Moscow to Vienna by train
Travel from Moscow (Russia) to Vienna (Austria) by train (1670km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
The train connection Moscow (Russia) - Vienna (Austria) goes Belarus and Poland or Ukraine. It is also possible to travel by overnight train from Moscow to Austria. Please read the following travel information and blog posts.
There are three different travel routes. Have a look on them and decide which one fits best for you.
- 1Moscow (Russia) - Vienna (Austria)
- 2Moscow (Russia) - Warsaw (Poland) - Vienna (Austria)
- 3Moscow (Russia) - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Bratislava (Slovakia) - Vienna (Austria)
1670 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Moscow to Vienna, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Vienna - Moscow / Moscow - Graz / Moscow - Innsbruck / Moscow - Linz / Moscow - Klagenfurt / Moscow - Salzburg / Saint Petersburg - Vienna / Saint Petersburg - Graz / Saint Petersburg - Linz / Saint Petersburg - Salzburg1 Moscow (Russia) - Vienna (Austria)
1a Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Vienna (Austria)
Travel from Russia to Austria by direct overnight train once per week. This journey takes 24 hours on the travel route from Moscow to Vienna. Buy your train ticket from 180 EUR.
Find the exact train schedule and ticket fares via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Vienna?
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 100/405/22I Vienna - Moscow / EN 21E/404/101 Moscow - Vienna
train company:
RZD Российские железные дороги
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Vienna - Moscow / Moscow - Graz / Moscow - Innsbruck / Moscow - Linz / Moscow - Klagenfurt / Moscow - Salzburg / Saint Petersburg - Vienna / Saint Petersburg - Graz / Saint Petersburg - Salzburg / Vladivostok - Vienna
2 Moscow (Russia) - Warsaw (Poland) - Vienna (Austria)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
2a Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Warsaw (Poland)
Travel from Moscow to Warsaw by direct train. The journey time is 15 hours. Train tickets are available from 150 EUR. The trains run overnight via Belarus and offer compartments with 1, 2 or 4 berths. They are very comfortable and high quality.
If you want to avoid Belarus, you can travel via Ukraine.
First travel from Moscow to Kiev by overnight train. The journey time is 13 hours, tickets are available from 70 EUR. Then travel from Kiev to Warsaw by day or overnight train. The journey time is 15 hours and tickets are available from 45 EUR.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Warsaw?
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Warsaw - Moscow
2b Travelling from Warsaw (Poland) to Vienna (Austria)
Travel from Warsaw to Vienna by direct day train or overnight train. The journey time is six hours. The ticket price starts at 43 EUR. You have these two travel options:
1) The Eurocity train "Polonia". The departure time in Warsaw is 06:30. The arrival time in Vienna is 13:50.
The Eurocity train "Sobieski". Departure time in Warsaw at 14:30. The arrival time in Vienna is 21:50.
The ticket price in 2nd class starts at 43 EUR and in 1st class at 53 EUR.
These are air-conditioned trains with an inexpensive restaurant car.
2) The overnight train "Chopin" EN407 has a journey time of 11:30 hours. The departure time in Warsaw is 19:30. The arrival time in Vienna at 07:00. The following service classes are available:
- standard seats in 2nd class are available from 29 EUR.
- shared compartments with 6 or 4 beds. The toilet and a wash room is at the end of the corridor. The ticket price starts at 49/59 EUR.
- private sleeper compartments with 3, 2 or 1 bed. The deluxe compartments offer a private shower and toilet. The standard compartments have toilet and shower at the corridor of the wagon. The ticket price starts at 69/89/129 EUR.
Where to buy a ticket from Warsaw to Vienna?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
EuroCity (EC)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 406 Vienna - Warsaw / EN 407 Warsaw - Vienna
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Vienna - Warsaw
3 Moscow (Russia) - Kyiv (Ukraine) - Bratislava (Slovakia) - Vienna (Austria)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
3a Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Kyiv (Ukraine)
Travel from Moscow to Kiev by direct train. There are 3 to 4 train connections daily with an average travel time of 13 hours. Train tickets are available from 60 EUR. The overnight trains offer 2 and 4 berth compartments.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Kyiv?
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Kyiv - Moscow
3b Travelling from Kyiv (Ukraine) to Bratislava (Slovakia)
To travel from Ukraine to Slovakia by train, buy your ticket at a train station. There are no online tickets available. However it is possible to buy an online ticket to Chop and then the ticket across the border locally in Chop at the station.
There are two daily trains between the border stations of Chop and Cierna nad Tisou. One of them conveys the sleeping cars from Kiev and Lviv to Bratislava.
Where to buy a ticket from Kyiv to Bratislava?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
поїзд (UZ)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
D 771/800 Kyiv - Bratislava
train company:
ŽSSK Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko / UZ Укрзалізниця
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Bratislava - Kyiv / Kyiv - Košice / Lviv - Bratislava / Lviv - Košice
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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3c Travelling from Bratislava (Slovakia) to Vienna (Austria)
Travel from Slovakia to Austria on the main rail route from Bratislava to Vienna. There are frequent train connections available. The journey time from Bratislava to Vienna is one hour. Train tickets are available from 11 EUR.
To Bratislava you have excellent train connections from whole Slovakia. And from Vienna there are frequent train connections to every city in Austria.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Bratislava to Vienna?
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
R 800 Prešov - Bratislava / EN 442/704 Košice - Bratislava / R 17614 Humenné - Bratislava
train company:
ÖBB Österreichische Bundesbahnen / ŽSSK Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Vienna - Bratislava / Bratislava - Graz / Bratislava - Salzburg / Bratislava - Linz / Prešov - Vienna / Prešov - Graz / Prešov - Salzburg / Košice - Vienna / Košice - Graz / Košice - Salzburg
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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