There are 10 ways to get from Linz to Germany by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Nuremberg
best- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 29 / ...
6h 12m€133–291Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus N160
9h 23m€52–78Drive 571.4 km
- Drive from Linz to Berlincar 571.4 km
5h 51m€96–139Fly Linz Airport to Frankfurt
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LNZ - FRA
4h 15m€91–173Train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
6h 52m€143–297Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Ceske Budejovicetrain Ec
- Take the train from Ceske Budejovice to Praha-Zahradni Mestotrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuzbus
10h 42m€62–104Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SZG - FRA
5h 3m€135–367Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane SZG - HAM
5h 27m€91–312Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SZG - DUS
5h 21m€96–262Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Plattlingtrain
- Take the train from Plattling to Landshuttrain
- Take the train from Landshut(Bay)Hbf to Muenchen Flughafen Terminaltrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MUC - STR
6h 4m€137–259
Linz to Germany by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Germany is to bus which costs €50 - €80 and takes 9h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Germany is to fly which takes 4h 15m and costs €90 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Germany. However, there are services departing from Linz Industriezeile and arriving at S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Grunerstr. via S Südkreuz Bhf/Ostseite. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Germany. However, there are services departing from Linz/Donau Hbf and arriving at S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf via Nürnberg Hbf and Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 12m.
The distance between Linz and Germany is 771 km. The road distance is 571.4 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Germany without a car is to train via Nuremberg which takes 6h 12m and costs €130 - €300.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from Linz to Germany, including transfers.
Linz to Germany bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Linz Industriezeile station.
Linz to Germany train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Linz/Donau Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Germany is to train via Nuremberg which takes 6h 12m and costs €130 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €80 and takes 9h 23m, you could also fly, which costs €90 - €180 and takes 4h 15m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Germany?
You can take a train from Linz/Donau Hbf to S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf via Nuernberg Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, and Berlin Hbf in around 6h 12m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Linz Industriezeile to Berlin Südkreuz train station 5 times a week. Tickets cost €45–75 and the journey takes 8h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–490
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Linz Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Plattling
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Ceske Budejovice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–33
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–33
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–33
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–33
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Ceske Budejovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Ceske Budejovice to Praha-Zahradni Mesto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- €22–35
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- €22–35
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- €22–35
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Plattling to Landshut
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Landshut(Bay)Hbf to Muenchen Flughafen Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- servus@agilis.de
- Website
- agilis
Train from Landshut(Bay)Hbf to Muenchen Flughafen Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Schedules at
- agilis
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- RegioJet
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Booking & Getting There
Linz to Germany bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin Südkreuz train station.
Linz to Germany train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Nuernberg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Germany is 571 km. It takes approximately 5h 51m to drive from Linz to Germany.
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