There are 7 ways to get from Linz to Bansko by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Vienna International Airport, fly, bus
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)VIE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
8h 55m$71–326Bus
- Take the bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
20h 32m$131–138Drive 1,268.4 km
- Drive from Linz to Bansko1,268.4 km
13h 43m$239–345Train to Munich International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MUC - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 36m$138–471Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)PRG - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 41m$111–410Bus via Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus StationCitylines 28
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
23h 53m$81–111Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HauptbahnhofRjx
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
24h 20m$76–407
Linz to Bansko by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Bansko is to bus via Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop which costs $80 - $120 and takes 23h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 55m and costs $70 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Linz and arriving at Bansko via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 32m.
The distance between Linz and Bansko is 1175 km. The road distance is 1268.4 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Bansko without a car is to bus which takes 20h 32m and costs $130 - $140.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Linz to Bansko, including transfers.
Linz to Bansko bus services, operated by Air Kona, depart from Linz station.
Linz to Bansko bus services, operated by Air Kona, arrive at Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 4:50 AM in Linz and 5:50 AM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Bansko is 1268 km. It takes approximately 13h 43m to drive from Linz to Bansko.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Linz to Bansko via Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station and Sofia in around 20h 32m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- 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
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- 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 Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- 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 Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–100
- 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 Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- 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 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $26–40
- 1st Class
- $40–60
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $18–26
- 1st Class
- $29–40
- Business
- $31–34
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–301
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $296–301
- Couchette Carriage
- $140–170
- Seating Carriage
- $35–45
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $125
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- marketing@grad.bg
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- https://bansko.org/bansko_bus_schedule
- Website
- https://bansko.org/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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