City to city

Vienna to Salzburg by train

Wien Hauptbahnhof → Salzburg Hauptbahnhof

Fastest

≈ 2h 25m

Typical

≈ 2h 41m

Direct trains

Yes

Fewest changes

0

Operators

OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, WESTbahn Management GmbH

Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Salzburg (Salzburg Hauptbahnhof) in about 2h 25m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the WESTbahn (315 km, typically 2 h 30 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.

How long does the train from Vienna to Salzburg take?

The fastest trains cover Vienna to Salzburg in about 2h 25m; a typical journey takes around 2h 41m.

Is there a direct train from Vienna to Salzburg?

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

This corridor in the atlas

• WESTbahn Austria’s first open-access challenger, running since 2011: 200 km/h Stadler KISS double-deckers that drove fares down on the Vienna–Salzburg run.

Legendary routes through Vienna or Salzburg

• 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 → Graz ≈ 2h 26m · direct
• Vienna → Budapest ≈ 2h 49m · direct
• Vienna → Prague ≈ 4h 13m · direct

All trains from Vienna →

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.