Austria by Train

Austria: To travel in Austria by train, buy your train ticket online via the given links. There you also find schedules and ticket prices. Austrian railways ÖBB offers discount tickets called "Sparschiene". Book early to get good prices. Beside ÖBB there is the operator Westbahn which offers on selected routes attractive fares. The long-distance trains in Austria provided by ÖBB are called Railjet.

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Austria - Switzerland

For your train journey from Austria to Switzerland use a direct Railjet train. You could also use an overnight train on the routes Vienna or Graz to Zurich.

Austrian railways ÖBB offers saver fare tickets called "Sparschiene" from 14 EUR. Tickets for the Nightjet night train start from 29 EUR.

You find timetables and ticket prices via our booking links.

Austria - Czech Republic

Between Austria and the Czech Republic there are direct Railjet train connections. ÖBB "Sparschiene" train tickets (saver fares) are available from 7 EUR. The main routes are Graz and Vienna to Prague and Linz to Prague. You can find all train timetables and ticket prices via our booking links.

Austria - Germany

From Austria to Germany you can travel cheaply by ICE and Railjet trains. ÖBB sells economy tickets ("Sparschiene") from 12 EUR. There are many train connections daily.

On longer distances, we recommend a Nightjet night train. These offer you comfortable overnight travel in a seating car, couchette car or sleeping car. Tickets for the Nightjet start at 29 EUR. In the sleeping car from just 69 EUR.
There are night train connections from Vienna, Innsbruck, Linz and Salzburg to Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin.

Find your itinerary, timetable and train tickets through our booking links.

Austria - Croatia

Travel from Austria to Croatia by direct train. The train ticket fares start from 29 EUR. It is a saver fare ticket of Austrian railways ÖBB called "Sparschiene". This ticket is available to several cities in Croatia, for example Zagreb. Then buy a second train ticket (for example from Zagreb) to your travel destination in Croatia from Croatian railways.

On the main railway route from Vienna to Zagreb, the journey time is 6:30 hours. There runs at least one daily direct Eurocity train.

In the summer months from mid-June to mid-September, Austrian railways ÖBB offers a direct overnight train from Vienna and Graz to Split. The night train runs on Tuesday and Friday evening. Train tickets for a standard seat start from 29 EUR and for a bed in a sleeper-wagon from 69 EUR.

Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.

Austria - Hungary

To travel by train from Austria to Hungary you have the main route fromVienna to Budapest served by frequent Railjet trains. It might be the case that you have to buy a second train ticket from Budapest to your final destination.

Please use the given booking links to find schedules and ticket prices. Buy saver fare tickets are available from 14,90 EUR.

Austria - Italy

Direct trains connect Austria with Italy. The main routes lead by Railjet train from Vienna via Villach to Venice. And from Innsbruck via Verona to Bologna. You get saver fare tickets from 29 EUR. They are called "Sparschiene" and offered by Austrian railways ÖBB.

Beside these connections during the day, we recommend you to use a "Nightjet" night train. These night trains operate on the routes from Vienna and Salzburg to Venice, Milan and Rome. Ticket prices start from 29 EUR. A bed in a sleeper car starts from 69 EUR. It is comfortable to travel with and it saves you the costs for a hotel.

You find timetables and ticket prices via our booking links. It might be the case that you will need two tickets. First from Austria to Italy. And a second one to travel inside Italy.

Austria - Liechtenstein

To travel by train from Austria to Liechtenstein, you have to use a local train from Feldkirch (Austria). The railway line is operated by Austrian railways ÖBB. The station name for Vaduz (Liechtenstein) is Schaan-Vaduz.

Austria - Netherlands

Travel by train from Austria to the Netherlands. With a train connection during the day, you usually have to change trains in Frankfurt am Main.

Much more comfortable is the journey with the direct ÖBB nightjet night train from Vienna via Linz to Arnhem, Utrecht and Amsterdam. Train tickets for this night train are available from 29 EUR.

Find the exact train schedule and ticket prices via the booking links provided here.

Austria - Poland

Travel from Austria to Poland by direct train. Train ticket fares start from 29 EUR.

There are two direct day trains from Vienna to Warsaw with a journey time of 7:30 hours. Train ticket price starts from 40 EUR.

The overnight train EN406 from Vienna via Krakow to Warsaw has a journey time of 11 hours. Train tickets are available from 29 EUR. The cheapest travel option are seats. More comfortable are 4 or 6 bed couchettes from 49 EUR. Or a sleeper compartment for one to three travellers with a ticket price from 69 EUR. The departure time in Vienna is at 22:00. The arrival time in Krakow at 06:00 and in Warsaw at 09:30.

Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.

Austria - Romania

To travel from Austria to Romania by train, we recommend you a direct night train. You find the exact schedule and ticket prices via our booking links.

It is also possible to split your route. First from your departure place in Austria by Railjet train to Budapest (Hungary). From Budapest you continue by train to Romania (Bucharest, Brașov, Sighișoara, Arad, Timișoara).

It might be the case that you have to book more than one ticket.
1) From a smaller place in Austria to the departure place of the international train (Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg).
2) Then for the international train itself.
3) And finally to continue to your destination place in Romania.

Austria - Russia

If you want to travel from Austria to Russia by train, buy your train ticket via one of the given booking links or locally at a train station in Austria.

There is a direct overnight train available from Austria to Moscow (Russia).

Austria - Slovenia

Travel from Austria to Slovenia by train via one of these two railway routes.

1. From Vienna and Graz via Maribor to Ljubljana.

2. From Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck via Villach to Bled and Ljubljana.

There a saver fare tickets ("Sparschine") available from Austrian railways ÖBB starting from 9 EUR. You can also buy train tickets at Slovenian railway stations.

Find exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.

Austria - Slovakia

Travel from Austria to Slovakia on the main rail route from Vienna to Bratislava. There are frequent train connections available. The journey time from Vienna to Bratislava is one hour. Train tickets are available from 11 EUR.

To Vienna and from Bratislava you have excellent train connections in both countries.

Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.