Berlin Travel Forum

How long is the rail trip between the main rail station in Berlin to the main station in Vienna? How long in Hours? Also Costs for round trip tickets and how often does it run? DAtes Dec 02, 2006 Berlin to Vienna; December 06,2006 Vienna back to Berlin.

Viele Dank,

DB´s excellent website should answer all your questions.

http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/e

Quick look shows that there direct trains take more than 9 hours.

Can´t help with fares as you can´t book more than 90 days ahead.

There are only 2 direct trains:

EC Berlin Hbf dep 09:42 Vienna Südbahnhof arr 19:03
Normal single ticket is EUR 95,00. There are e.g. discounts for return tickets if you book in advance. But this is yet not possible (only 3 months before departure).
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/e
From: Berlin
To: Vienna

EN Berlin Ostbahnhof 20:54 Vienna Westbahnhof 09:06
Specials start from EUR 39,00 in a 6-berth couchette. A double sleeper from EUR 69,00.
http://www.oebb.at/vip8/pv/en/Travel_within_Europe/Discount_products/SparSchiene_Germany/index.jsp

If going via Prague is an option for you, do so.

It will take a bit longer, but it can be cheaper if you don't get any special deals on the "direct" connection from Berlin to Vienna. The direct is in quotes because the train makes a detour around the Czech Republic and crosses the German-Austrian border at Passau. (Very nice little city btw.)

There are train connections that go the same route as the direct train leaving from Berlin almost every hour, but they all require you to change once or twice. The most convienient would be the EN 229 night train, leaving at 20:54 from Berlin Hbf and arriving in Vienna at 09:06. It is possible to order a couchette on this train, so you could sleep.

Cheaper would be the bus. Check out www.eurolines.com and www.gullivers.de