There are 9 ways to get from Metz to Linz by train (TGV), bus, train, 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
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
10h 18m€154–275Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Metz to Strasbourgbus N136 / ...
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Linz Industriezeilebus 091
12h 45m€62–101Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Metz Ville to Saarbrücken Hbfbus Bus
- Take the train from Homburg to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the nighttrain from Mannheim Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
12h 41mDrive 711.2 km
- Drive from Metz to Linzcar 711.2 km
6h 21m€120–173Train to Luxembourg, fly to Linz Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane LUX - LNZ
7h 34m€286–573Train to Luxembourg, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane LUX - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 23m€146–467Train to Luxembourg, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane LUX - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 25m€98–298Train to Luxembourg, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LUX - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
9h 8m€151–384Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Linz Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain
- Take the train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane FRA - LNZ
8h 49m€133–267
Metz to Linz by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Linz is to bus which costs €60 - €110 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Linz is to drive which takes 6h 21m and costs €110 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Metz to Linz. However, there are services departing from Metz and arriving at Linz Industriezeile via Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Metz to Linz. However, there are services departing from Metz Ville and arriving at Linz Hauptbahnhof via Strasbourg and Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 18m.
The distance between Metz and Linz is 817 km. The road distance is 711.2 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Linz without a car is to train which takes 10h 18m and costs €150 - €280.
It takes approximately 10h 18m to get from Metz to Linz, including transfers.
Metz to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Metz station.
Metz to Linz train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Metz Ville station.
The best way to get from Metz to Linz is to train which takes 10h 18m and costs €150 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €110 and takes 12h 45m.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Metz Ville to Linz Hauptbahnhof via Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf, and Hauptbahnhof in around 10h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Metz to Linz Industriezeile via Strasbourg in around 12h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Luxembourg to Linz Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Luxembourg to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Luxembourg to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Luxembourg to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Linz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Luxembourg to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Frankfurt to Linz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Linz Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Luxembourg to Salzburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Luxembourg to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Luxembourg to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Salzburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Vienna International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Homburg to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Homburg to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Homburg to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Mannheim Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €22–35
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–33
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Metz to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Strasbourg to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Bus from Metz Ville to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
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Booking & Getting There
Metz to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Metz to Linz train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Linz is 711 km. It takes approximately 6h 21m to drive from Metz to Linz.
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