Do I need to change at Bologna for Venice?
BO-lo-nya — the 'gn' is /ɲ/ as in 'canyon'. Cam-bio: KAM-byo — stress on first syllable.
Ask a fellow passenger or conductor when your route involves potential connections and you want to confirm whether a change is needed.
Fare il cambio (to make a change / to change trains) is the colloquial expression for a train connection. A Bologna (at Bologna) — city name with preposition a. Per Venezia (for Venice) — per expresses the final destination.
Il treno è diretto a Venezia?
Is the train direct to Venice?
Diretto (direct) — no changes required, one train all the way
Ho venti minuti per la coincidenza, ce la faccio?
I have twenty minutes for the connection, will I make it?
Ce la faccio (will I make it) — idiomatic, farcela means to manage/make it
Su quale binario è il treno per Venezia?
On which platform is the train for Venice?
Binario (platform) — essential question at the changeover station
The Milan-Venice and Rome-Venice Frecciarossa services are direct — a major convenience. Bologna is Italy's key rail junction where many north-south and east-west routes intersect.