Cheapest€78.44
- ÖBB-Personenverkehr BB801806:155h 9m11:24Salzburg HauptbahnhofRoma Termini
Door to door 5h 53mCO2 25.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Salzburg to Rome train
Trains from Salzburg to Rome start at €81.74 and take 5h 53m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Salzburg to Rome on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Salzburg to Rome starts at €81.74 and takes 5h 53m door to door, run by 2 operators over 757 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 5h 53mDoor to door
- 5h 9mMoving
- €81.74 to €248.39From
- 06:15 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 25.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€81.74 to €248.39 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 €185.14Wed16
- about €248.39Thu17
- about €145.54Fri18
- about €158.19Sat19
- about €138.94Sun20
- about €138.94Mon21
- about €94.39Tue22
- about €118.59Wed23
- about €144.44Thu24
- about €126.84Fri25
- about €128.49Sat26
- about €127.94Sun27
- about €104.29Mon28
- about €81.74Tue29
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 October 6, 2026
Lowest CO2€80.64
- DB Fernverkehr DB193307:303h 35m11:05Salzburg HauptbahnhofRimini
- DB Fernverkehr DB101212:201h 50m14:10RiminiRoma Termini
Changes at Rimini, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 7h 24mCO2 24.2 kgChanges 1Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €81.74 | 5h 53m |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr | €78.44 | 5h 51m |
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When to book Salzburg to Rome
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €84.4990 days
- €86.1460 days
- €91.6445 days
- €89.9930 days
- €78.4421 days
- €81.7414 days
- €94.397 days
- €145.543 days
- €185.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €78.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 136 percent. The most expensive point is €185.14, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €127.94Sun
- €104.29Mon
- €81.74Tue
- €118.59Wed
- €144.44Thu
- €126.84Fri
- €128.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Salzburg
Rail
- Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Salzburg Hbf
- Salzburg Hbf Bahnsteige (11-12)
Rome
Rail
- Roma Termini
- Ciampino
- Roma Balduina
What the journey actually 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 Rimini, Terni, Venice, Perugia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Salzburg at 06:15 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 Salzburg to Rome
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 Salzburg to Rome take?
The Train from Salzburg to Rome takes 5h 53m door to door, of which 5h 9m 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 Salzburg to Rome cost?
The Train from Salzburg to Rome starts at €81.74 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €80.92. 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 Salzburg to Rome?
2 operators run the Train from Salzburg to Rome: 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 Salzburg to Rome use?
The Train from Salzburg to Rome leaves from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Roma Termini. 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 Salzburg to Rome?
Fares for the Train from Salzburg to Rome bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €78.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Salzburg to Rome produce?
The Train from Salzburg to Rome 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 Salzburg to Rome?
Operators on the Train from Salzburg to Rome publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 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.
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 Salzburg to Rome on September 15, 2026: 757 km of route against 658 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €81.74, and 5h 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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