There are 11 ways to get from Linz to Stara Zagora by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus, night train
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
17h 40mBus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Wissensturm to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3644 / ...
- Take the train from Sofia to Stara ZagoraRe
22h 54m$61–89Train, night train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Videle347
- Take the night train from Videle to Stara Zagora
26h 59m$230–372Drive 1,358.5 km
- Drive from Linz to Stara Zagora1,358.5 km
14h 16m$256–370Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)VIE - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
10h 42m$65–280Bus
- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Stara Zagora Central Bus StationCitylines 28 / ...
23h 45m$90–120Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)VIE - OTP
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
10h 23m$76–266Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Varna Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Varna Airport (VAR)VIE - VAR
- Take the train from Varna to Stara Zagora
10h 29m$180–421Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Sofia Airport, train
- 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 train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
13h 34m$105–363Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia 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 Sofia Airport (SOF)MUC - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
12h 58m$147–393Train, train to Bratislava Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)BTS - PDV
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Stara Zagora
11h 41m$62–526
Linz to Stara Zagora by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Stara Zagora is to bus and train which costs $60 - $90 and takes 22h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Stara Zagora is to train and fly and night train which takes 10h 23m and costs $75 - $270.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop and arriving at Stara Zagora Central Bus Station station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 23h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Stara Zagora. However, there are services departing from Linz Hbf and arriving at Stara Zagora via Wien Hbf and Videle. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 59m.
The distance between Linz and Stara Zagora is 1587 km. The road distance is 1358.5 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Stara Zagora without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 17h 40m and costs .
It takes approximately 17h 40m to get from Linz to Stara Zagora, including transfers.
Linz to Stara Zagora bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop station.
Linz to Stara Zagora train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz Hbf station.
Linz to Stara Zagora bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Stara Zagora Central Bus Station.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Stara Zagora, Bulgaria?
Citylines operates a bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Stara Zagora Central Bus Station 3 times a week. Tickets cost $90–120 and the journey takes 23h 45m.
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- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–130
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $24–75
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- 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
- $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
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
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 Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–28
- 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 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- 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
- $21–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15
- 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 Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $16–20
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $8–13
- 1st Class
- $13–17
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $46–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–15
- 1st Class
- $14–18
Night train from Videle to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–11
- 1st Class
- $11–13
Train from Sofia to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $8–12
- 1st Class
- $11–14
Train from Varna to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $8–12
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Train from Plovdiv to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $5–6
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- $18–26
- First Class
- $30–45
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Linz Wissensturm to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Stara Zagora Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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Stara Zagora is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 7:53 PM in Linz and 8:53 PM in Stara Zagora.
Linz to Stara Zagora train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Stara Zagora is 1358 km. It takes approximately 14h 16m to drive from Linz to Stara Zagora.
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