There are 11 ways to get from Mechelen to Linz by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Linz HbfIce
11h 9m€109–281Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Linz WissensturmUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3644
15h 27m€40–60Night train
- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz HbfNj
14h 53m€84–286Drive 895.4 km
- Drive from Mechelen to Linz895.4 km
8h 18m€146–210Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Linz HbfNj
14h 54m€89–126Drive, car train
- Drive from Mechelen to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Linz
9h 7m€184–253Fly Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)BRU - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
6h 59m€139–357Fly Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)BRU - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
6h 8m€93–279Fly Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Munich International Airport (MUC)BRU - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
7h 38m€138–337Fly Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)BRU - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
9h 5m€82–246Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Malines to Luttre
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)CRL - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
7h 53m€66–235
Mechelen to Linz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to bus which costs €40 - €60 and takes 15h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to fly and train which takes 6h 8m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct train from Mechelen to Linz. However, there are services departing from Malines and arriving at Linz Hbf via Brussels-Nord, Frankfurt and Passau Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 9m.
The distance between Mechelen and Linz is 962 km. The road distance is 895.4 km.
The best way to get from Mechelen to Linz without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 9m and costs €100 - €290.
It takes approximately 11h 9m to get from Mechelen to Linz, including transfers.
Mechelen to Linz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Brussels-Nord station.
The best way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 9m and costs €100 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €60 and takes 15h 27m.
Mechelen to Linz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(Main)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mechelen to Linz is 895 km. It takes approximately 8h 18m to drive from Mechelen to Linz.
What companies run services between Mechelen, Belgium and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Malines to Linz Hbf via Brussels-Nord, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, and Passau Hbf in around 11h 9m. Alternatively, Union Ivkoni operates a bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Linz Wissensturm once a week. Tickets cost €35–55 and the journey takes 14h 15m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Vienna International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €20–30
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €22–35
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Passau Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24
- 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 Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- 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 Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €80–100
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €85–120
- 1st Class
- €130–190
Train from Malines to Luttre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–17
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- 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 Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–15
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €27–35
- Business
- €29–32
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Linz Wissensturm
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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