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Q: How do I get from Bologna city centre to Bologna airport?

Marconi Express monorail: €12.80 for one traveler, 8 min, boarding at Bologna Centrale, inside the atrium on via de’ Carracci — reached from the Piazza Medaglie d’Oro entrance through the pedestrian underpasses. The first one leaves at 05:40 and is at the airport by about 05:48; the last at 00:00.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Bologna Airport publishes no figure for how early to arrive before a flight. Check with your airline. First departures

Recommended

Direct and 24 minutes quicker than the TPER bus Q, for €10.50 more.

Marconi Express monorail

Marconi Express · Marconi Express

8 min rideEvery 10 min05:40–00:00

Bologna CentraleBologna Guglielmo Marconi

Non-stop

€12.80total for 1 adult€12.80 eachBuy ticketOn Marconi Express

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Bologna Centrale, inside the atrium on via de’ Carracci — reached from the Piazza Medaglie d’Oro entrance through the pedestrian underpasses

EUR 12.80 single, EUR 23.30 return, for 5,095 metres. No pass covers it, and TPER passes are refused at the gates. A family ticket is EUR 25.60 for two adults and up to three children aged 5 to 16 — the same as two singles, so it only saves on the children. The ticket includes 75 minutes of TPER bus at the far end.

Luggage. An automated shuttle with standing room; bags travel with you.

Hours. The operator states one band for the whole service, 05:40 to midnight, without separating the two directions: about every 7 minutes at peak, every 15 off-peak.

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Bus

TPER bus Q

Q8191 · TPER

22–34 min rideEvery 30 min03:45–01:40

Bologna CentraleBologna Guglielmo Marconi

1 change

€2.30total for 1 adult€2.30 eachBuy ticketOn TPER

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Bologna Centrale, direct on bus Q late at night and before dawn; by day board bus 81 or 91 towards Ospedale Maggiore first and change onto Q there, same ticket

The ordinary EUR 2.30 urban ticket is valid 75 minutes with a free change, so the daytime connection at Ospedale Maggiore costs nothing extra. A ten-ride CityPass is EUR 19.00 and can be shared, validating once per person.

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.

Hours. Direct from Stazione Centrale at 00:40, 01:10 and 01:40, then 03:45 to 05:20; from Ospedale Maggiore every 30 minutes from 06:00 to 23:35 after the connecting bus. Nothing leaves Centrale for the airport between 01:40 and 03:45.

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Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Marconi Express and Regionale to Florence, Taxi, Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Florence. Every way from Bologna airport into Bologna

How do I get from Bologna city centre to Bologna airport?

For one traveler the Marconi Express monorail is the way we recommend: €12.80 in total, 8 min, boarding at Bologna Centrale. The first one leaves at 05:40 and is at the airport by about 05:48; the last leaves at 00:00. Bologna Airport publishes no figure for how early to arrive before a flight. Check with your airline, and allow extra time — the airport gives no guidance on security queues either.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

TPER bus Q

First 03:45 from Bologna Centrale, at the airport by about 04:17.

Marconi Express monorail

First 05:40 from Bologna Centrale, at the airport by about 05:48.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

Bus Q runs direct from Stazione Centrale to the airport at 00:40, 01:10 and 01:40, then again from 03:45. Nothing leaves the centre for the airport between 01:40 and 03:45 — a taxi is the only way in that window.

Before you leave for Bologna Airport

From the centre to each way out

How early to be there

Bologna Airport publishes no figure for how early to arrive before a flight. Check with your airline, and allow extra time — the airport gives no guidance on security queues either.

Early flights

At the station

At Bologna Centrale, the monorail is inside the atrium on via de’ Carracci, reached from the Piazza Medaglie d’Oro entrance through the pedestrian underpasses — a covered walk the whole way to the airport.

Taxis to the airport

A taxi to the airport is charged on the meter like any ride across town: the Comune’s EUR 12.80 minimum fare applies only to rides that start at the airport, not to journeys there.

Questions

When is the first Marconi Express monorail from Bologna Centrale?

05:40. It reaches the airport at about 05:48.

How early should I be at Bologna airport?

Bologna Airport publishes no figure for how early to arrive before a flight. Check with your airline, and allow extra time — the airport gives no guidance on security queues either.

What does a taxi to Bologna airport cost from the centre?

A taxi to the airport is charged on the meter like any ride across town: the Comune’s EUR 12.80 minimum fare applies only to rides that start at the airport, not to journeys there.

Where does the TPER bus Q leave from in Bologna?

Bologna Centrale, direct on bus Q late at night and before dawn; by day board bus 81 or 91 towards Ospedale Maggiore first and change onto Q there, same ticket. First departure 03:45, last 01:40.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Arriving instead? Every way from Bologna airport into Bologna