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If you want to travel from Vienna to Aachen by train, you've come to the right place.
You can expect the journey from Vienna to Aachen by train to take around 11 hours 29 minutes. If you want to get there as quickly as possible, it can take as little as 8 hours 47 minutes on the fastest services. You’ll usually find around 23 trains per day running on this route, which spans 494 miles (795 km). There’s no need for any changes along the way, as there are direct trains available to Aachen. ÖBB trains are the main operator of services on this route, so you're likely to travel with them for all or at least part of your journey to Aachen.
Use our Journey Planner at the top of the page to search for cheap ticket prices and we'll show you how much you can save. Tickets from Vienna to Aachen start from £43.89 when you book in advance.
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ÖBB is the major railway company for Austria, subdivided into several subsidiaries, responsible for certain areas of transport, such as long distance and local transport, the operation of postal buses and the transport of goods. Railjet is ÖBB's high-speed train, which travels at speeds of up to 143 mph (230 km/h) and connects the main Austrian cities with Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Italy.
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