There are 8 ways to get from Linz to Rijeka by bus, train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus via Zagreb
best- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Zagrebbus N881
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus Arriva
7h 23m€77–95Drive 442.7 km
cheapest- Drive from Linz to Rijekacar 442.7 km
5h 22m€72–104Train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rijekatrain 481
10h 12m€81–263Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane VIE - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
6h 56m€280–850Bus
- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Triestebus N160 / ...
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
9h 25m€119–295Train via Graz
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Graz Hbftrain 701 / ...
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Zidani Mosttrain 575 / ...
- Take the train from Zidani Most to Rijekatrain 210
11h 40m€115–204Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Klagenfurt Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane VIE - KLU
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
8h 1m€394–1,138Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Rijeka Airport
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane MUC - RJK
7h 6m€160–453
Linz to Rijeka by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Rijeka is to bus via Zagreb which costs €75 - €95 and takes 7h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Rijeka is to drive which takes 5h 22m and costs €70 - €110.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Rijeka. However, there are services departing from Linz Industriezeile and arriving at Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor via Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Rijeka. However, there are services departing from Linz/Donau Hbf and arriving at Rijeka via Salzburg Hbf, Villach Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 12m.
The distance between Linz and Rijeka is 562 km. The road distance is 442.7 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Rijeka without a car is to bus via Zagreb which takes 7h 23m and costs €75 - €95.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Linz to Rijeka, including transfers.
Linz to Rijeka bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Linz Industriezeile station.
Linz to Rijeka train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz/Donau Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Rijeka is to bus via Zagreb which takes 7h 23m and costs €75 - €95. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €80 - €270 and takes 10h 12m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Rijeka, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Linz Industriezeile to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor via Zagreb and Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 7h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rijeka via Salzburg Hbf, Villach Hbf, and Ljubljana in around 10h 12m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Rijeka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Rijeka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- €22–35
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- *
- €29–45
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- €30–50
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 Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- 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
- €14–30
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- 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 Graz Hbf to Zidani Most
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Zidani Most
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Austrian 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
- €18–65
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Zidani Most
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zidani Most to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- GoOpti
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More Questions & Answers
Linz to Rijeka bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Linz to Rijeka train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Salzburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Rijeka is 443 km. It takes approximately 5h 22m to drive from Linz to Rijeka.
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