Find trains from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bologna

Trains from Venice to Bologna take you though some of Italy’s richest and most productive farmland – one of the reasons that Bologna is the gastronomic capital of Italy. As you leave the coast, you pass through flat countryside dotted with Italy’s most iconic tree – the tall, slender cypress. This area is famous for its rice, and according to the time of year, you may see rice paddies full of bright, fresh, green rice plants, rippling gently in the breeze. Travelling by rail from Venice to Bologna follows a line that passes through Padua, where there is a short stop. Padua is a gem of an historic city; look out for the river and the formal gardens of the villas on the outskirts, with their gravelly paths, parterres and immaculately clipped box hedges. As the train carries on towards Bologna, the landscape is still primarily flat and agricultural, with rice giving way to crops of wheat and maize. As you approach Bologna, you may be able to catch sight of the foothills of the Apennines in the distance, making a hilly backdrop to the honey-coloured terracotta roofs and towers of the city.

Santa Lucia Station is on the Grand Canal, with a water-bus stop right outside the station exit. There are steps down from the station, but there is also a sloping walkway down the side of the steps for wheeled luggage and wheelchairs. Between the main entrance and the platform, there is a large, ground-floor gallery of small, mostly designer-brand shops selling souvenirs, gifts, clothes, jewellery and toiletries. There is also a food court and a pizzeria for refreshments, but don’t forget that Venice is an expensive city and station prices are above average (even for Venice), so possibly bring a snack and drink with you during your travel from Venice to Bologna. The station offers all the usual facilities, such as a left luggage concession and assistance for passengers. The assistance service is provided by the Sala Blu organisation. Make sure you contact Sala Blu by phone or online a few hours before you intend to travel, to book the assistance you require.

It is not compulsory to carry ID on your person in Italy, so theoretically, you do not need to carry your passport to travel around within Italy or to buy train tickets from Venice to Bologna, for example. Nevertheless, as a visitor to Italy travelling from a country outside the Schengen area before catching your train from Venice to Bologna, you will, in any case, have your passport with you, and it is probably a good idea to keep it on your person, just in case you need to show it for any reason.

So, you have travelled using the cheap tickets from Venice to Bologna that you found on momondo, and now you have arrived at Bologna Centrale Station. How do you get to the city centre? There is a taxi rank at the station, so you could simply jump into a taxi and allow yourself to be driven into the city centre; but a car may not be the most ideal way to navigate the medieval city centre. The city centre, Piazza Maggiore, is actually within walking distance of Bologna Centrale Station, or you could take one of the two buses (the 41 and the 25) that leave the station every few minutes.

It takes 1h 33m to get from Venice Marco Polo to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi by train. The time it takes to travel between these two locations can vary by up to 0h 15m, depending on whether your train has stops or different departure times. Take the Italotreno train from Venice Marco Polo and you’ll arrive in your destination quickly.

There are many trains travelling between Venice Marco Polo and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi which are Italotreno and Trenitalia. The cheapest Italotreno is what we have recently available with prices starting at £30 for a return ticket.

While Bologna Guglielmo Marconi is 85.0 mi away from Venice Marco Polo, the distance by train is longer depending on the route. Most trains from Venice Marco Polo to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi will get there in 1h 33m.