There are 8 ways to get from Ulm to Novara by bus, train, car, 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.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Ulm to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N77
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Novarabus N597 / ...
7h 56m€41–67Train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain Re3
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich HBtrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Busto Arsizio Nordtrain S50
9h 19m€84–125Drive 439.1 km
- Drive from Ulm to Novaracar 439.1 km
4h 52m€82–118Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane STR - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Dateo to Novaratrain
6h 7m€112–307Train, bus
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Kemptentrain
- Take the bus from KEMPTEN, Busbf / Hbf, Bahnhofplatz 2 to ST. GALLEN, Lagerstrassebus
- Take the bus from St. Gallen Lagerstrasse to Milan Lampugnanobus
11h 52m€52–92Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane MUC - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Dateo to Novaratrain
6h 48m€123–322Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MUC - MXP
6h 44m€98–305Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ZRH - MXP
7h 41m€119–307
Ulm to Novara by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Novara is to bus which costs €40 - €70 and takes 7h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Novara is to drive which takes 4h 52m and costs €80 - €120.
No, there is no direct bus from Ulm to Novara. However, there are services departing from Ulm and arriving at Novara via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Ulm to Novara. However, there are services departing from Ulm Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Novara Nord via Schaffhausen, Zürich HB, Bellinzona and Busto Arsizio Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 19m.
The distance between Ulm and Novara is 472 km. The road distance is 439.1 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Novara without a car is to bus which takes 7h 56m and costs €40 - €70.
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Ulm to Novara, including transfers.
Ulm to Novara bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ulm station.
Ulm to Novara train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Ulm Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Ulm to Novara is to bus which takes 7h 56m and costs €40 - €70. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €80 - €130 and takes 9h 19m.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Novara, Italy?
You can take a bus from Ulm to Novara via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 7h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Novara Nord via Schaffhausen, Zürich HB, Bellinzona, and Busto Arsizio Nord in around 9h 19m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–460
Flights from Munich International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Kempten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Bellinzona to Busto Arsizio Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Dateo to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Dateo to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Kempten
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ulm to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- Autostradale
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- Autostradale
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from KEMPTEN, Busbf / Hbf, Bahnhofplatz 2 to ST. GALLEN, Lagerstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- Sindbad
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from St. Gallen Lagerstrasse to Milan Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- RegioJet
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Booking & Getting There
Ulm to Novara bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Ulm to Novara train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Schaffhausen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Novara is 439 km. It takes approximately 4h 52m to drive from Ulm to Novara.
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