Rome to Salzburg train

Trains from Rome to Salzburg start at €77.34 and take 5h 51m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Rome to Salzburg starts at €77.34 and takes 5h 51m door to door, run by 2 operators over 757 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 16, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 51mDoor to door
  • 5h 7mMoving
  • €97.69 to €287.99From
  • 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 25.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€97.69 to €287.99 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.

DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Trainline lists departures for Rome to Salzburg on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €287.99Thu17
  2. about €179.09Fri18
  3. about €213.74Sat19
  4. about €138.94Sun20
  5. about €138.94Mon21
  6. about €115.84Tue22
  7. about €149.39Wed23
  8. about €151.04Thu24
  9. about €124.64Fri25
  10. about €130.14Sat26
  11. about €120.79Sun27
  12. about €115.29Mon28
  13. about €97.69Tue29
  14. about €103.19Wed30

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026

Cheapest€77.34
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB668806:395h 20m11:59Roma TerminiSalzburg Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 6h 4mCO2 25.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€87.79
  1. ÖBB-Personenverkehr BB434006:475h 7m11:54Roma TerminiSalzburg Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 5h 51mCO2 25.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€104.84
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB463107:301h 52m09:22Roma TerminiRimini
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB803511:013h 25m14:26RiminiSalzburg Hauptbahnhof

Changes at Rimini, with 99 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 40mCO2 24.2 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
DB Fernverkehr€77.345h 53m
ÖBB-Personenverkehr€78.445h 51m

The train gets you into Salzburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Salzburg for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Rome to Salzburg

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

  1. €80.6490 days
  2. €69.0960 days
  3. €93.8445 days
  4. €81.7430 days
  5. €77.3421 days
  6. €103.1914 days
  7. €149.397 days
  8. €213.743 days
  9. €287.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 317 percent. The most expensive point is €287.99, 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. €120.79Sun
  2. €115.29Mon
  3. €97.69Tue
  4. €103.19Wed
  5. €151.04Thu
  6. €124.64Fri
  7. €130.14Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rome

Rail
  • Roma Termini
  • Roma Ostiense
  • Roma Tiburtina

Salzburg

Rail
  • Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
  • Salzburg Hbf
  • Salzburg Süd Bahnhof
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 757 km against 658 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 Terni, Perugia, Rimini, Venice. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Rome at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rome to Salzburg

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Rome to Salzburg take?

The Train from Rome to Salzburg takes 5h 51m door to door, of which 5h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 757 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 Rome to Salzburg cost?

The Train from Rome to Salzburg starts at €77.34 for one passenger, as of September 16, 2026. A typical fare is €106.77. 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 Rome to Salzburg?

2 operators run the Train from Rome to Salzburg: DB Fernverkehr, ÖBB-Personenverkehr. Between them they file around 6 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 Rome to Salzburg use?

The Train from Rome to Salzburg leaves from Roma Termini and arrives at Salzburg 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.

When should I book the Train from Rome to Salzburg?

Fares for the Train from Rome to Salzburg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 317 percent, measured on September 16, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Rome to Salzburg produce?

The Train from Rome to Salzburg produces about 25.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 757 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Rome to Salzburg?

Operators on the Train from Rome to Salzburg publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 51m 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.

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.

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 Rome to Salzburg on September 16, 2026: 757 km of route against 658 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €77.34, and 5h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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