There are 9 ways to get from Linz to Metz by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain Tgv
9h 9m€115–294Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Strasbourgbus 091
- Take the bus from Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station to Metz - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
12h 45m€63–98Drive 713.7 km
- Drive from Linz to Metzcar 713.7 km
6h 24m€120–174Fly Linz Airport to Luxembourg
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LNZ - LUX
8h 5m€279–563Train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Mainz Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re3
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain Ter
10h 35m€144–286Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Luxembourg
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane SZG - LUX
8h 58m€138–457Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Luxembourg
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane VIE - LUX
7h 45m€92–313Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Luxembourg
- 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 Luxembourg (LUX)plane MUC - LUX
9h 18m€139–396Fly Linz Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LNZ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain
8h 43m€131–269
Linz to Metz by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Metz is to bus which costs €60 - €100 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Metz is to drive which takes 6h 24m and costs €120 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Metz station. However, there are services departing from Linz Industriezeile and arriving at Metz - Bus Station via Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Metz. However, there are services departing from Linz/Donau Hbf and arriving at Metz Ville via München Hbf and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 9m.
The distance between Linz and Metz is 805 km. The road distance is 713.7 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Metz without a car is to train via Munich which takes 9h 9m and costs €110 - €300.
It takes approximately 9h 9m to get from Linz to Metz, including transfers.
Linz to Metz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Linz Industriezeile station.
Linz to Metz train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Linz/Donau Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Metz is to train via Munich which takes 9h 9m and costs €110 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €100 and takes 12h 45m, you could also fly, which costs €270 - €600 and takes 8h 5m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Metz, France?
You can take a train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Metz Ville via Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, and Strasbourg in around 9h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Linz Industriezeile to Metz - Bus Station via Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station in around 12h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Luxembourg via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Linz Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Linz Airport to Luxembourg via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Luxembourg via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Linz Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Luxembourg via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Luxembourg via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Luxembourg via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–15
- 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
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- *
- €40–60
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- €22–35
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Mainz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- 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 Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- 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)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- 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
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- 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
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- 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 Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- 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 Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- Website
- vlexx
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- vlexx
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- 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
- +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
- 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
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Linz to Metz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Linz to Metz train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Muenchen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Metz is 714 km. It takes approximately 6h 24m to drive from Linz to Metz.
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