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TPER bus QorTaxi, from the rank?

The short answer

For one traveler the TPER bus Q is cheaper by up to €11.50. The Taxi, from the rank fare is sold "from" a price rather than at it, so this comparison holds only at the advertised prices and the real answer can change with the day you travel.

The Taxi, from the rank is quicker: 20 min against 32 min. The TPER bus Q varies between 22 and 34 minutes.

TPER bus Q: 04:20–02:15. Taxi, from the rank: hours not recorded.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersTPER bus QTaxi, from the rankDifference
1€2.30from €13.80up to €11.50
2€4.60from €13.80up to €9.20
3€6.90from €13.80up to €6.90
4€9.20from €13.80up to €4.60
5€11.50from €14.95up to €3.45
6€13.80from €16.10up to €2.30
7€16.10from €17.25up to €1.15
8€18.40from €18.40same

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
Q8191 · TPERTPER bus Q
From
The bus stop at the terminal
To
Bologna Centrale — direct at night; via Ospedale Maggiore and a change by day
Luggage
An ordinary city bus. TPER's general rule charges a second ticket for bags over 55x40x20 cm; whether it applies on this line is not stated.
Runs
04:20–02:15
Journey
22–34 min

By day you change once. The bus ends at Ospedale Maggiore; bus 81 or 91 takes you the last 13 to 14 minutes to the station on the same ticket. Budget about 32 minutes door to door against the monorail's 7 and a half.

At night it is direct and the monorail is closed. Between midnight and 02:15, and again at 04:20 and 04:50, this bus runs straight to the station in 22 minutes and is the only public transport there is.

It is EUR 2.30 against EUR 12.80. For a family of four that is EUR 9.20 against EUR 51.20.

Traveling in a group, one EUR 19.00 carnet covers ten rides and may be shared — EUR 1.90 a head.

This is TPER's winter timetable, in force until 5 June 2027; the summer sheet will differ.

TPER bus Q: price for every party size

See TPER fares
taxi · Licensed Bologna taxisTaxi, from the rank
From
The rank outside arrivals
To
Anywhere in the city
Luggage
EUR 0.60 per bag.
Journey
20 min

Every figure here is a minimum with a meter above it. The old city is about 6 km, so expect the minimum plus a little.

Between 02:15 and 04:20 this is the only way into Bologna.

It may legally carry eight, at EUR 1.15 extra per passenger from the fifth. For a large group at night it is worth comparing against eight bus fares — EUR 18.40 — before dismissing it.

The night supplement of EUR 3.15 applies from 22:00.

Taxi, from the rank: price for every party size

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