Vienna to Budapest by train
Wien Hauptbahnhof → Budapest-Keleti
Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Budapest (Budapest-Keleti) in about 2h 49m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Railjet (243 km, typically 2 h 20 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 2h 49m
- Typical
- ≈ 2h 55m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- MÁV, ÖBB
How long does the train from Vienna to Budapest take?
The fastest trains cover Vienna to Budapest in about 2h 49m; a typical journey takes around 2h 55m.
Is there a direct train from Vienna to Budapest?
Yes: direct trains run between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Budapest-Keleti.
This corridor in the atlas
- Railjet Follows the old Orient Express alignment down the Danube plain: centre to centre faster than any flight.
Legendary routes through Vienna or Budapest
- Semmeringbahn Vienna → Graz
- Nightjet Vienna → Zurich
- Railjet Prague → Vienna
- EN Ister Budapest → Bucharest
Sleepers too: night trains from Vienna.
More trains from Vienna
- Vienna → Bratislava ≈ 59 min · direct
- Vienna → Linz ≈ 1h 15m · direct
- Vienna → Brno ≈ 1h 31m · direct
- Vienna → Salzburg ≈ 2h 25m · direct
- Vienna → Graz ≈ 2h 26m · direct
- Vienna → Prague ≈ 4h 13m · 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.