Classic route
REX Wien–Sopron
Vienna → Sopron · Austria · Hungary
REX Wien–Sopron in pictures
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- Distance
- 73 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 15 min
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- GySEV · ÖBB
- Train
- GySEV REX
- Countries
- Austria, Hungary
- In service since
- 1879
Page last updated 2026-07-30 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Vienna into Hungary the old imperial way: Wiener Neustadt, the Ödenburg plain, and GySEV’s green-and-yellow home town of Sopron.
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