The Austrian Railways – ÖBB offer daily train connections from Austria to Venice for all those who want to reach the Grand Canal while traveling safely, quickly and above all comfortably. Or starting from Venice, one can reach cities such as Klagenfurt, Vienna and then go on to discover the most beautiful capitals of Europe (Budapest, Bratislava, Prague,…).
DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM VENICE WITH MODERN RAILJETS
Daily direct connections with the ÖBB Railjet:
• Twice a day: Venice – Treviso – Pordenone – Udine – Villach – Leoben – Vienna
Daily direct connections with the ÖBB Nightjet:
• Venezia – Treviso – Conegliano – Pordenone – Udine – Villach – Linz – Vienna – Monaco – Augsburg – Ulm – Stoccarda
Direct daily connections with the ÖBB Nightjet in cooperation with Trenitalia:
• Roma – Firenze – Bologna – Vienna – Salisburgo – Monaco
• La Spezia – Levanto – Rapallo – Genova – Pavia – Milano – Brescia – Desenzano – Peschiera – Verona – Vicenza – Padova – Vienna – Salisburgo – Monaco
You can check all connections and schedules, costs etc, directly: from the OBB Italy website www.obb-italia.com
Austrian Railways ÖBB also connects the city of Bolzano directly to Vienna with modern Railjets
• Bolzano/Bozen – Bressanone/Brixen – Fortezza/Franzenfeste – Innsbruck – Salisburgo – Linz – Vienna
and by EuroCity trains connect Trieste to Vienna via Slovenia:
• Trieste – Postojna – Ljubljana – Maribor – Graz – Vienna, which from December 14, 2025, will become TRIESTE – UDINE – TARVISIO – VILLACH – KLAGENFURT – GRAZ – VIENNA.
In fact, from December 14, 2025, the new direct rail link between Trieste and Vienna will be operational with modern Railjet Xpress (RJX) trains, via Udine and Tarvisio. Thanks also to the opening of the Koralm base tunnel (Coralmtunnel), travel time will be significantly reduced. In addition, by changing in Udine, a third connection from Venice to Vienna will be available, thus offering new travel possibilities between northeastern Italy and Austria.
You can check all connections from Bolzano and Trieste to Vienna, schedules, costs etc, directly: from the OBB Italy website www.obb-italia.com
LINKS WITH COINCIDENCES
Ph. Courtesy ÖBB. Photo by H. Eisenberger
Thanks to the cooperation between Austrian Railways ÖBB and German Railways DB, you will be able to reach via the Brenner line:
• 5 times a day: Verona PN – Rovereto – Trento – Bolzano/Bozen – Bressanone/Brixen – Fortezza/Franzensfeste – Innsbruck – Wörgl – Rosenheim – Munich
• Once a day, continuing from/to Bologna, Cesena, Rimini, Riccione, Cattolica, Pesaro, Senigallia, Ancona (seasonal)
• Twice a day: continuation from/to Venice, Padua, Vicenza
All the details about links and connections, tickets, reservations and timetables are available on the OBB Italy official website: www.obb-italia.com/it/dall-italia/collegamenti
LATEST GENERATION TRAINS
On all trains ÖBB – Austrian Railways are available Economy, “1 Class” and “Business” class, and ‘free WI- FI, dining car and the possibility to carry your own bicycle (with reservation required) is available
All information regarding schedules, availability and rates are available on the website: OBB-ITALIA.COM
Ph. Courtesy ÖBB. Photos by H. Eisenberger
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