City to city

Paris to Vienna by train

Gare de l'Est → Wien Hauptbahnhof

Fastest

≈ 10h 25m

Typical

≈ 11h 26m

Direct trains

No

Fewest changes

1

Operators

Trains Express Régionaux, SNCF, DB Fernverkehr AG, Deutsche Bahn AG

Trains link Paris (Gare de l'Est) and Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) in about 10h 25m at best, with at least 1 change along the way.

How long does the train from Paris to Vienna take?

The fastest trains cover Paris to Vienna in about 10h 25m; a typical journey takes around 11h 26m.

Is there a direct train from Paris to Vienna?

Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.

Is the train or a flight faster from Paris to Vienna?

A typical flight works out roughly 6h 55m quicker door to door (about 4h 55m against 11h 45m 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

≈ 11h 45m

Flight, door to door

≈ 4h 55m (est.)

CO₂e per passenger

~44 kg train · ~140 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 Paris or Vienna

• Eurostar London → Paris
• TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
• Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
• Railjet Vienna → Budapest

Sleepers too: night trains from Paris · night trains from Vienna.

More trains from Paris

• Paris → Reims ≈ 46 min · direct
• Paris → Lille ≈ 1h 17m · direct
• Paris → Brussels ≈ 1h 22m · direct
• Paris → Rennes ≈ 1h 30m · direct
• Paris → Nancy ≈ 1h 35m · direct
• Paris → Dijon ≈ 1h 38m · direct

All trains from Paris →

More train routes in United Kingdom · France · Belgium.

Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.