You can get from Ancona to Bologna by train, thanks to the 27 daily routes provided by Trenitalia. The train ride from Ancona to Bologna takes about 2 hours on average and the average train ticket is 25€. If you book in advance, you can find the best fares and save 42% on average on your train ticket, with prices starting from 15€. Travelling Italy by train can often be cheap.

Coaches from Ancona to Bologna are comfortable and rather cheap; you can travel with Baltour and Eurolines France on one of the 9 buses that every day link Ancona to Bologna and get you to your destination in about 3 hours on average. Ancona - Bologna bus tickets cost 19€ on average. Thanks to low cost fares though, you can find cheap buses at prices as low as 10€. Travelling Italy by bus could be the cheapest solution for you low budget trips.

To get to Bologna from Ancona you can take a flight from Ancona Falconara Airport, which is the closest airport to Ancona, and arrive at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, the airport the best serves Bologna. The average price for a Ancona to Bologna flight is 436€, but you can find low cost flights as well, with prices starting from 308€. Getting from Ancona to Bologna by flight takes about 3 hours on average; however, you need to consider the time to get to the airport and pass the security checks. You can count on 8 daily connections between Ancona and Bologna provided by Alitalia. Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport is the closest airport to Bologna and is 9.74 kilometers away from the city center; you can get to Bologna in 15 minutes thanks to airport shuttles from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bologna.