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 Munich
best- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbftrain 961 / ...
11h 54m€135–353Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbfnighttrain Nj
14h 45m€60–148Bus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Passau central train stationbus 1924
- Take the bus from Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer to Linz/Donau Obere Donauländebus 670
18h 3m€89–151Drive 895.4 km
- Drive from Mechelen to Linzcar 895.4 km
8h 17m€143–207Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbftrain Nj
14h 45m€255–438Drive, car train
- Drive from Mechelen to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Linzcar
9h 9m€182–251Fly to Linz Airport
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane BRU - LNZ
8h 8m€139–561Fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane BRU - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbftrain
7h 17m€115–319Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BRU - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbftrain
5h 59m€93–251Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BRU - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbftrain
8h 11m€135–327Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BRU - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbftrain
9h 4m€91–280
Mechelen to Linz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to night train which costs €60 - €150 and takes 14h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to fly and train which takes 5h 59m and costs €90 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Mechelen to Linz. However, there are services departing from Mechelen Nokerstraat and arriving at Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände via Rumst Catenberg, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats and Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 3m.
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, Koeln Hbf and Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 54m.
The distance between Mechelen and Linz is 1089 km. The road distance is 895.4 km.
The best way to get from Mechelen to Linz without a car is to train via Munich which takes 11h 54m and costs €130 - €360.
It takes approximately 11h 54m to get from Mechelen to Linz, including transfers.
Mechelen to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats station.
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 Munich which takes 11h 54m and costs €130 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €160 and takes 18h 3m, you could also fly, which costs €130 - €600 and takes 8h 8m.
What companies run services between Mechelen, Belgium and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Malines to Linz Hbf via Brussels-Nord, Koeln Hbf, and Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 in around 11h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mechelen Nokerstraat to Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände via Rumst Nieuwstraat, Rumst Catenberg, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats, and Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer in around 18h 3m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–650
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–650
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–70
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €250–430
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 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
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- 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 Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Passau central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +43 5 17 17
- service@postbus.at
- Website
- postbus.at
Bus from Passau ZOB Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer to Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.postbus.at/en/
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Mechelen to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Passau central train station.
Mechelen to Linz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Koeln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mechelen to Linz is 895 km. It takes approximately 8h 17m to drive from Mechelen to Linz.
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