City to city
Vienna to Prague by train
Wien Hauptbahnhof → Praha hlavní nádraží
- Journey time
- ≈ 4h 13m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s., RegioJet a.s.
Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Prague (Praha hlavní nádraží) in about 4h 13m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Railjet (404 km, typically ≈ 4 h), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Vienna to Prague take?
Trains cover Vienna to Prague in about 4h 13m, with little variation between departures.
Is there a direct train from Vienna to Prague?
Yes: direct trains run between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Praha hlavní nádraží.
This corridor in the atlas
- Railjet Follows the Habsburg Empire’s first steam railway of 1839. Prague, Brno and Vienna strung like pearls.
Legendary routes through Vienna or Prague
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
- Semmeringbahn Vienna → Graz
- Nightjet Vienna → Zurich
- European Sleeper Brussels → Prague
Sleepers too: night trains from Vienna · night trains from Prague.
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 Czechia · Austria · Hungary.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.