Bonn Airportbus
20h 18m€145–223Drive, car train
- Drive from Bologna to Wörgl Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Wörgl Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Leverkusencar
13h 3m€201–280
Bologna to Leverkusen by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Leverkusen is to bus which costs €90 - €140 and takes 17h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Leverkusen is to fly which takes 4h 14m and costs €65 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Bologna to Leverkusen. However, there are services departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Leverkusen via Cologne Airport CGN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Bologna to Leverkusen. However, there are services departing from Bologna centrale and arriving at Leverkusen Mitte via Milano Centrale, Basel SBB, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Koeln Messe/Deutz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 7m.
The distance between Bologna and Leverkusen is 803 km. The road distance is 1042 km.
The best way to get from Bologna to Leverkusen without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 11h 7m and costs €180 - €380.
It takes approximately 4h 14m to get from Bologna to Leverkusen, including transfers.
Bologna to Leverkusen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
Bologna to Leverkusen train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Bologna centrale station.
The best way to get from Bologna to Leverkusen is to fly which takes 4h 14m and costs €65 - €250. Alternatively, you can train via Mannheim, which costs €180 - €380 and takes 11h 7m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €140 and takes 17h 15m.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Leverkusen, Germany?
Eurowings, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bologna centrale to Leverkusen Mitte via Milano Centrale, Basel SBB, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, and Koeln Messe/Deutz in around 11h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–480
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–410
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Wörgl Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Bologna to Leverkusen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Cologne Airport CGN station.
Bologna to Leverkusen train services, operated by ItaloTreno, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bologna to Leverkusen is 1042 km. It takes approximately 9h 48m to drive from Bologna to Leverkusen.
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