Winterthur to Linz train

Trains from Winterthur to Linz start at €63.59 and take 4h 17m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Winterthur to Linz starts at €63.59 and takes 4h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 488 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 17mDoor to door
  • 3h 33mMoving
  • €63.59From
  • 16.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€57.54
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB260407:301h 58m09:28EglisauMarkt Schwaben station
  2. ÖBB-Personenverkehr BB616911:001h 51m12:51Markt Schwaben stationLinz Hauptbahnhof

Changes at Bogenhausen, with 92 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 5mCO2 16.2 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€59.19
  1. ÖBB-Personenverkehr BB381106:373h 33m10:10EglisauLinz Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 4h 17mCO2 16.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€58.09
  1. ÖBB-Personenverkehr BB166007:301h 47m09:17EglisauInnsbruck Hauptbahnhof
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB213510:151h 46m12:01Innsbruck HauptbahnhofLinz Hauptbahnhof

Changes at Innsbruck, with 58 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 15mCO2 15.8 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
ÖBB-Personenverkehr€59.194h 4m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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Where to stay in Linz

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Booking window

When to book Winterthur to Linz

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

  1. €61.9490 days
  2. €45.4460 days
  3. €50.3945 days
  4. €56.9930 days
  5. €64.1421 days
  6. €90.5414 days
  7. €124.097 days
  8. €120.243 days
  9. €152.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 236 percent. The most expensive point is €152.69, 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. €74.59Sun
  2. €67.44Mon
  3. €63.59Tue
  4. €69.09Wed
  5. €90.54Thu
  6. €88.89Fri
  7. €89.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Winterthur

Rail
  • Eglisau
  • Rafz
  • Andelfingen

Linz

Rail
  • Linz Hauptbahnhof
  • Bahnhof Linz Urfahr
  • Linz Oed railway station
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 488 km against 424 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 Innsbruck, Bogenhausen, Salzburg, Munich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Winterthur at 06:37 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Winterthur to Linz

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 Winterthur to Linz take?

The Train from Winterthur to Linz takes 4h 17m door to door, of which 3h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 488 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 Winterthur to Linz cost?

The Train from Winterthur to Linz starts at €63.59 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €58.64. 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 Winterthur to Linz?

1 operators run the Train from Winterthur to Linz: ÖBB-Personenverkehr. 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 Winterthur to Linz use?

The Train from Winterthur to Linz leaves from Eglisau and arrives at Linz 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 Winterthur to Linz?

Fares for the Train from Winterthur to Linz bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 236 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Winterthur to Linz produce?

The Train from Winterthur to Linz produces about 16.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 488 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 Winterthur to Linz?

Operators on the Train from Winterthur to Linz publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 17m 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 modeled 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 Winterthur to Linz on September 10, 2026: 488 km of route against 424 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €63.59, and 4h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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