There are 11 ways to get from Aarau to Linz by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich HBtrain S11 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx
8h 17m€94–141Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Linz Industriezeilebus FlixBus N191 / ...
9h 44m€64–98Drive 573.8 km
- Drive from Aarau to Linzcar 573.8 km
5h 59m€120–172Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ZRH - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
6h 9m€129–316Train via Innsbruck
- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx
8h 25m€104–278Train via Hohenems
- Take the train from Aarau to St. Gallentrain Ic5
- Take the train from Hohenems to Linz/Donau Hbftrain 731 / ...
9h 45m€144–245Train to Basel, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BSL - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
6h 37m€119–356Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 9m€142–446Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Graz Airport, train
- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane ZRH - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
8h 28m€194–484Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
9h 28m€126–305Train to Basel, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BSL - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 37m€172–536
Aarau to Linz by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Aarau to Linz is to train and bus which costs €60 - €100 and takes 9h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Aarau to Linz is to drive which takes 5h 59m and costs €110 - €180.
No, there is no direct train from Aarau to Linz. However, there are services departing from Aarau and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf via Zuerich Hb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 17m.
The distance between Aarau and Linz is 635 km. The road distance is 573.8 km.
The best way to get from Aarau to Linz without a car is to train which takes 8h 17m and costs €90 - €150.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Aarau to Linz, including transfers.
Aarau to Linz train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Aarau station.
Aarau to Linz train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Aarau to Linz is 574 km. It takes approximately 5h 59m to drive from Aarau to Linz.
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What companies run services between Aarau, Switzerland and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Aarau to Linz/Donau Hbf via Zürich HB and Zuerich Hb in around 8h 17m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Train from Aarau to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €80–120
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €40–65
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €45–70
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €22–35
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €22–35
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Aarau to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Aarau to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hohenems to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €18–23
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €18–23
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €74
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
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