There are 11 ways to get from Vienna to Aarau by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VIE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Aarautrain
5h 1mCHF 100–223Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Vienna Erdberg to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus 882 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Aarautrain Ic5 / ...
10h 42mCHF 58–116Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Aarautrain Ic5 / ...
8h 24mCHF 109–181Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Zürich HBnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Aarautrain Ic5 / ...
13h 31mCHF 261–736Fly Vienna International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Basel (BSL)plane VIE - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Oltentrain
5h 8mCHF 74–268Fly Vienna International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH)plane VIE - ACH
- Take the train from Rorschach to Aarautrain
6h 25mCHF 259–563Train to Graz Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GRZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Aarautrain
7h 49mCHF 149–463Fly Vienna International Airport to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane VIE - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Aarautrain
7h 48mCHF 117–358Fly Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane VIE - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Aarautrain
7h 30mCHF 143–418Drive 745 km
- Drive from Vienna to Aaraucar 745 km
7h 27mCHF 118–171Drive, car train
- Drive from Vienna to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Aaraucar
9h 6mCHF 189–260
Vienna to Aarau by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Aarau is to bus and train which costs SFr 55 - SFr 120 and takes 10h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Aarau is to fly and train which takes 5h 1m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to Aarau. However, there are services departing from Wien Hbf and arriving at Aarau via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 24m.
The distance between Vienna and Aarau is 673 km. The road distance is 745 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Aarau without a car is to train which takes 8h 24m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 190.
It takes approximately 5h 1m to get from Vienna to Aarau, including transfers.
Vienna to Aarau train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Wien Hbf station.
Vienna to Aarau train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Zuerich Hb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vienna to Aarau is 745 km. It takes approximately 7h 27m to drive from Vienna to Aarau.
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What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Aarau, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Wien Hbf to Aarau via Zuerich Hb and Zürich HB in around 8h 24m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Website
- peoples.ch
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Wien Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Rorschach to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 95–140
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- 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 Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 35–60
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- 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 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna Erdberg to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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