City to city
Vienna to Innsbruck by train
Wien Hauptbahnhof → Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Journey time
- ≈ 4h 43m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, WESTbahn Management GmbH
Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Innsbruck (Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof) in about 4h 43m at best, with no changes needed.
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.