Private railway companies in Austria

The following private railway companies accept Interrail Passes on their trains:

• Micotra trains operate on the route Villach – Tarvisio (Italy)
• Westbahn
  • Vienna – Linz – Salzburg – Innsbruck – Bregenz
  • Vienna – Linz – Salzburg – Munich – Stuttgart
  • 2nd class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class
  • 1st class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class or an upgrade for Comfort and First class
• Raaberbahn, ONLY from Ebenfurt to Sopron and from Neusiedl/See to Pamhagen (Gr)
• RegioJet trains connect Vienna with Brno and Prague (Czech Republic). You need a Interrail Global Pass to travel with this train

 

For more details, check railways comapnies covered by this Pass.

Domestic trains in Austria

 

Regional Express (REX) and Regional (R)

• Regional trains throughout Austria

   

S-Bahn

• A suburban train network that runs within and around major cities in Austria
  

• With an Interrail Pass, journeys are FREE on the S-Bahn in Vienna, Salzburg (except for lines S1 and S11) and Innsbruck

 

Cityjet Express (CJX)

• Commuter trains for short distance traffic

 

InterCity (IC)

• Trains which connect larger cities in Austria, including Vienna, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Graz

• Reservations are optional but recommended during peak season (May to September) and for public holidays

 

EuroCity (EC)

• Connects Innsbruck, Salzburg, Graz and Kufstein
• Reservations are optional but recommended during peak season (May to September) and for public holidays

 

InterCity bus (ICB)

• This bus runs between Graz and Klagenfurt until the Koralm tunnel is finished

• Reservations are required

 

 

Domestic high-speed trains by ÖBB

 

Railjet (RJ) (RJX)

• Links Vienna to larger Austrian cities like Innsbruck, Salzburg and Graz

• Reservations are optional but recommended during peak season (May to September) and for public holidays

International high-speed trains in Austria

 

All long-distance trains to/from Germany are subject to mandatory reservations from June 1st till September 1st.

 

Railjet

• Links Austria to several European cities on the routes:
  • Vienna – Linz – Munich – Stuttgart - Frankfurt
  • Vienna – Gyor – Budapest
  • Graz – Vienna – Brno – Prague
  • Bratislava – Vienna – Salzburg – Innsbruck – Zurich
  • Vienna – Graz – Villach – Venice
  • Munich – Innsbruck – Verona/Bologna/Venice
    
    • Seat reservations are optional all year round only for domestic Austrian trips
    • Mandatory supplement if you are travelling to/from/within Italy.    
    • 1st class: €15 (including supplement)
    • 2nd class: €10 (including supplement)
    • Business Class upgrade: €30 (including supplement)
    • A supplement can be bought on board for a small extra fee, costing €5, on top of the standard fee mentioned above
      

RegioJet

• The yellow RegioJet trains connect Vienna with Brno and Prague (Czech Republic). You need an Interrail Global Pass to travel on this train. Reservations available via RegioJet.

ICE

• Links Austria to several cities in Germany on the routes:
  • Vienna – Nürnberg – Frankfurt – Cologne – Dortmund
  • Vienna – Nürnberg – Erfurt – Berlin - Hamburg
  • Innsbruck – Munich – Stuttgart – Berlin
  •  Innsbruck – Bregenz  – Stuttgart – Berlin

EuroCity

• Links Austria to several European cities on the routes:
  • Vienna – Ljubljana – Trieste
  • Graz – Vienna – Ostrava – Wroclaw/Krakow – Rzeszów – Przemysl
  • Klagenfurt – Salzburg – Munich – Cologne – Dortmund
  • Zagreb – Ljubljana – Salzburg – Munich - Frankfurt
  • Munich  - Innsbruck – Verona – Venice/Bologna/Rimini
    • Mandatory supplement if you are travelling to/from/within Italy. 
    • 1st class: €15 
    • 2nd class: €10 
    • A supplement can be bought on the train for an additional fee, costing another €5

Westbahn

• Runs frequent trains on the route Vienna – Linz – Salzburg – Munich
• 2nd class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class
• 1st class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class or an upgrade for Comfort and First class

Night trains in Austria

ÖBB Nightjet (NJ) runs one daily domestic night train on the route Vienna – Bregenz.

 

Night trains run from Austria to France, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Czechia and Switzerland:

 

ÖBB Nightjet (NJ):

• Vienna – Florence – Rome
• Vienna – Verona – Milan – Genoa – La Spezia
• Vienna – Linz – Udine - Venice
• Vienna – Linz – Zürich
• Vienna – Linz – Munich – Stuttgart - Paris
• Vienna – Linz – Munich – Cologne - Brussels
• Vienna – Nürnberg – Hannover – Hamburg
• Vienna – Nürnberg – Hamm – Münster – Amsterdam
• Innsbruck – Munich – Hamm – Münster – Amsterdam
• Innsbruck – Munich – Hannover – Hamburg
• Graz – Vienna – Prague – Dresden – Berlin (EN Metropol)
  
• Graz – Innsbruck – Zurich

 

EuroNight (EN)

• Munich – Linz – Vienna – Katowice – Krakow – Warsaw (EN Chopin)
• Bratislava – Vienna – Graz – Maribor – Split
• Stuttgart – Salzburg – Graz/Ljubljana – Zagreb (EN Lisinski)
• Stuttgart – Munich – Linz – Vienna – Budapest (EN Kalman Imre)
• Zurich – Feldkirch – Innsbruck – Vienna – Budapest (EN Kalman Imre)
• Zurich – Feldkirch – Innsbruck – Graz/Ljubljana – Zagreb (EN Alpine Pearls)
• Zurich – Feldkirch – Innsbruck – Ceske Budejovice – Prague

 

European Sleeper (ESL)

• Brussels – Breda – Cologne – Munich – Innsbruck – Verona – Venice
  •  Twice a week in February and March

Route	Which train?	Travel time	Reservations
Vienna to Amsterdam / Brussels (Netherlands / Belgium)	Nightjet	14h / 13h 45m	Required
Innsbruck to Munich (Germany)	EuroCity / Railjet	1h 50m	Required
Salzburg to Budapest (Hungary)	Railjet	5h 10m	Required
Salzburg / Innsbruck / Vienna to Zurich (Switzerland)	Railjet	5h 25m / 3h 30m / 7h 50m	Optional
Vienna to Budapest (Hungary)	EuroCity / Railjet	2h 40m	Optional (EuroCity) / Required (Railjet)
Vienna to Milan (Italy)	EuroNight	12h 25m (overnight)	Required
Vienna to Munich (Germany)	Railjet / Westbahn	4h	Optional (Required June 1st till September 1st) / Optional
Vienna to Prague (Czech Republic)	Railjet / RegioJet	4h 30m	Required (Railjet) / Optional (RegioJet)
Vienna to Venice (Italy)	EuroCity / Railjet / EuroNight	7h 45m / 10h 40m (overnight)	Required