Cluj-Napoca to Vienna train
Trains from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna start at €68.54 and take 4h 53m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna starts at €68.54 and takes 4h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 566 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 53mDoor to door
- 4h 9mMoving
- €68.54 to €144.99From
- 06:05 to 18:18First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 18.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€68.54 to €144.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €121.89Wed16
- about €144.99Thu17
- about €125.74Fri18
- about €111.99Sat19
- about €107.04Sun20
- about €105.94Mon21
- about €77.89Tue22
- about €82.84Wed23
- about €99.89Thu24
- about €96.59Fri25
- about €107.59Sat26
- about €83.94Sun27
- about €78.99Mon28
- about €68.54Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 cfr | €58.64 | 4h 35m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Cluj-Napoca to Vienna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.5790 days
- €44.7260 days
- €46.3745 days
- €46.9230 days
- €40.8721 days
- €46.3714 days
- €54.077 days
- €60.133 days
- €84.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €37.57.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 124 percent. The dearest point is €84.33, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €52.98Sun
- €47.48Mon
- €46.37Tue
- €50.78Wed
- €57.38Thu
- €52.43Fri
- €66.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Cluj-Napoca
- Cluj Napoca
- Cluj-Napoca Est railway station
- Boju railway station
Vienna
- Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Wien Hbf
- Nordbahnhof, Vienna
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 566 km against 566 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Buda, Oradea, Bratislava, Pest. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cluj-Napoca at 06:05 and the last at 18:18, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 19m | 1h 9m | 3h 10m | €55.01 | 143.4 kg | 9 |
| Train | 4h 53m | 4h 9m | 44m | €68.54 | 18.7 kg | 5 |
Questions about Cluj-Napoca to Vienna
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna take?
The Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna takes 4h 53m door to door, of which 4h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 566 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna cost?
The Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna starts at €68.54 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €71.29. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna?
1 operators run the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna: cfr. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna use?
The Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna leaves from Cluj Napoca and arrives at Wien Hauptbahnhof. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna?
Travelling from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna by Flight costs €55.01 and takes 4h 19m door to door, against 4h 53m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna?
Fares for the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €37.57. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 124 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna produce?
The Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna produces about 18.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 566 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna?
Operators on the Train from Cluj-Napoca to Vienna publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 53m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cluj-Napoca to Vienna on 15 September 2026: 566 km of route against 566 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €68.54, and 4h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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