Classic route
Railjet Wien–Venezia
Vienna → Venice · Austria · Italy
- Distance
- 612 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 7 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 85 km/h
- Top speed
- 230 km/h
- Operator
- ÖBB
- Train
- ÖBB railjet
- Countries
- Austria, Italy
- In service since
- 1879
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
One seat Vienna to Venice: over the Semmering, through the new Koralm tunnel to Klagenfurt and Villach, then the 1879 Pontebbana across the Julian Alps.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of RJX 133
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in IT) ↗
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