City to city
Vienna to Paris by train
Wien Hauptbahnhof → Gare de l'Est
- Fastest
- ≈ 10h 24m
- Typical
- ≈ 11h 14m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 2
- Operators
- OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, DB Fernverkehr AG, SNCF VOYAGEURS, Trains Express Régionaux
Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Paris (Gare de l'Est) in about 10h 24m at best, with at least 2 changes along the way.
How long does the train from Vienna to Paris take?
The fastest trains cover Vienna to Paris in about 10h 24m; a typical journey takes around 11h 14m.
Is there a direct train from Vienna to Paris?
Usually not; expect at least 2 changes on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Vienna to Paris?
A typical flight works out roughly 6h 40m quicker door to door (about 4h 55m against 11h 35m 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
- ≈ 11h 35m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 55m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~44 kg train · ~140 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 Paris
- Eurostar London → Paris
- TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
Sleepers too: night trains from Vienna · night trains from Paris.
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 United Kingdom · France · Belgium.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.