Night train route
Nightjet Hamburg–Vienna
Hamburg → Vienna · Germany · Austria
First route to get ÖBB’s new-generation Nightjets in 2023. Mini Cabin pods for solo travellers and 230 km/h sleeper stock.
- Distance
- 1,100 km
- Fastest time
- 13 h
- Average speed
- 85 km/h
- Top speed
- 230 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHamburg Dammtor / Universität +8
- 178 kmHannover Hauptbahnhof +6
- 285 kmGöttingen +4
- 531 kmWürzburg Hauptbahnhof +4
- 632 kmNürnberg Hauptbahnhof +4
- 731 kmRegensburg Hauptbahnhof +1
- 848 kmPassau Hbf
- 928 kmWels Hauptbahnhof +3
- 952 kmLinz Hauptbahnhof +6
- 1,014 kmAmstetten +3
- 1,074 kmSt. Pölten Hauptbahnhof +5
- 1,135 kmWien Meidling +7
- 1,138 kmWien Hauptbahnhof +14
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9477227: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 91 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 26 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: ÖBB Scotty, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Nightjet?
The Nightjet runs 1,100 km from Hamburg to Vienna. It runs through Germany and Austria.
How long does the Nightjet take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 13 h for the 1,100 km. That is an average of 85 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 230 km/h.
Who runs the Nightjet?
ÖBB, with Nightjet new generation.
How old is the Nightjet?
The line has been in service since 2016. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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All sleepers serving these cities: night trains from Hamburg · night trains from Vienna · all 119 night trains.