Final Destination: Flughafen Wien or Wien hbf or Budapest or Bratislava
All trains also call at: Linz and St Polten (connect for Krems and Mariazell)
Arriving in Wien/Vienna:
Check the location of your final destination in Wien/Vienna.
If you're heading to the south west corner of the city, or the area on the ring road around the Opera House - then it's likely that you'll have a faster and more convenient journey if you leave the train at Wien-Meidling station.
up to 14 x trains per day
Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings open: 6 months ahead of the travel date
The discounted tickets are the 'Sparscheine' tickets and they can be booked online, even on the day of departure - but they CAN'T be booked at stations, so booking last minute at the station is always more expensive.
Though you'll usually need to book the 'Sparscheine' tickets at least a couple of days ahead to obtain them at the cheapest possible price.
Trains departing at different times can also be cheaper than others leaving on the same day, so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares
Our step by step guide to booking tickets on the PC version of the OBB (Austrian national railways) website is available HERE
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If you're new to booking tickets for train journeys in Austria, we also recommend taking a look at our guide to Austrian train tickets - it should help you save time and money and confusion.
Seat reservations are optional, but they're particularly recommended for this journey.
Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
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OBB | from €24 | |
Trainline | from €24 | |
Omio | from €24 | |
Happyrail | from €24 |
All of the Railjet trains from Innsbruck to Salzburg are designated as RJX services.
The Railjets use a relatively new line for the first part of the journey between Innsbruck and Worgl (that's mainly in tunnel) and which saves around 20 mins on the old route
However, those tunnels take the train away from what had been the scenic highlight of the journey; the distant views of the Alps between Innsbruck and Worgl.
Though the train travels by the banks of The River Inn between Worgl and Kufstein.
Though the most scenic part of the journey is now between Salzburg and Wels, particularly if you're sat on the right, when facing the direction of travel
A curious feature of this route is that for most of the journey, between Kufstein and the near to Salzburg, these trains will actually be travelling through Germany; but that don't make any station calls on that part of the trip.
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