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
- ÖBB, DB Fernverkehr, SNCF Voyageurs, TER
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.