Salzburg Hbf (Salzburg)

On the route between Salzburg and Wien trains operated by Westbahn compete with the Railjet trains operated by Austria's national rail company OBB, check the 'Train Guides' to compare the on board experiences.

Aside from the journey times, ticket availability/booking and the on-board facilities, a key difference between the two services is that they arrive at different stations in Wien/Vienna.
So it can be worth checking your ultimate destination in the city and working out your optimum onward connections, as the stations that these trains use, aren't in the city centre.

The Railjets arrive at the city's main station Wien Hbf, which is served by line U1 of the city's subway/metro; and they also call at Wien Meidling, which is on line U6.
Most of the Railjet trains also continue beyond the city centre to the station at the airport, Wien Flughafen.

In contrast the Westbahn services live up to their name and they arrive at the city's former main station, Wien Westbahnhof, it is served by lines U3 and U6.

Salzburg is one of the closest major cities to Munich, hence a comparatively frequent service of two trains per hour being available on this route.

One of these trains is a faster express service, on which seat reservations and advance discounted tickets will be available; though multiple different types of trains are used for these faster services.
The other hourly service is a slightly slower regional train, on which tickets won't cost any more when booking last minute at the station.
This regional service is operated by Meridian.

Look up a journey from Salzburg to Cologne on a ticket booking service and most of the options will involve making a connection in Munchen hbf (the main station in Munich) into an ICE train.
Not only is it fairly frequent it's also the fastest option, but take care that Koln hbf and not Koln Messe/Deutz is the station that you will be arriving at.

However, this is one daily option for taking a train from Salzburg to Koln/Cologne, which can get lost amidst the alternatives, hence it being singled out.
It also takes a much more scenic route!

There are no direct overnight trains on this route.

Accessing St. Anton by train is typically an exceptionally easy and comfortable journey from Salzburg, because St. Anton is the only resort town where the smart Railjet trains regularly call.

On the route between Salzburg and Linz trains operated by Westbahn compete with the Railjet trains operated by Austria's national rail company OBB,

Step on board for one of Europe's most fabulous journeys by train.

And travelling by day is the way to go on this route, as the night train is usually scheduled to depart from Salzburg between 01:30 and 2:00.

Taking the lovely train ride to Mayrhofen makes for a wonderful day trip from Salzburg

There are two options for a taking a train from Salzburg to Kitzbuhel:

1. There are direct trains, though they are much more frequent on Mon-Fri.
2. The faster option is to take an express Railjet train to Worgl and then connect there for a local train.
   Travelling via Worgl may seem odd as it located to the west of Kitzbuhel (the direct trains will be heading there after they have called at Kitzbuhel), but the speed of the Railjets compensates for that.

The resorts of Solden and Obergurgl are closer to Innsbruck than Salzburg, but if you will be flying in for a winter sports holiday, a plus of taking the train from Salzburg, is that it's airport has a trolleybus connection with the rail station.
So the end-to-end airport to resort transfer is a straightforward bus + train + train journey.

If you want to take in winter sport on a day trip from Salzburg then Schladming is an excellent location to head to, as its network of ski lifts to the Planai West resort. are less than a 10 min walk from the station.

When looking up a journey by train from Salzburg to Graz, most of the journey options will involve making a connection between Railjet trains in Wien, but there are direct trains available.

There are two options for a taking a train from Salzburg to the ski slopes at Hopfgarten:

1. There are direct trains, though they are much more frequent on Mon-Fri.
2. The faster option is to take an express Railjet train to Worgl and then connect there for a local train.
   Travelling via Worgl may seem odd as it located to the west of Hopfgarten (the direct trains will be heading there after they have called at Hopfgarten), but the speed of the Railjets compensates for that.

There are two options for a taking a train from Salzburg to St Johann in Tirol:

1. There are direct trains, though they are much more frequent on Mon-Fri.
2. The faster option is to take an express Railjet train to Worgl and then connect there for a local train.
   Travelling via Worgl may seem odd as it located to the west of St Johann (the direct trains will be heading there after they have called at St Johann), but the speed of the Railjets compensates for that.

There are three optimum routings to choose from when taking a a journey by train from Cologne/Köln to Salzburg.

1. Boarding the only direct daytime train
2. The fastest option, but it involves departing from Koln Messe/Deutz station
3. Departing from Koln Hbf and also making a connection between trains in Frankfurt.

Salzburg may be over the border in Austria, but it's one of the closest cities to München/Munich hence the service of frequent trains.

Because of the relatively short distance the express trains, the Railjets and EuroCity trains aren't particularly faster, but they do allow the option to reserve seats; and can be cheaper if you want to book ahead and commit to a specific departure.

There are also hourly Regio trains operated by Meridian.

During the day the timetable is arranged so that:

• odd hours = a Railjet and a Meridian train.
• even hours = an EC train and a Meridian train.

Something worth knowing is that the railway line to Salzburg is on the opposite side of München/Munich to its main hauptbahnhof railway station.
So after departure from München hbf the trains have to travel in a semi-circle around the city centre, but aside from the fast Railjet trains, the other trains from München/Munich to Salzburg also call at Munchen Ost station.

Munchen Ost station offers straightforward connections from local, S-Bahn, trains which call at multiple stations in the heart of the city, they use a tunnel to cross the city centre.

If you will be travelling by train from Munich Airport/Flughafen to Salzburg, the quickest option is to take a train on line S8 to Munchen Ost and make the connection on to Salzburg there.

On the rail route from Wien/Vienna to Linz, train services operated by Westbahn, a private company, compete with the trains provided by the national rail operator, OBB.

Few rail journeys between European cities are as fabulous as this!
For virtually the entire journey by train from Zurich to Salzburg you can enjoy delightful vistas from the windows.

There are no direct trains from Berlin to beautiful Salzburg, but it's a straightforward journey.
The connection can be made in Munchen hbf, which is a particularly easy station in which to change trains and there will be typically two trains per hour from there on to Salzburg