Nuremberg to Vienna train

Trains from Nuremberg to Vienna start at €54.79 and take 3h 35m at their fastest.

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Skyline of St. Charles's Church (Vienna), seen from the Freihaus of the Vienna University of Technology

The Trains from Nuremberg to Vienna starts at €54.79 and takes 3h 35m door to door, run by 2 operators over 411 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 35mDoor to door
  • 2h 51mMoving
  • €54.79From
  • 13.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Fastest€48.74
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB597017:222h 51m20:13Nurnberg HauptbahnhofWien Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 35mCO2 13.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
ČD€43.793h 35m
DB Fernverkehr€47.643h 33m
  • ČD
  • DB Fernverkehr

Vienna is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Vienna

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Nuremberg to Vienna

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €22.7390 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €18.3345 days
  4. €17.7830 days
  5. €22.7321 days
  6. €28.2314 days
  7. €34.287 days
  8. €33.183 days
  9. €46.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 191 percent. The dearest point is €46.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €26.58Sun
  2. €25.48Mon
  3. €23.83Tue
  4. €25.48Wed
  5. €29.33Thu
  6. €30.43Fri
  7. €28.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Nuremberg

Rail
  • Nurnberg Hauptbahnhof
  • Nürnberg Hbf
  • Nuremberg Hgbf

Vienna

Rail
  • Wien Hauptbahnhof
  • Wien Hbf
  • Nordbahnhof, Vienna
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 411 km against 411 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Regensburg, Salzburg, Linz, Pilsen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Nuremberg at 06:15 and the last at 17:34, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 35m2h 51m44m€54.7913.6 kg10
Flight4h 7m57m3h 10m€49.11104.3 kg4
Coach6h 13m5h 29m44m€23.8311.1 kg6

Questions about Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg to Vienna take?

The Train from Nuremberg to Vienna takes 3h 35m door to door, of which 2h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 411 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 Nuremberg to Vienna cost?

The Train from Nuremberg to Vienna starts at €54.79 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €57.27. 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 Nuremberg to Vienna?

2 operators run the Train from Nuremberg to Vienna: ČD, DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 10 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 Nuremberg to Vienna use?

The Train from Nuremberg to Vienna leaves from Nurnberg Hauptbahnhof 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 Nuremberg to Vienna?

Travelling from Nuremberg to Vienna by Flight costs €49.11 and takes 4h 7m door to door, against 3h 35m 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 Nuremberg to Vienna?

Fares for the Train from Nuremberg to Vienna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Nuremberg to Vienna produce?

The Train from Nuremberg to Vienna produces about 13.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 411 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 Nuremberg to Vienna?

Operators on the Train from Nuremberg to Vienna publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Nuremberg to Vienna on 12 September 2026: 411 km of route against 411 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €54.79, and 3h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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