There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to Modena by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, car ferry, or car
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Fly Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane PMO - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Modenatrain
4h 22m€42–216Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna centraletrain 9968 / ...
14h 42m€137–341Bus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelobus Autoservizi Salemi 703
- Take the train from Parma to Modenatrain Ic
18h 46m€59–142Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Livornocarferry
- Drive from Livorno to Modenacar
21h 48m€87–148Bus to Trapani Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo-Via Libertа Don Bosco to Trapani Birgi Airportbus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane TPS - BLQ
4h 58m€54–258Fly Palermo Airport to Parma Giuseppe Verdi Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Parma Giuseppe Verdi Airport (PMF)plane PMO - PMF
- Take the train from Parma to Modenatrain
4h 48m€61–306Fly Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane PMO - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 14m€58–248Fly Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane PMO - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centraletrain
5h 55m€64–287Fly Palermo Airport to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane PMO - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
6h 40m€58–319Train via Piazza Boiardo (Trenitalia)
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
16h 4m€124–361Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Bologna Centralebus N597
- Take the bus from Bologna to Modenabus Bologna - Modena / ...
20h 14m€56–162
Palermo to Modena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Modena is to bus and train which costs €55 - €150 and takes 18h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Modena is to fly and train which takes 4h 22m and costs €40 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Modena. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Modena via Bologna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to Modena. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at Modena via Roma Termini and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 42m.
The distance between Palermo and Modena is 794 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Modena without a car is to train which takes 14h 42m and costs €130 - €350.
It takes approximately 4h 22m to get from Palermo to Modena, including transfers.
Palermo to Modena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Modena train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Modena is to train which takes 14h 42m and costs €130 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €170 and takes 20h 14m.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Modena, Italy?
You can take a train from Palermo Centrale to Modena via Roma Termini and Bologna Centrale in around 14h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Modena via Bologna in around 20h 14m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Parma Giuseppe Verdi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Palermo Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Trapani Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Palermo Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €16–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €10–70
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Parma to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Parma to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Parma to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–60
- 2nd Class
- €16–22
Train from Parma to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–65
- 2nd Class
- €19–26
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Parma Via Villa Sant'Angelo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo-Via Libertа Don Bosco to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Livorno
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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