Vienna to Innsbruck by train
Wien Hauptbahnhof → Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Innsbruck (Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof) in about 4h 43m at best, with no changes needed.
- Journey time
- ≈ 4h 43m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- ÖBB, WESTbahn
How long does the train from Vienna to Innsbruck take?
Trains cover Vienna to Innsbruck in about 4h 43m, with little variation between departures.
Is there a direct train from Vienna to Innsbruck?
Yes: direct trains run between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof.
Is the train or a flight faster from Vienna to Innsbruck?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 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 Vienna or Innsbruck
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
- Semmeringbahn Vienna → Graz
- Nightjet Vienna → Zurich
- Railjet Prague → Vienna
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 → Budapest ≈ 2h 49m · 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.