Inside the hourly train from Vienna to Bratislava...

Vienna to Bratislava every hour, €11.00

Every hour, a Regional Express (REX) train links Vienna Hbf with Bratislava Hlavna in just 56 minutes, run jointly by the Austrian & Slovakian national railways.  No reservation necessary or even possible, it cannot sell out, just turn up, buy a ticket and hop on - easy!

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Train times 4 March to 14 December 2024

The line between Vienna & Bratislava Hlavna via Marchegg is closed for electrification from 4 March to 14 December 2024 and the REX8 trains will not operate.

Instead, you should use REX6 between Vienna Hbf & Bratislava Petrzalka station.  REX6 runs every hour, every half hour at busy times, journey time 59 minutes, the standard fare on this route is €17.60, check times & buy tickets at www.oebb.at.

Petrzalka station is south of the city centre, see location map.  A taxi between Petrzalka station & Bratislava Hlavna takes 9 minutes & costs around €11.

REX6 services are operated by GySEV using distinctive green & yellow air-conditioned electric units with power sockets & free WiFi.

Train times from 15 December 2024

After months of electrification work, the direct line is due to reopen with journey time cut from 1h06 to just 56 minutes.

 Vienna ► Bratislava

Days of running:

daily

daily

 Hourly service

daily

daily

Train type:

REX8

REX8

 all day

REX8

REX8

 Vienna Hbf depart:

05:14

06:14

And at the same minutes

past each hour until

23:14

00:14

 Bratislava Hlavna arrive:

06:10

07:10

00:10

01:10

 Bratislava ► Vienna

Days of running:

daily

daily

 Hourly service

daily

daily

Train type:

REX8

REX8

 all day

REX8

REX8

 Bratislava Hlavna depart:

04:50

05:50

And at the same minutes

past each hour until

22:50

23:50

 Vienna Hbf arrive:

05:46

06:46

23:46

00:46

REX8 = Regional Express line 8, 2nd class only, running via Marchegg, the cheapest & shortest route.  No reservations necessary or possible, fixed price.

Check times for your date of travel at www.thetrainline.com.

Vienna to Bratislava is 66 km (41 miles) by train via this route.

 

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Route map

Vienna to Bratislava train route map

 

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Highlighted = Vienna-Bratislava via Marchegg.

Green = scenic sections of line

Reproduced with kind permission of the European Rail Timetable people.  I recommend buying the European Rail Map for your travels, www.europeanrailtimetable.eu with shipping worldwide.

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What are the trains like?

Each train usually consists of two Slovakian Railways (ZSSK) air-conditioned intercity cars and three Austrian Railways (ÖBB) regional cars branded City Shuttle.  The City Shuttle cars don't have air-conditioning, but the windows open.  The train has toilets and luggage racks, there are also bicycle spaces in the end car, but there's no catering car as it's only a regional train on a one-hour journey.  The train is 2nd class only, there is no first class.  Like almost all European trains, these trains are all non-smoking.  There are power sockets for laptops & mobiles in the ZSSK cars, but not the ÖBB cars.

A regional train from Vienna to Bratislava, at Vienna Hbf

The hourly Regional Express train from Vienna to Bratislava at Vienna Hbf, clearly showing the air-conditioned Slovakian Railways (ZSSK) car up front (there are usually two), and one of the 3 or so Austrian Railways (ÖBB) City Shuttle cars.

Seats in an Austrian regional car on a Vienna-Bratislava train   Seats in the Slovakian car on a Vienna-Bratislava train

2nd class seats in an ÖBB City Shuttle car, not air-conditioned & have no power sockets, but the windows open.  Larger photo.

 

2nd class seats in the Slovakian ZSSK intercity car, with air-con & power sockets for laptops & mobiles.  Larger photo.

A regional train from Vienna to Bratislava, at Vienna Hbf

A Regional Express train to Bratislava at Vienna Hbf.

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