There are 12 ways to get from Bilbao to Linz by plane, bus, train, car, train (TGV), or night train
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Fly to Linz Airport
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane BIO - LNZ
10h 25m€117–317Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BIO - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 14m€91–282Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luzbus
- Take the train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain 961 / ...
18h 54m€345–633Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Linz Industriezeilebus FlixBus 1921
28h 50m€150–262Drive 1,744.9 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Linzcar 1,744.9 km
18h 8m€283–408Fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane BIO - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
9h 10m€117–326Fly to Graz Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane BIO - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
11h 20m€188–416Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BIO - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
9h 25m€150–325Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BIO - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
10h 45m€104–316Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain 961 / ...
21h 47m€357–823Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the train from Padova to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Nj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx
34h 37m€166–302Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the nighttrain from Padova to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
35h 54m€158–262
Bilbao to Linz by bus, train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Linz is to fly and train which costs €100 - €320 and takes 10h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Linz is to fly and train which takes 7h 14m and costs €90 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Linz. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Linz Industriezeile via Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Linz. However, there are services departing from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf via Amara-Donostia, Hendaye, Bordeaux St Jean, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Muenchen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 47m.
The distance between Bilbao and Linz is 1459 km. The road distance is 1744.9 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Linz without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 18h 54m and costs €340 - €650.
It takes approximately 10h 25m to get from Bilbao to Linz, including transfers.
Bilbao to Linz bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
Bilbao to Linz train services, operated by Euskotren, depart from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Linz is to fly which takes 10h 25m and costs €110 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €270 and takes 28h 50m, you could also train, which costs €350 - €850 and takes 21h 47m.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Linz, Austria?
Lufthansa and DAT Danish Air Transport fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Linz Airport (LNZ) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Linz Industriezeile via Lyon in around 28h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Graz Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Salzburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Salzburg Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Salzburg Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Graz Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €22–35
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €22–35
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- Euskotren
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Euskotren
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Padova to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Night train from Padova to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Bilbao to Linz bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Bilbao to Linz train services, operated by Euskotren, arrive at Amara-Donostia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Linz is 1745 km. It takes approximately 18h 8m to drive from Bilbao to Linz.
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