There are 11 ways to get from Lugano to Linz by bus, train (Trenitalia), 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.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Lugano to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus N76 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Linz Industriezeilebus FlixBus 882 / ...
10h 20m€46–84Train
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx
10h 40m€128–217Drive 644.1 km
- Drive from Lugano to Linzcar 644.1 km
6h 41m€117–168Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane MXP - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 13m€68–267Train via Innsbruck
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx
10h 51m€133–377Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Munich Airport Terminal 2bus : Milan Lampugnano Bus Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain 969 / ...
13h 6m€86–167Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane LIN - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 28m€64–271Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BGY - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
7h 46m€90–348Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane MXP - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
9h 16m€122–328Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LIN - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
9h 27m€148–382Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MXP - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Rybniktrain
- Take the train from Rybnik to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
11h 31m€100–271
Lugano to Linz by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Linz is to bus which costs €45 - €85 and takes 10h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Linz is to drive which takes 6h 41m and costs €110 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Lugano to Linz. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Linz Industriezeile via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to Linz. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf via Zuerich Hb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 40m.
The distance between Lugano and Linz is 647 km. The road distance is 644.1 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Linz without a car is to bus which takes 10h 20m and costs €45 - €85.
It takes approximately 10h 20m to get from Lugano to Linz, including transfers.
Lugano to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Linz train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Lugano to Linz is to bus which takes 10h 20m and costs €45 - €85. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €120 - €220 and takes 10h 40m.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Linz, Austria?
You can take a bus from Lugano to Linz Industriezeile via Munich central bus station in around 10h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lugano to Linz/Donau Hbf via Zuerich Hb in around 10h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–470
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–470
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–410
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–470
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–370
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €85–130
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €45–70
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €45–70
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
- 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
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 Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- 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 Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Rybnik
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Rybnik to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Rybnik to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lugano to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lugano to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Munich Airport Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Munich central bus station to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €31
- Website
- Arda Tur
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
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Booking & Getting There
Lugano to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Lugano to Linz train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Zuerich Hb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lugano to Linz is 644 km. It takes approximately 6h 41m to drive from Lugano to Linz.
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