There are 11 ways to get from Linz to Thun by train, bus, 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 via Buchs
best- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Buchs Sgtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Thuntrain Ic8 / ...
9h 49mCHF 119–198Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Bernbus FlixBus 1921
10h 27mCHF 61–93Drive 645.5 km
- Drive from Linz to Thuncar 645.5 km
7h 41mCHF 108–156Fly Linz Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Basel (BSL)plane LNZ - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thuntrain
8h 49mCHF 155–380Train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Thuntrain Ic8 / ...
9h 53mCHF 120–177Train via Bregenz
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Bregenz Riedenburgtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich HBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Thuntrain Ic8 / ...
11h 1mCHF 167–259Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Basel (BSL)plane VIE - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thuntrain
7h 19mCHF 101–361Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheimtrain
- Take the train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thuntrain
7h 48mCHF 151–472Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheimtrain
- Take the train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MUC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Thuntrain
8h 5mCHF 150–411Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VIE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Thuntrain
7h 30mCHF 145–330Train to Graz Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GRZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Thuntrain
9h 25mCHF 226–497
Linz to Thun by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Thun is to bus which costs SFr 60 - SFr 95 and takes 10h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Thun is to train and fly which takes 7h 19m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 370.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Thun. However, there are services departing from Linz Industriezeile and arriving at Bern, Bahnhof via Bern, Neufeld P+R. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Thun. However, there are services departing from Linz/Donau Hbf and arriving at Thun via Buchs Sg and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 49m.
The distance between Linz and Thun is 741 km. The road distance is 645.5 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Thun without a car is to train via Buchs which takes 9h 49m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 200.
It takes approximately 9h 49m to get from Linz to Thun, including transfers.
Linz to Thun bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Linz Industriezeile station.
Linz to Thun train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz/Donau Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Thun is to train via Buchs which takes 9h 49m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 60 - SFr 95 and takes 10h 27m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Thun, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Thun via Buchs Sg, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 9h 49m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Linz Industriezeile to Bern twice a week. Tickets cost CHF 50–80 and the journey takes 9h 50m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–490
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–390
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Buchs Sg
- *
- CHF 60–95
Train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 18–28
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 75–120
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- CHF 30–45
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- *
- CHF 13–20
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- *
- CHF 13–20
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- CHF 30–45
Train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–24
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Bregenz Riedenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–17
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–17
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–11
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–11
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Rosenheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Linz to Thun bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bern station.
Linz to Thun train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Buchs Sg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Thun is 646 km. It takes approximately 7h 41m to drive from Linz to Thun.
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