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
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to ThunIc8 / ...
8h 44mCHF 112–182Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Munich Hackerbrücke
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus StationX06 / ...
- Take the bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Bahnhof Ost
12h 56mCHF 48–164Drive 643.5 km
- Drive from Linz to Thun643.5 km
7h 38mCHF 105–152Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Basel (BSL)VIE - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thun
7h 42mCHF 93–281Train via Kufstein
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to KufsteinRjx
- Take the train from Kufstein to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to ThunIc8 / ...
9h 42mCHF 116–209Train via Bregenz
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Bregenz Riedenburg976 / ...
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich HB
- Take the train from Zürich HB to ThunIc8 / ...
10h 49mCHF 94–229Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)VIE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
7h 43mCHF 144–301Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)MUC - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thun
8h 16mCHF 156–375Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Zurich 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 Zurich Airport (ZRH)MUC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
8h 22mCHF 167–385Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
10h 10mCHF 122–289Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Geneva International 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 Geneva International Airport (GVA)MUC - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
10h 45mCHF 168–398
Linz to Thun by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Thun is to drive which costs SFr 100 - SFr 160 and takes 7h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Thun is to drive which takes 7h 38m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 160.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Thun. However, there are services departing from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop and arriving at Thun, Bahnhof via Munich central bus station, Zürich HB Schweizerhof and Interlaken Ost, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Thun. However, there are services departing from Linz Hbf and arriving at Thun via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 44m.
The distance between Linz and Thun is 741 km. The road distance is 643.5 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Thun without a car is to train which takes 8h 44m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 190.
It takes approximately 8h 44m to get from Linz to Thun, including transfers.
Linz to Thun bus services, operated by Arda-Tur, depart from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop station.
Linz to Thun train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Thun is to train which takes 8h 44m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 170 and takes 12h 56m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Thun, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Linz Hbf to Thun via Zuerich Hb and Zürich HB in around 8h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Thun, Bahnhof via Munich Hackerbrücke, Munich central bus station, Zurich Bus Station, Zürich HB Schweizerhof, and Interlaken Ost, Bahnhof in around 12h 56m.
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- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–410
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–410
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
Train from Linz Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 75–120
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 30–45
Train from Linz Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 35–55
Train from Kufstein to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 45–70
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 19–28
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 40–60
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- 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 Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–23
- 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
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–14
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Bregenz Riedenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- CHF 18–27
- First Class
- CHF 35–45
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Bahnhof Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
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More Questions & Answers
Linz to Thun bus services, operated by Arda-Tur, arrive at Munich Hackerbrücke station.
Linz to Thun train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Zuerich Hb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Thun is 644 km. It takes approximately 7h 38m to drive from Linz to Thun.
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