High-speed route
Railjet Munich–Vienna
Munich → Vienna · Germany · Austria
Bavaria to the Danube capital along the Westbahn, past Salzburg’s fortress and the baroque abbeys of Upper Austria.
- Distance
- 460 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h
- Average speed
- 115 km/h
- Top speed
- 230 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmMunich Central Station +12
- 152 kmSalzburg Hauptbahnhof +6
- 276 kmLinz Hauptbahnhof +6
- 399 kmSt. Pölten Hauptbahnhof +5
- 459 kmWien Meidling +7
- 463 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 2167317: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 33 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 11 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RJX 61
- 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 Railjet?
The Railjet runs 460 km from Munich to Vienna. It runs through Germany and Austria.
How long does the Railjet take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h for the 460 km. That is an average of 115 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 230 km/h.
Who runs the Railjet?
ÖBB and DB, with ÖBB Railjet.
How old is the Railjet?
The line has been in service since 2008. 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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