International high-speed trains in Austria

Railjet

• Links Austria to several European cities on the routes:
  • Vienna – Linz – Munich – Stuttgart - Frankfurt
  • Vienna – Gyor – Budapest
  • Graz – Vienna – Brno – Prague
  • Bratislava – Vienna – Salzburg – Innsbruck – Zurich
  • Vienna – Graz – Villach – Venice
  • Munich – Innsbruck – Verona/Bologna/Venice
    
    • Seat reservations are optional all year round only for domestic Austrian trips
    • Mandatory supplement if you are travelling to/from/within Italy.    
    • 1st class: €15 (including supplement)
    • 2nd class: €10 (including supplement)
    • Business Class upgrade: €30 (including supplement)
    • A supplement can be bought on board for a small extra fee, costing €5, on top of the standard fee mentioned above
      

RegioJet

• The yellow RegioJet trains connect Vienna with Brno and Prague (Czech Republic). You need an Interrail Global Pass to travel on this train. Reservations available via RegioJet.

ICE

• Links Austria to several cities in Germany on the routes:
  • Vienna – Nürnberg – Frankfurt – Cologne – Dortmund
  • Vienna – Nürnberg – Erfurt – Berlin - Hamburg
  • Innsbruck – Munich – Stuttgart – Berlin
  •  Innsbruck – Bregenz  – Stuttgart – Berlin

EuroCity

• Links Austria to several European cities on the routes:
  • Vienna – Ljubljana – Trieste
  • Graz – Vienna – Ostrava – Wroclaw/Krakow – Rzeszów – Przemysl
  • Klagenfurt – Salzburg – Munich – Cologne – Dortmund
  • Zagreb – Ljubljana – Salzburg – Munich - Frankfurt
  • Munich  - Innsbruck – Verona – Venice/Bologna/Rimini
    • Mandatory supplement if you are travelling to/from/within Italy. 
    • 1st class: €15 
    • 2nd class: €10 
    • A supplement can be bought on the train for an additional fee, costing another €5

Westbahn

• Runs frequent trains on routes from Vienna to Munich, Stuttgart and Lindau
• 2nd class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class
• 1st class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class or an upgrade for Comfort and First class

Private railway companies in Austria

The following private railway companies accept Interrail Passes on their trains:

• Micotra trains operate on the route Villach – Tarvisio (Italy)
• Westbahn
  • Vienna – Linz – Salzburg – Innsbruck – Bregenz – Lindau
  • Vienna – Linz – Salzburg – Munich – Stuttgart
  • Vienna – Linz – Salzburg – St. Johann im Pongau
  • 2nd class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class
  • 1st class Passholders can buy a reservation for Standard Class or an upgrade for Comfort and First class
• Raaberbahn, ONLY from Ebenfurt to Sopron and from Neusiedl/See to Pamhagen (Gr)
• RegioJet trains connect Vienna with Brno and Prague (Czech Republic). You need a Interrail Global Pass to travel with this train

For more details, check railways comapnies covered by this Pass.