Fastest€39.94
- ČD D231416:511h 45m18:36Wien HauptbahnhofBuda station
Door to door 2h 29mCO2 8.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Vienna to Buda train
Trains from Vienna to Buda start at €32.79 and take 2h 29m at their fastest.
The Trains from Vienna to Buda starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 29m door to door, run by 5 operators over 246 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 29mDoor to door
- 1h 45mMoving
- €32.79From
- 8.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 ČD | €32.24 |
 České Dráhy | €27.29 |
 ÖBB | €30.59 |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr | €31.14 |
 Ukrainian Railways | €28.94 |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Buda is not something we sell.
A room in Buda for the night the train gets in
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Vienna to Buda
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.2390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €13.3845 days
- €14.4830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €18.8814 days
- €24.387 days
- €23.283 days
- €33.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 188 percent. The dearest point is €33.73, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €17.78Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €15.03Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €19.98Thu
- €18.88Fri
- €18.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Vienna
Rail
- Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Wien Hbf
- Nordbahnhof, Vienna
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
- 88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 246 km against 214 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bratislava, Győr, Petržalka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Vienna at 06:04 and the last at 17:10, across 18 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 29m | 1h 45m | 44m | €32.79 | 8.1 kg | 18 |
| Coach | 4h 3m | 3h 19m | 44m | €15.03 | 6.6 kg | 6 |
Questions about Vienna to Buda
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 Vienna to Buda take?
The Train from Vienna to Buda takes 2h 29m door to door, of which 1h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 246 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 Vienna to Buda cost?
The Train from Vienna to Buda starts at €32.79 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €36.64. 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 Vienna to Buda?
5 operators run the Train from Vienna to Buda: ČD, České Dráhy, ÖBB, ÖBB-Personenverkehr, Ukrainian Railways. Between them they file around 18 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 Vienna to Buda use?
The Train from Vienna to Buda leaves from Wien Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Buda station. 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 Vienna to Buda?
Travelling from Vienna to Buda by Coach costs €15.03 and takes 4h 3m door to door, against 2h 29m 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 Vienna to Buda?
Fares for the Train from Vienna to Buda bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 188 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Vienna to Buda produce?
The Train from Vienna to Buda produces about 8.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 246 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 Vienna to Buda?
Operators on the Train from Vienna to Buda publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 29m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Vienna to Buda on 11 September 2026: 246 km of route against 214 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Buda before you go
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