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Compare 2 ways to go from Vienna to Lucerne.

Average Price$64 - $78Average Duration17h 40m
16kg CO₂e5 out of 5 stars
Cheapest
Average Price$86 - $86Average Duration15h 49m
15kg CO₂e5 out of 5 stars
FastestMost eco-friendly
busbud logoBusbud recommends taking the bus from Vienna to Lucerne

Among the sustainable travel choices, the bus stands out as the good way to reach Lucerne. The journey takes about 17 hours 40 minutes and with fares starting at just $64, it presents an excellent value for a comfortable ride.

2bus per day
17h 40mAverage Duration
$64Cheapest ticket
16kgCO₂ emissions

Train Vienna to Lucerne: Trip Overview

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Average ticket price$86
Average train trip duration15h 49m
Number of daily trains1
Earliest train departure5:36pm
Distance383 miles (617 km)

Vienna to Lucerne Train

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About Train Travel

Train Travel Tips

Do you like to go fast? With high-speed trains going faster than 300 km/h on certain routes, the time will fly by. Taking a train between Vienna and Lucerne is also a great way to travel to arrive in the city centre and save more time for your stay in Lucerne.

Regional train? High-speed train? Whichever train to Lucerne you take, you’ll help reduce the environmental impact and carbon footprint of your trip. As you watch the landscapes unfold before your eyes, you can tell yourself that with this choice, you are making sure they remain protected.

By choosing the train between Vienna and Lucerne, you emit up to 30 times less CO2 than for the same journey made by plane or car!

Tune out to the fine sounds of your best music playlist on your train trip from Vienna to Lucerne while indulging in miles on end of beautiful scenic views.

Did you know?

The first high-speed train line was inaugurated in 1964, in Japan, to connect Tokyo with Osaka. It was during the Olympics that the first passengers traveled aboard the Shinkansen at a speed of 210 km / h.

The longest train journey in the world is between Europe and Asia. This long journey starts from Porto in Portugal and crosses the whole European continent to reach Hanoi in Vietnam in 12 days while traveling more than 17,000 km.

Some trains in Sweden can recover more than a fifth of the energy they use by braking. This is especially true with ore trains as they descend from Narvik to Kiruna.

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