There are 12 ways to get from Hamburg to Linz by train, bus, night train, car, car train, 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
best- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain Rj
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Ec
10h 34m€164–296Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Hamburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
12h 9m€55–140Bus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Linz Industriezeilebus N160 / ...
12h 20m€65–110Drive 831 km
- Drive from Hamburg to Linzcar 831 km
8h 32m€135–194Train via Munich
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain 961 / ...
10h 41m€192–770Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Linzcar
12h 12m€123–153Fly Hamburg Airport to Linz Airport
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane HAM - LNZ
6h 50m€188–388Fly Hamburg Airport to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane HAM - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
6h€93–307Fly Hamburg Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane HAM - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
5h 54m€97–263Fly Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane HAM - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 15m€131–342Fly Hamburg Airport to Graz Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane HAM - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
8h 20m€149–357Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BRE - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
8h 2m€174–548
Hamburg to Linz by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to Linz is to bus which costs €65 - €110 and takes 12h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to Linz is to fly and train which takes 5h 54m and costs €95 - €270.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Linz Industriezeile. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 20m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Hamburg Hbf and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 9m.
The distance between Hamburg and Linz is 943 km. The road distance is 831 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Linz without a car is to train which takes 10h 34m and costs €160 - €300.
It takes approximately 10h 34m to get from Hamburg to Linz, including transfers.
Hamburg to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Hamburg to Linz train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Hamburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Linz is to train which takes 10h 34m and costs €160 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €110 and takes 12h 20m, you could also fly, which costs €180 - €390 and takes 6h 50m.
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Hamburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf via Praha-Holesovice, Nádraží Holešovice, Hlavní Nádraží, and Praha Hlavni Nadrazi in around 10h 34m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Linz Industriezeile twice daily. Tickets cost €65–110 and the journey takes 12h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Linz Airport via Dusseldorf, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Graz Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Bremen Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Bremen Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Salzburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Vienna International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Bremen Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Linz Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–65
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Schedules at
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €22–35
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
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Hamburg to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Linz Industriezeile station.
Hamburg to Linz train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Praha-Holesovice station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hamburg to Linz is 831 km. It takes approximately 8h 32m to drive from Hamburg to Linz.
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