There are 12 ways to get from Bologna to Mainz by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
4h 14m€108–262Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Frankfurt central train stationbus N422 / ...
14h 50m€49–79Train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theatertrain S5 / ...
10h 29m€149–252Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bologna Terminal Bus 200 MT Da Stazione FS to Verona Viale Palladio IIIbus
- Take the bus from Verona to Ludwigshafenbus
- Take the train from Ludwigshafen, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theatertrain S5 / ...
13h 39m€82–108Drive 873.6 km
- Drive from Bologna to Mainzcar 873.6 km
8h 20m€135–194Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane FLR - FRA
5h 12m€119–340Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VRN - FRA
5h 18m€124–324Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VCE - FRA
5h 47m€100–307Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Rogoredotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LIN - FRA
5h 22m€58–241Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
5h 50m€84–329Train via Bologna Centrale
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theatertrain S5 / ...
10h 31m€156–250Drive, car train
- Drive from Bologna to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Würzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Mainzcar
8h 35m€191–257
Bologna to Mainz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Mainz is to bus which costs €45 - €80 and takes 14h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Mainz is to fly which takes 4h 14m and costs €100 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Bologna to Mainz station. However, there are services departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Mainz central train station via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Bologna to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Mainz, Römisches Theater via Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 29m.
The distance between Bologna and Mainz is 679 km. The road distance is 873.6 km.
The best way to get from Bologna to Mainz without a car is to train which takes 10h 29m and costs €140 - €260.
It takes approximately 4h 14m to get from Bologna to Mainz, including transfers.
Bologna to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
Bologna to Mainz train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
The best way to get from Bologna to Mainz is to fly which takes 4h 14m and costs €100 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €140 - €260 and takes 10h 29m, you could also bus, which costs €45 - €80 and takes 14h 50m.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Mainz, Germany?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and Swiss fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bologna Centrale to Mainz, Römisches Theater via Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 10h 29m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–340
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theater
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ludwigshafen, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theater
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theater
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Ludwigshafen, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theater
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
- 1st Class
- €45–75
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Bus from Bologna Terminal Bus 200 MT Da Stazione FS to Verona Viale Palladio III
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Verona to Ludwigshafen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Bologna to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Bologna to Mainz train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bologna to Mainz is 874 km. It takes approximately 8h 20m to drive from Bologna to Mainz.
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