City to city
Innsbruck to Vienna by train
Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof → Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Journey time
- ≈ 4h 44m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, WESTbahn Management GmbH
Trains link Innsbruck (Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof) and Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) in about 4h 44m at best, with no changes needed.
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.