There are 14 ways to get from Linz to Aachen by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf79
7h 51m€79–260Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Wissensturm to Aachen Main Train StationUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3643
12h€30–45Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Passau HbfIce
- Take the bus from Passau central train station to Aachen station west1924
11h 37m€55–104Night train
- Take the night train from Linz Hbf to Aachen HbfNj
12h 11m€70–280Drive 765.8 km
- Drive from Linz to Aachen765.8 km
6h 46m€125–181Train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Aachen HbfNj
12h 9m€70–110Drive, car train
- Drive from Linz to Salzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Aachen
6h 47m€167–231Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)SZG - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
6h 58m€104–315Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)VIE - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
6h 52m€78–316Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)MUC - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
7h 18m€116–377Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MUC - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
7h 55m€140–322Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)VIE - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
7h 29m€107–281Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)PRG - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
9h 36m€116–342Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Frankfurt (FRA)SZG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
7h 28m€162–433
Linz to Aachen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Aachen is to bus which costs €30 - €45 and takes 12h.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Aachen is to drive which takes 6h 46m and costs €120 - €190.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Linz Wissensturm and arriving at Aachen Main Train Station station. Services depart once a week, and operate Saturday. The journey takes approximately 12h.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Linz Hbf and arriving at Aachen Hbf. This train operates Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 12h 11m.
The distance between Linz and Aachen is 794 km. The road distance is 765.8 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Aachen without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 51m and costs €75 - €260.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Linz to Aachen, including transfers.
Linz to Aachen bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Linz Wissensturm station.
Linz to Aachen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Linz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Aachen is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 51m and costs €75 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €30 - €45 and takes 12h.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Aachen, Germany?
You can take a train from Linz Hbf to Aachen, Hbf via Frankfurt(Main)Hbf and Frankfurt in around 7h 51m. Alternatively, Union Ivkoni operates a bus from Linz Wissensturm to Aachen Main Train Station once a week. Tickets cost €30–45 and the journey takes 12h.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €33–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- 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
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Linz Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €70–90
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €70–110
- 1st Class
- €110–170
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- 1st Class
- €19–27
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €16–23
- First Class
- €26–40
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €12–16
- Business
- €13–14
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–15
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–15
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Passau central train station to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Linz Wissensturm to Aachen Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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Linz to Aachen bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Aachen Main Train Station.
Linz to Aachen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(Main)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Aachen is 766 km. It takes approximately 6h 46m to drive from Linz to Aachen.
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