There are 10 ways to get from Salzburg to Bologna by train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozentrain Re
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
7h 31m€70–190Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Bologna Centralenighttrain Nj
7h 36m€35–110Bus
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus stationbus N981 / ...
- Take the bus from München Hackerbrücke to Bologna - Servizio Due Madonnebus
9h 22mDrive 543 km
- Drive from Salzburg to Bolognacar 543 km
5h 52m€88–127Train, bus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Venezia Mestretrain Nj
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centralebus 482 / ...
11h 29m€48–129Fly Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SZG - BLQ
6h 6m€103–313Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane MUC - BLQ
5h 32m€116–326Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane MUC - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 37m€147–448Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane MUC - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
7h 12m€123–343Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane MUC - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 50m€144–488
Salzburg to Bologna by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Bologna is to night train which costs €35 - €110 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Bologna is to train and fly which takes 5h 32m and costs €110 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Salzburg to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Rathaus and arriving at Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne via Salzburg South and München Hackerbrücke. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 22m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Salzburg Hbf and arriving at Bologna Centrale. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 36m.
The distance between Salzburg and Bologna is 576 km. The road distance is 543 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Bologna without a car is to train which takes 7h 31m and costs €65 - €190.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Salzburg to Bologna, including transfers.
Salzburg to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Salzburg South station.
Salzburg to Bologna train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Salzburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Bologna is to train which takes 7h 31m and costs €65 - €190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 9h 22m, you could also fly, which costs €100 - €320 and takes 6h 6m.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Bologna, Italy?
You can take a train from Salzburg Hbf to Bologna Centrale via Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Brennero - Brenner, and Bolzano Bozen in around 7h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Salzburg Rathaus to Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne via Salzburg Alpensiedlung P+R, Salzburg South, Munich central bus station, and München Hackerbrücke in around 9h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–700
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- 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
- €11–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- 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
- €30–65
- 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
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 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
- Flixbus
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from München Hackerbrücke to Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
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More Questions & Answers
Salzburg to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Salzburg to Bologna train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Salzburg to Bologna is 543 km. It takes approximately 5h 52m to drive from Salzburg to Bologna.
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