Innsbruck to Vienna by train
Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof → Wien Hauptbahnhof
Trains link Innsbruck (Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof) and Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) in about 4h 44m at best, with no changes needed.
- Journey time
- ≈ 4h 44m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- ÖBB, WESTbahn
How long does the train from Innsbruck to Vienna take?
Trains cover Innsbruck to Vienna in about 4h 44m, with little variation between departures.
Is there a direct train from Innsbruck to Vienna?
Yes: direct trains run between Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Wien Hauptbahnhof.
Is the train or a flight faster from Innsbruck to Vienna?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 05m quicker door to door (about 4h against 5h 05m by train, once airport time is counted), but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 5h 05m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~16 kg train · ~52 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules: method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
Legendary routes through Innsbruck or Vienna
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
- Semmeringbahn Vienna → Graz
- Nightjet Vienna → Zurich
- Railjet Prague → Vienna
Sleepers too: night trains from Vienna.
More trains from Innsbruck
- Innsbruck → Munich ≈ 1h 52m · direct
- Innsbruck → Bolzano ≈ 1h 57m · direct
- Innsbruck → Salzburg ≈ 2h 05m · direct
- Innsbruck → Zurich ≈ 4h 12m
More train routes in Austria · Hungary · Germany.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.