There are 10 ways to get from Mechelen to Linz by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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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
11h 55m€185–401Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
14h 27m€59–146Bus
- Take the bus from Rumst Busstation to Antwerpen Roosevelt perron B7bus X19
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Passau central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Passau Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer to Linz/Donau Obere Donauländebus 670
18h€104–161Drive 895.4 km
- Drive from Mechelen to Linzcar 895.4 km
8h 10m€151–218Train
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Linz Hbftrain Nj / ...
14h 45m€194–296Fly to Linz Airport
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane BRU - LNZ
7h 52m€207–469Fly 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
5h 59m€99–304Fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane BRU - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 27m€157–423Fly 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 43m€163–355Fly 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 4m€111–318
Mechelen to Linz by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to night train which costs €55 - €150 and takes 14h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to fly and train which takes 5h 59m and costs €95 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Mechelen to Linz. However, there are services departing from Mechelen Biest and arriving at Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände via Rumst Busstation, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats and Passau Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h.
No, there is no direct train from Mechelen to Linz. However, there are services departing from Malines and arriving at Linz/Donau Hbf via Brussels-Nord, Frankfurt, Nuernberg Hbf and Passau Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 55m.
The distance between Mechelen and Linz is 962 km. The road distance is 895.4 km.
The best way to get from Mechelen to Linz without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 11h 55m and costs €180 - €410.
It takes approximately 11h 55m to get from Mechelen to Linz, including transfers.
Mechelen to Linz bus services, operated by De Lijn, depart from Rumst Busstation.
Mechelen to Linz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Brussels-Nord station.
The best way to get from Mechelen to Linz is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 11h 55m and costs €180 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €170 and takes 18h, you could also fly, which costs €200 - €470 and takes 7h 52m.
What companies run services between Mechelen, Belgium and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Malines to Linz/Donau Hbf via Brussels-Nord, Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf, Nuernberg Hbf, and Passau Hbf in around 11h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mechelen Biest to Linz/Donau Obere Donaulände via Rumst Busstation, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats, and Passau Hbf Haltestelle 13/Reisebüro Niedermayer in around 18h.
- 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 Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to 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
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- €65–110
- 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 Muenchen Ost to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- 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
- €21–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- 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 Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €22–35
- 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
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- 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
- €65–80
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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)
- Phone
- +32 70 22 02 00
- Website
- De Lijn
Bus from Rumst Busstation to Antwerpen Roosevelt perron B7
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- De Lijn
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Passau central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- 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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Booking & Getting There
Mechelen to Linz bus services, operated by De Lijn, arrive at Antwerpen Roosevelt perron B7 station.
Mechelen to Linz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mechelen to Linz is 895 km. It takes approximately 8h 10m to drive from Mechelen to Linz.
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