City to city
Vienna to Venice by train
Wien Hauptbahnhof → Venezia Santa Lucia
- Fastest
- ≈ 7h 10m
- Typical
- ≈ 11h 59m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, TRENITALIA, Magyar Allamvasutak
Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Venice (Venezia Santa Lucia) in about 7h 10m at best, with no changes needed.
How long does the train from Vienna to Venice take?
The fastest trains cover Vienna to Venice in about 7h 10m; a typical journey takes around 11h 59m.
Is there a direct train from Vienna to Venice?
Yes: direct trains run between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Venezia Santa Lucia.
Is the train or a flight faster from Vienna to Venice?
A typical flight works out roughly 8h 15m quicker door to door (about 4h 05m against 12h 20m 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
- ≈ 12h 20m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 05m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~18 kg train · ~59 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 Venice
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Paris → Venice
- 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
More train routes in Austria · Hungary · France.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.