There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Bologna by plane, train, bus, night train, car train, or car
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Fly Hannover Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane HAJ - BLQ
5h 45m€130–290Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Bologna Centralenighttrain Nj
15h 17m€78–348Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
13h 38m€183–494Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Milanbus FlixBus N24
- Take the bus from Milan to Bolognabus FlixBus N524 / ...
19h 9m€103–163Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BRE - BLQ
6h 49m€116–443Fly Hannover Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane HAJ - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 48m€155–445Fly Hannover Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane HAJ - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna centraletrain
7h 20m€141–398Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane FRA - BLQ
6h 15m€154–397Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CGN - BLQ
6h 49m€86–353Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Hannover Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofcartrain Uex 2026
- Drive from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Bolognacar
14h 11m€165–216Drive 1,123.9 km
- Drive from Hanover to Bolognacar 1,123.9 km
11h 6m€182–263
Hanover to Bologna by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Bologna is to bus which costs €100 - €170 and takes 19h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Bologna is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €130 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Bologna via Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Bologna centrale via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 38m.
The distance between Hanover and Bologna is 910 km. The road distance is 1123.9 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Bologna without a car is to train which takes 13h 38m and costs €180 - €500.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Hanover to Bologna, including transfers.
Hanover to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Bologna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Bologna is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €130 - €290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €500 and takes 13h 38m, you could also bus, which costs €100 - €170 and takes 19h 9m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Bologna, Italy?
Lufthansa City, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bologna centrale via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 13h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–650
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–490
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
Flights from Hannover Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Hannover Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Hannover Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–750
Flights from Hannover Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from Hannover Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Hannover Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–340
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- 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 Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- 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
- Once 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Milan to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
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Booking & Getting There
Hanover to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Hanover to Bologna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Bologna is 1124 km. It takes approximately 11h 6m to drive from Hanover to Bologna.
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