There are 10 ways to get from Leuven to Linz by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Louvain to Köln Hbftrain Trn
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx
10h 7m€172–776Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbfnighttrain Nj
15h 39m€58–143Bus
- Take the bus from Leuven Station to Aachen station westbus N84
- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Passau central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer to Linz/Donau Obere Donauländebus 670
16h 2m€88–148Drive 878.7 km
- Drive from Leuven to Linzcar 878.7 km
7h 51m€146–210Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbftrain Nj
14h 45m€175–380Fly Brussels Airport to Linz Airport
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane BRU - LNZ
8h 7m€128–369Fly Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BRU - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbftrain
6h 4m€102–274Fly Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BRU - MUC
- Take the train from München Ost to Linz Hbftrain
8h 6m€149–344Fly Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BRU - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbftrain
9h 8m€115–348Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport
- Take the train from Louvain to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 50m€146–455
Leuven to Linz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Linz is to night train which costs €55 - €150 and takes 15h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Linz is to fly and train which takes 6h 4m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Leuven station to Linz. However, there are services departing from Leuven Station and arriving at Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände via Aachen station west and Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Linz. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf via Köln Hbf, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf and Salzburg Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 7m.
The distance between Leuven and Linz is 1041 km. The road distance is 878.7 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Linz without a car is to train via Munich which takes 10h 7m and costs €170 - €800.
It takes approximately 10h 7m to get from Leuven to Linz, including transfers.
Leuven to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leuven Station.
Leuven to Linz train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Louvain station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Linz is to train via Munich which takes 10h 7m and costs €170 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €150 and takes 16h 2m, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €370 and takes 8h 7m.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Louvain to Linz/Donau Hbf via Köln Hbf, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf, and Salzburg Hauptbahnhof in around 10h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leuven Station to Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände via Aachen station west and Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer in around 16h 2m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Thursday, Sunday, Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Louvain to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–360
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from München Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Louvain to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Louvain to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €22–35
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €22–35
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–70
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leuven Station to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aachen station west to Passau central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Leuven Station to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +43 5 17 17
- service@postbus.at
- Website
- postbus.at
Bus from Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer to Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.postbus.at/en/
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Leuven to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Aachen station west.
Leuven to Linz train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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