Vienna to Cluj-Napoca by train
Travel from Vienna (Austria) to Cluj-Napoca (Romania) by train (566km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel from Vienna to Cluj-Napoca by train, read the following information. You find timetables and ticket prices online via our booking links.
There are two main routes. Compare them and decide which one feeds your needs best.
- 1Vienna (Austria) - Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
- 2Vienna (Austria) - Budapest (Hungary) - Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
566 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 Vienna to Cluj-Napoca, 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
Cluj-Napoca - Vienna / Vienna - Arad / Vienna - Brașov / Vienna - Sibiu / Vienna - Timișoara / Graz - Bucharest / Graz - Brașov / Linz - Bucharest / Salzburg - Bucharest1 Vienna (Austria) - Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
1a Travelling from Vienna (Austria) to Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
To travel from Austria to Romania by train, we recommend you a direct night train. You find the exact schedule and ticket prices via our booking links.
It is also possible to split your route. First from your departure place in Austria by Railjet train to Budapest (Hungary). From Budapest you continue by train to Romania (Bucharest, Brașov, Sighișoara, Arad, Timișoara).
It might be the case that you have to book more than one ticket.
1) From a smaller place in Austria to the departure place of the international train (Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg).
2) Then for the international train itself.
3) And finally to continue to your destination place in Romania.
Where to buy a ticket from Vienna to Cluj-Napoca?
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night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 346 Bucharest - Vienna / EN 347 Vienna - Bucharest
train company:
ÖBB Österreichische Bundesbahnen / CFR Căile Ferate Române
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Cluj-Napoca - Vienna / Vienna - Bucharest / Graz - Bucharest / Linz - Bucharest / Salzburg - Bucharest / Innsbruck - Bucharest
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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2 Vienna (Austria) - Budapest (Hungary) - Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
2a Travelling from Vienna (Austria) to Budapest (Hungary)
To travel from Vienna to Budapest by train, use of a Railjet train. The journey time is 2,5 hours. Ticket prices start from 14 EUR in second class and from 24 EUR in first class. The saver fares of Austrian railways ÖBB are called "Sparschiene". As earlier you book, as cheaper the tickets are.
The train connection is direct and you do not have to change trains. There are frequent train connections on this route: at least eight per day. Find the exact schedules and ticket fares via our booking links.
Departure is at the Vienna central train station "Wien Hauptbahnhof". The arrival railway station in Budapest is "Budapest Keleti".
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Railjet (RJ)
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Budapest - Vienna
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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2b Travelling from Budapest (Hungary) to Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
To travel from Hungary to Romania by train, buy your train tickets from Hungarian railway MAV START. They offer a variety of discounts for one way and return journeys as well as the cheap advance fare "Fortuna" tickets. Online tickets from MAV START have to be printed from ticket machines at stations in Hungary! Of course you can buy all tickets at international ticket desks at stations in Hungary as well.
International services run mainly from Budapest via the Lököshaza/Curtici border crossing to Arad and from there either to Timisoara and onwards to Craiova and Bucharest or via Simeria - Sibiu/Sighisoara - Brasov to Bucharest. Additional international express trains run via the Biharkresztes/Episcopia Bihor border crossing to Oradea - Cluj Napoca - Brasov.
Where to buy a ticket from Budapest to Cluj-Napoca?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
InterCity (IC) / Györsvonat (G)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 347 Vienna - Bucharest / IC 407 Budapest - Brașov / EN 473 Budapest - Bucharest / IC 79/1696 Budapest - Bucharest
train company:
MÁV Magyar Államvasutak - MÁV START / CFR Căile Ferate Române
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Cluj-Napoca - Budapest / Budapest - Bucharest / Budapest - Brașov / Budapest - Timișoara / Budapest - Iași / Budapest - Sibiu
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
rail.cc Deutsche Bahn / MAV Hungary
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Eurail: if you want to travel this route by Eurail instead of train tickets, have a look here for reservation fees and further information.
