There are 10 ways to get from Colmar to Bologna by train (Trenitalia), bus, 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 Colmar to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- 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 Fr
7h 50m€82–445Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Colmar to Milanbus FlixBus N473
- Take the bus from Milan to Bolognabus FlixBus N524 / ...
10h 6m€48–92Drive 613.4 km
- Drive from Colmar to Bolognacar 613.4 km
6h 19m€95–138Train to Basel, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Colmar to St Louistrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BSL - BLQ
6h 9m€72–263Train via Colmar
- Take the train from Colmar to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- 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
8h 7m€87–435Bus via Lugano
- Take the bus from Colmar to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Bologna Autostazionebus 36
12h 30m€49–95Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Colmar to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
5h 36m€131–351Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Colmar to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ZRH - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 40m€157–443Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Colmar to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
7h 26m€143–408Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Colmar to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane FRA - BLQ
7h 10m€139–422
Colmar to Bologna by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Colmar to Bologna is to bus via Lugano which costs €45 - €95 and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Colmar to Bologna is to train and fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €130 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Colmar to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Colmar and arriving at Bologna via Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Colmar to Bologna. However, there are services departing from Colmar and arriving at Bologna Centrale via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 50m.
The distance between Colmar and Bologna is 617 km. The road distance is 613.4 km.
The best way to get from Colmar to Bologna without a car is to train which takes 7h 50m and costs €80 - €450.
It takes approximately 7h 50m to get from Colmar to Bologna, including transfers.
Colmar to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Colmar station.
Colmar to Bologna train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Colmar station.
The best way to get from Colmar to Bologna is to train which takes 7h 50m and costs €80 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €95 and takes 10h 6m.
What companies run services between Colmar, France and Bologna, Italy?
You can take a train from Colmar to Bologna Centrale via Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 7h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Colmar to Bologna via Milan in around 10h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–480
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–480
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Colmar to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Colmar to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Colmar to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Colmar to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Colmar to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Colmar to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Colmar to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- 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 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- 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
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- 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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Colmar to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Colmar to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- 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
- €13–28
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Colmar to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Colmar to Bologna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Colmar to Bologna train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Basel Sbb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Colmar to Bologna is 613 km. It takes approximately 6h 19m to drive from Colmar to Bologna.
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