There are 8 ways to get from Genoa to Ferrara by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
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 Genova Brignole to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain Fr
3h 59m€47–110Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Genoa to Bolognabus FlixBus N504
- Take the bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedybus 356
5h 20m€26–42Drive 303.6 km
- Drive from Genoa to Ferraracar 303.6 km
3h 41m€48–68Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane GOA - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Ferraratrain
4h 27m€78–259Train via Piacenza
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Piacenzatrain Ic
- Take the train from Piacenza to Bologna Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain Fr
4h 20m€35–89Bus via Genoa Via alle Sorgenti Sulfuree
- Take the bus from Genoa Via alle Sorgenti Sulfuree to Bologna - Piazza Xx Settembrebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedybus 356
7h 26m€32–46Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, train
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane GOA - TRS
- Take the train from Trieste Airport to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Ferraratrain
5h 32m€79–232Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane GOA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain
3h 28m€66–236
Genoa to Ferrara by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Genoa to Ferrara is to bus which costs €25 - €45 and takes 5h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Genoa to Ferrara is to fly and train which takes 3h 28m and costs €65 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Genoa to Ferrara. However, there are services departing from Genoa and arriving at Kennedy via Bologna Autostazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Genoa to Ferrara. However, there are services departing from Genova Brignole and arriving at Ferrara via Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3h 59m.
The distance between Genoa and Ferrara is 401 km. The road distance is 303.6 km.
The best way to get from Genoa to Ferrara without a car is to train which takes 3h 59m and costs €45 - €110.
It takes approximately 3h 59m to get from Genoa to Ferrara, including transfers.
Genoa to Ferrara bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Genoa station.
Genoa to Ferrara train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Genova Brignole station.
The best way to get from Genoa to Ferrara is to train which takes 3h 59m and costs €45 - €110. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €25 - €45 and takes 5h 20m.
What companies run services between Genoa, Italy and Ferrara, Italy?
You can take a train from Genova Brignole to Ferrara via Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale in around 3h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Genoa to Kennedy via Bologna Autostazione in around 5h 20m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- luxwing.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €28–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Genova Brignole to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Piacenza to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Trieste Airport to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Piacenza to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Airport to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Piacenza to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Airport to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- 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 Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Trieste Airport to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Italo Treno
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €5–7
Bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €5–7
- Phone
- +39 0871 344976
- satam@gruppolapanoramica.it
- Website
- satambus.it
Bus from Genoa Via alle Sorgenti Sulfuree to Bologna - Piazza Xx Settembre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- satambus.it
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Booking & Getting There
Genoa to Ferrara bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna station.
Genoa to Ferrara train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Genoa to Ferrara is 304 km. It takes approximately 3h 41m to drive from Genoa to Ferrara.
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