City to city

Vienna to Munich by train

Wien Hauptbahnhof → Hauptbahnhof Süd

Fastest

≈ 4h 15m

Typical

≈ 4h 41m

Direct trains

Yes

Fewest changes

0

Operators

OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, Bayerische Regiobahn, WESTbahn Management GmbH

Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Munich (Hauptbahnhof Süd) in about 4h 15m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Railjet (460 km, typically 4 h), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.

How long does the train from Vienna to Munich take?

The fastest trains cover Vienna to Munich in about 4h 15m; a typical journey takes around 4h 41m.

Is there a direct train from Vienna to Munich?

Yes: direct trains run between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof Süd.

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

A typical flight works out roughly 1h quicker door to door (about 4h against 5h 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

Flight, door to door

≈ 4h (est.)

CO₂e per passenger

~15 kg train · ~49 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.

This corridor in the atlas

• Railjet Bavaria to the Danube capital along the Westbahn, past Salzburg’s fortress and the baroque abbeys of Upper Austria.

Legendary routes through Vienna or Munich

• ICE Sprinter Berlin → Munich
• Railjet Vienna → Budapest
• Semmeringbahn Vienna → Graz
• Nightjet Vienna → Zurich

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

All trains from Vienna →

More train routes in Germany · Austria · Hungary.

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