There are 10 ways to get from Vienna to Olten by plane, train, bus, or car
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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 Oltentrain
5h 6mCHF 105–263Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Vienna Erdberg to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N882 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
11h 4mCHF 65–105Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
8h 36mCHF 116–171Drive 758.4 km
- Drive from Vienna to Oltencar 758.4 km
7h 43mCHF 120–173Fly 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
4h 55mCHF 81–298Fly 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 Oltentrain
6h 36mCHF 304–603Train 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 Oltentrain
7h 54mCHF 154–503Fly 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 Oltentrain
7h 18mCHF 144–443Fly 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 Oltentrain
7h 59mCHF 124–358Train via Bregenz
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bregenztrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich HBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Oltentrain Ic5 / ...
10h 22mCHF 174–349
Vienna to Olten by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Olten is to bus and train which costs SFr 65 - SFr 110 and takes 11h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Olten is to fly and train which takes 4h 55m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to Olten. However, there are services departing from Wien Hbf and arriving at Olten via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 36m.
The distance between Vienna and Olten is 686 km. The road distance is 758.4 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Olten without a car is to train which takes 8h 36m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 180.
It takes approximately 5h 6m to get from Vienna to Olten, including transfers.
Vienna to Olten train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Wien Hbf station.
Vienna to Olten train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Zuerich Hb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vienna to Olten is 758 km. It takes approximately 7h 43m to drive from Vienna to Olten.
Book your Vienna to Olten train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Olten, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Wien Hbf to Olten via Zuerich Hb and Zürich HB in around 8h 36m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–400
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–470
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- 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 110–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
- 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 250–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–240
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Rorschach to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bregenz to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- 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 Zürich HB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Schedules at
- 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/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- 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 40–70
- 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 22–35
- 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/
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 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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