There are 10 ways to get from Leuven to Linz by train (Eurostar), train, bus, night train, car, 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 Munich
best- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz/Donau Hbftrain 967 / ...
10h 57m€143–402Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
15h 20m€58–143Train, bus
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Liège Guillemins to Passau central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Passau Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer to Linz/Donau Obere Donauländebus 670
15h 19m€100–160Drive 878.7 km
- Drive from Leuven to Linzcar 878.7 km
7h 45m€148–214Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbftrain Nj / ...
14h 45m€195–310Fly Brussels Airport to Linz Airport
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane BRU - LNZ
7h 57m€208–472Fly 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 4m€100–317Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Louvain 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 24m€78–372Fly 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 Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 4m€148–417Fly 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 8m€112–316
Leuven to Linz by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Linz is to night train which costs €55 - €150 and takes 15h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Linz is to fly and train which takes 6h 4m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Linz. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf via Liege-Guillemins, Koeln Hbf, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 57m.
The distance between Leuven and Linz is 1032 km. The road distance is 878.7 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Linz without a car is to train via Munich which takes 10h 57m and costs €140 - €410.
It takes approximately 10h 57m to get from Leuven to Linz, including transfers.
Leuven to Linz train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Louvain station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Linz is to train via Munich which takes 10h 57m and costs €140 - €410. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €200 - €480 and takes 7h 57m.
Leuven to Linz train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Liège-Guillemins station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leuven to Linz is 879 km. It takes approximately 7h 45m to drive from Leuven to Linz.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Louvain to Linz/Donau Hbf via Liege-Guillemins, Koeln Hbf, Koeln Messe/Deutz, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf, and Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 in around 10h 57m. Alternatively, Brussels Airlines, DAT Danish Air Transport, and five other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Linz Airport (LNZ) 5 times a day.
- 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
- €220–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
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
- €65–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to 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
- €75–260
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
- €65–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Linz Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 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
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- 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
- €220–600
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €85–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–70
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €18–23
- 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
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €22–35
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- 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
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €74
- 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 Liège Guillemins to Passau central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 17 17
- [email protected]
- Website
- ÖBB-Postbus
Bus from Passau Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer to Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- ÖBB-Postbus
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