There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Bologna by train, bus, night train, car, train (Trenitalia), car train, or plane
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Train, bus
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Stationbus
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
9h 1mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Bologna Centralebus N452
13h 35m€75–130Train, night train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to München Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Bologna Centralenighttrain Nj
14h 59m€122–494Drive 956.4 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Bolognacar 956.4 km
9h 5m€150–216Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Kufsteintrain 91
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Verona Porta Nuovatrain 89
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
12h 23m€177–756Drive, car train
- Drive from Leipzig to Göttingencar
- Take the cartrain from Göttingen to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Bolognacar
13h 58m€203–281Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane LEJ - BLQ
5h 56m€125–418Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DRS - BLQ
6h 45m€133–478Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- 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
5h 37m€75–369Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane LEJ - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
7h 17m€186–420
Leipzig to Bologna by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Bologna is to bus which costs €75 - €130 and takes 13h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Bologna is to train and fly which takes 5h 37m and costs €75 - €370.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Leipzig central train station station and arriving at Bologna Centrale. Services depart five times a week, and operate Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 13h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Bologna Centrale via Muenchen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 59m.
The distance between Leipzig and Bologna is 994 km. The road distance is 956.4 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Bologna without a car is to train and bus which takes 9h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Leipzig to Bologna, including transfers.
Leipzig to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Bologna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Bologna is to bus which takes 13h 35m and costs €75 - €130. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €170 - €800 and takes 12h 23m, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €420 and takes 5h 56m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Bologna, Italy?
FlixBus operates a bus from Leipzig central train station to Bologna Centrale 5 times a week. Tickets cost €75–130 and the journey takes 13h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Bologna Centrale via Kufstein, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Brennero - Brenner, and Verona Porta Nuova in around 12h 23m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–800
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–850
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- 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)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- 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 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- Onebus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Leipzig to Bologna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kufstein station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Bologna is 956 km. It takes approximately 9h 5m to drive from Leipzig to Bologna.
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