City to city

Vienna to Paris by train

Wien Hauptbahnhof → Gare de l'Est

Fastest

≈ 9h 48m

Typical

≈ 16h 07m

Direct trains

No

Fewest changes

2

Operators

OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, DB Fernverkehr AG, WESTbahn Management GmbH, FlixBus-eu

Trains link Vienna (Wien Hauptbahnhof) and Paris (Gare de l'Est) in about 9h 48m at best, with at least 2 changes 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 Vienna to Paris take?

The fastest trains cover Vienna to Paris in about 9h 48m; a typical journey takes around 16h 07m.

Is there a direct train from Vienna to Paris?

Usually not — expect at least 2 changes on this journey.

Which operators run trains from Vienna to Paris?

OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, DB Fernverkehr AG, WESTbahn Management GmbH, FlixBus-eu.

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 Vienna or Paris

• Eurostar London → Paris
• TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
• Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
• Railjet Vienna → Budapest

Sleepers too: night trains from Vienna · night trains from Paris.

More trains from Vienna

• Vienna → Bratislava ≈ 59 min · direct
• Vienna → Linz ≈ 1h 15m · direct
• Vienna → Brno ≈ 1h 31m · direct
• Vienna → Salzburg ≈ 2h 25m · direct
• Vienna → Graz ≈ 2h 26m · direct
• Vienna → Budapest ≈ 2h 48m · direct

All trains from Vienna →

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.