There are 11 ways to get from Brussels to Linz by train, bus, night train, car, train (Eurostar), or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Nuernberg Hbf to Passau Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Re
10h 43m€183–389Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
13h 30m€55–140Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Salzburg Southbus N884 / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Linz Industriezeilebus 861 / ...
17h 45m€96–150Drive 904.7 km
- Drive from Brussels to Linzcar 904.7 km
8h 4m€153–220Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbftrain Nj / ...
13h 30m€190–290Train #2
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain 90N
13h 53m€206–362Fly Brussels Airport to Linz Airport
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane BRU - LNZ
7h 53m€207–468Fly Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BRU - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
6h€99–303Fly Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BRU - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 44m€163–354Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CRL - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 20m€77–350Fly Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BRU - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
9h 5m€111–317
Brussels to Linz by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Linz is to night train which costs €55 - €140 and takes 13h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Linz is to fly and train which takes 6h and costs €95 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Brussels station to Linz. However, there are services departing from Brussels-North train station and arriving at Linz Industriezeile via Salzburg South. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 45m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Brussels-Nord and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf. This train operates Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 13h 30m.
The distance between Brussels and Linz is 942 km. The road distance is 904.7 km.
The best way to get from Brussels to Linz without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 10h 43m and costs €180 - €390.
It takes approximately 10h 43m to get from Brussels to Linz, including transfers.
Brussels to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brussels-North train station.
Brussels to Linz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Brussels-Nord station.
The best way to get from Brussels to Linz is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 10h 43m and costs €180 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €150 and takes 17h 45m, you could also fly, which costs €200 - €470 and takes 7h 53m.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Brussels-Nord to Linz/Donau Hbf via Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf, Nuernberg Hbf, and Passau Hbf in around 10h 43m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brussels-North train station to Linz Industriezeile via Salzburg South in around 17h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Vienna International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Vienna International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €190–290
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Central to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- agilis
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Schedules at
- agilis
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Passau Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Passau Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Passau Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–70
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–80
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Salzburg South
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salzburg South to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Salzburg South to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Salzburg South to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- Arda Tur
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Booking & Getting There
Brussels to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Salzburg South station.
Brussels to Linz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brussels to Linz is 905 km. It takes approximately 8h 4m to drive from Brussels to Linz.
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