There are 11 ways to get from Gera to Bologna by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane LEJ - BLQ
7h 19m€352–700Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Gera central train station to Chemnitz central bus stationbus 082 / ...
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Bayreuth central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Bayreuth central train station to Bologna Centralebus
15h 40m€84–130Train
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain Re3 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Kufsteintrain 91
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozentrain Re
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
13h 6m€151–616Train, night train
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Saalfeld(Saale)train Rb / ...
- Take the train from Saalfeld to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Bologna Centralenighttrain Nj
16h 31m€303–575Train, train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DRS - BLQ
8h 2m€344–720Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane FRA - BLQ
7h 38m€155–663Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BER - BLQ
7h 36m€322–542Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane MUC - BLQ
8h 1m€176–822Train, bus
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Hof Hbftrain Rb
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Bologna - Servizio Due Madonnebus
17h 58m€397–554Drive 892 km
- Drive from Gera to Bolognacar 892 km
8h 30m€144–208Drive, car train
- Drive from Gera to Göttingencar
- Take the cartrain from Göttingen to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Bolognacar
14h 23m€210–293
Gera to Bologna by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Gera to Bologna is to bus which costs €80 - €130 and takes 15h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Gera to Bologna is to train and fly which takes 7h 19m and costs €350 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from Gera station to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Gera central train station and arriving at Bologna Centrale via Chemnitz central bus station and Bayreuth central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Gera to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Gera Hbf and arriving at Bologna Centrale via Erfurt Hbf, Kufstein, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Brennero - Brenner and Bolzano Bozen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 6m.
The distance between Gera and Bologna is 867 km. The road distance is 892 km.
The best way to get from Gera to Bologna without a car is to train which takes 13h 6m and costs €150 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Gera to Bologna, including transfers.
Gera to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Gera central train station.
Gera to Bologna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Gera Hbf station.
The best way to get from Gera to Bologna is to train which takes 13h 6m and costs €150 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €130 and takes 15h 40m.
What companies run services between Gera, Germany and Bologna, Italy?
You can take a train from Gera Hbf to Bologna Centrale via Erfurt Hbf, Kufstein, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Brennero - Brenner, and Bolzano Bozen in around 13h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Gera central train station to Bologna Centrale via Chemnitz central bus station and Bayreuth central train station in around 15h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–750
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €215–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- [email protected]
- Website
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €230–250
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €270–300
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Saalfeld(Saale)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €200–230
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €230–250
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €270–300
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €230–250
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €270–300
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
Train from Gera Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €260–290
- Schedules at
- Preßnitztalbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Saalfeld to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Saalfeld to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Göttingen to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- 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 Gera central train station to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Bayreuth central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bayreuth central train station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Gera to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Chemnitz central bus station.
Gera to Bologna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Gera to Bologna is 892 km. It takes approximately 8h 30m to drive from Gera to Bologna.
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