There are 12 ways to get from Modena to Jena by train, bus, night train, car, 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 Bologna Centrale to München Hbf89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Erfurt Hbf28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena WestRe3 / ...
12h 15m€149–521Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Modena - Autostazione to Bologna - Autostazione
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Leipzig central train station
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Jena bus station012 / ...
17h 30m€64–124Night train, train
- Take the night train from Modena to Muenchen HbfEn
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf28 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Saalfeld
- Take the train from Saalfeld(Saale) to Jena ParadiesRe
16h 48m€202–400Drive 853.9 km
- Drive from Modena to Jena853.9 km
8h 25m€134–194Train, night train
- Take the train from Modena to Tarvisio BoscoverdeNj
- Take the night train from Tarvisio Boscoverde to Wels HbfNj
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Jena ParadiesIc
19h 19m€187–700Drive, car train
- Drive from Modena to Mallnitz-Obervellach
- Take the car train from Mallnitz-Obervellach to Würzburg Hbf
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Jena
10h 13m€196–273Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)BLQ - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
8h 17m€154–626Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
8h€159–640Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)BLQ - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Take the train from Göttingen to Jena West
8h 59m€157–659Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)BLQ - BER
- Take the train from Berlin Südkreuz to Erfurt Central Station
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
8h 54m€95–592Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Munich International Airport (MUC)BLQ - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
8h 57m€170–739Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Frankfurt (FRA)VRN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
9h 34m€175–717
Modena to Jena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Modena to Jena is to bus which costs €60 - €130 and takes 17h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Modena to Jena is to fly and train which takes 8h and costs €150 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Modena to Jena station. However, there are services departing from Modena - Autostazione and arriving at Jena bus station via Bologna Centrale and Leipzig central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Modena to Jena. However, there are services departing from Modena and arriving at Jena West via Bologna Centrale, München Hbf and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 15m.
The distance between Modena and Jena is 990 km. The road distance is 853.9 km.
The best way to get from Modena to Jena without a car is to train which takes 12h 15m and costs €140 - €550.
It takes approximately 12h 15m to get from Modena to Jena, including transfers.
Modena to Jena bus services, operated by TTI Leonettibus SRL, depart from Modena - Autostazione station.
Modena to Jena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Bologna Centrale station.
The best way to get from Modena to Jena is to train which takes 12h 15m and costs €140 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €130 and takes 17h 30m.
What companies run services between Modena, Italy and Jena, Germany?
You can take a train from Modena to Jena West via Bologna Centrale, München Hbf, and Erfurt Hbf in around 12h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Modena - Autostazione to Jena bus station via Bologna Centrale and Leipzig central train station in around 17h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- 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
- €70–280
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Saalfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Saalfeld(Saale) to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Saalfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Saalfeld(Saale) to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Modena to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €150–210
- 2nd Class
- €150–200
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Saalfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Saalfeld(Saale) to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Saalfeld(Saale) to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Saalfeld(Saale) to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Modena to Tarvisio Boscoverde
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–261
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–261
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
Night train from Tarvisio Boscoverde to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €258–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–150
- Seating Carriage
- €35–50
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Mallnitz-Obervellach to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- presse@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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
- €7–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €15–22
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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
- Phone
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Modena - Autostazione to Bologna - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Modena to Jena bus services, operated by TTI Leonettibus SRL, arrive at Bologna - Autostazione station.
Modena to Jena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Modena to Jena is 854 km. It takes approximately 8h 25m to drive from Modena to Jena.
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