City to city
Salzburg to Vienna by train
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof → Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Fastest
- ≈ 2h 25m
- Typical
- ≈ 2h 41m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, WESTbahn Management GmbH
Trains link Salzburg (Salzburg Hauptbahnhof) and Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) in about 2h 25m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the WESTbahn (315 km, typically 2 h 30 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Salzburg to Vienna take?
The fastest trains cover Salzburg to Vienna in about 2h 25m; a typical journey takes around 2h 41m.
Is there a direct train from Salzburg to Vienna?
Yes: direct trains run between Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and Wien Hauptbahnhof.
This corridor in the atlas
- WESTbahn Austria’s first open-access challenger, running since 2011: 200 km/h Stadler KISS double-deckers that drove fares down on the Vienna–Salzburg run.
Legendary routes through Salzburg or Vienna
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
- Semmeringbahn Vienna → Graz
- Nightjet Vienna → Zurich
- Railjet Prague → Vienna
Sleepers too: night trains from Vienna.
More trains from Salzburg
- Salzburg → Linz ≈ 1h 08m · direct
- Salzburg → Munich ≈ 1h 43m · direct
- Salzburg → Innsbruck ≈ 2h 15m · direct
- Salzburg → Graz ≈ 3h 31m · direct
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.