There are 7 ways to get from Zermatt to Lienz by train, bus, train (Trenitalia), 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, bus
best- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Innsbruck Südbahnstraßebus
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Hbf to Lienz Bahnhof Abus
13h 17mTrain, bus via Gallarate
cheapest- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain Gex / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain S9 / ...
- Take the bus from Malpensa Airport - Milan to San Lorenzo di Sebatobus
- Take the train from S.Lorenzo St Lorenzen to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
13h 55m€132–219Train
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain Gex / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Ec
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Fortezza/Franzensfestetrain 89
- Take the train from Fortezza/Franzensfes to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
13h 18m€157–262Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane LIN - TRS
- Take the train from Trieste Airport to Villach Hbftrain
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
13h 3m€155–343Train, bus via Mels
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Churtrain 900 / ...
- Take the train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Hbf to Lienz Bahnhof Abus
13h 31mTrain, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, bus
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take the bus from Venice to Dobbiacobus
- Take the train from Dobbiaco Toblach to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
12h 54m€188–430Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Visp to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane GVA - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter Seetrain
- Take the train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
14h€183–693
Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Lienz is to train and bus via Gallarate which costs €130 - €220 and takes 13h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Lienz is to train and fly and bus which takes 12h 54m and costs €180 - €430.
No, there is no direct train from Zermatt to Lienz. However, there are services departing from Zermatt, Bahnhof and arriving at Lienz In Osttirol via Brig, Domodossola, Verona Porta Nuova and Fortezza/Franzensfes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 18m.
The distance between Zermatt and Lienz is 689 km.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Lienz without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 17m to get from Zermatt to Lienz, including transfers.
Zermatt to Lienz train services, operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, depart from Zermatt, Bahnhof station.
Zermatt to Lienz train services, operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, arrive at Brig Bahnhofplatz station.
There are 627+ hotels available in Lienz.
What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Lienz, Tyrol, Austria?
You can take a train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Lienz In Osttirol via Brig Bahnhofplatz, Brig, Domodossola, Verona Porta Nuova, and Fortezza/Franzensfes in around 13h 18m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €28–35
- 1st Class Ticket
- €45–60
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- info@glacierexpress.ch
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €60–80
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Fortezza/Franzensfeste
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €41–46
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fortezza/Franzensfes to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Trieste Airport to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from S.Lorenzo St Lorenzen to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Dobbiaco Toblach to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Trieste Airport to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €26–40
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €20–30
Train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €25–40
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–24
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €28–35
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Innsbruck Südbahnstraße
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venice to Dobbiaco
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5254 3550
- info@oetztaler.at
- Website
- oetztaler.at
Bus from Innsbruck Hbf to Lienz Bahnhof A
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- oetztaler.at
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- info@suedtirolbus.it
- Website
- clevertransfer.eu
Bus from Malpensa Airport - Milan to San Lorenzo di Sebato
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
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