City to city
Paris to Vienna by train
Gare de l'Est → Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Fastest
- ≈ 10h 25m
- Typical
- ≈ 11h 51m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- Trains Express Régionaux, DB Fernverkehr AG, OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, RER
Trains link Paris (Gare de l'Est) and Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) in about 10h 25m at best, with at least 1 change along the way. The corridor is part of the Nightjet — 1,200 km, typically ≈ 14 h — one of 744 routes plotted in the TrainRouter atlas.
How long does the train from Paris to Vienna take?
The fastest trains cover Paris to Vienna in about 10h 25m; a typical journey takes around 11h 51m.
Is there a direct train from Paris to Vienna?
Usually not — expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Which operators run trains from Paris to Vienna?
Trains Express Régionaux, DB Fernverkehr AG, OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, RER.
This corridor in the atlas
- Nightjet Revived in 2021 after a 14-year gap: dinner near the Eiffel Tower, breakfast on the Danube.
Legendary routes through Paris or Vienna
- Eurostar London → Paris
- TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
Sleepers too: night trains from Paris · night trains from Vienna.
More trains from Paris
- Paris → Reims ≈ 44 min · direct
- Paris → Lille ≈ 1h 13m · direct
- Paris → Brussels ≈ 1h 22m · direct
- Paris → Rennes ≈ 1h 30m · direct
- Paris → Dijon ≈ 1h 38m · direct
- Paris → Nancy ≈ 1h 39m · direct
More train routes in France · Germany · Austria.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data — exact times vary by day; always check the operator when booking.