Over night train from Germany to Austria

[47Steve]

Does anyone know if Germany do an overnight train train down into Austria or surrounding areas that carries bikes / cars? I have done a Google search but it comes up with vary vague answers. Has anyone does this recently? If so who did you use?

TA Steve

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Richard

 

[DJ123]

This is the website to use for the timetable, costs and bookings;

Homepage

Book your journey on the Urlaubs-Express car train for the 2026 summer season now and enjoy attractive early booking prices.

urlaubs-express.de

 

[beemerboy9]

This is the website to use for the timetable, costs and bookings;

Homepage

Book your journey on the Urlaubs-Express car train for the 2026 summer season now and enjoy attractive early booking prices.

urlaubs-express.de

Used it this summer

 

[stever1]

Used it this summer

How was the journey ?

 

[albatross]

Ahh just came across this in Tourenfahrer…might be of interest

Autoreisezüge in Europa: Verbindungen & Linien

Hier finden Sie alle Infos zu den wichtigen Autoreisezügen in Europa, damit Sie entspannt und ohne lange Autobahnetappen ans Urlaubsziel gelangen.

www.tourenfahrer.de

 

[ymfb]

Used it a few times, excellent, imo much better than slogging you and your bike all the way to Innsbruck

 

[beemerboy9]

Used it a few times, excellent, imo much better than slogging you and your bike all the way to Innsbruck

......or all the way to Villach (due south of Salzburg)

 

[Arsey]

Used it a few times, excellent, imo much better than slogging you and your bike all the way to Innsbruck

I can understand that the train might be a better bet than autoroute/autobahn but if time is not a major factor then it’s much nicer to ride there taking the scenic route.
I rode to Innsbruck in 2016 to pick up my then girlfriend who was flying in .
I had a fabulous ride to get there .
Can’t recall the exact route but remember staying in the mountains in Switzerland then in the Otz Valley before riding over the Timmelsjoch and Jaufen Pass.

 

[GS_PS]

Looks like it might be seasonal given the "not found" msg here https://www.nightjet.com/en/fehlerseiten/404 but it was the OBB nightjet we used in early September to overnight from Innsbruck to Dusseldorf prior to heading back to the Netherlands for our ferry. It was....erm...interesting...one for the been there,got the tee-shirt log and glad I've done it but..... Let's just say not a lot of sleep was had, the carriages seemed to have suspension borrowed from a horse cart while some of the track infrastructure didn't feel/sound all that great either. We had a cabin that was very much on the compact side and there was no air conditioning which meant open windows-with attendant noise- to let some cooler air in, it was in the 20's at that time. Unsurprisingly there was very little in the way of power points either so charging stuff was a bit of a nightmare, not sure what age the rolling stock was but it felt like something from the 1960's/70's. I believe newer trains are being introduced going by the website but don't know when and on what routes.

We all discussed it the next morning, yes it was useful to save around 350 miles distance wise but at the cost- booked by our tour lead and he reckoned around Euro 450 per head and admittedly probably still in the high season pricing schedule- an extra room night plus fuel costs would still have been probably the better option. Might have meant a day grinding out some Autobahn miles but you are still at least seeing a bit of the country.

That's not to say the OP should rule out motor rail, other operator's might have a better priced and equipped service and it wouldn't stop me looking at it as an option but it wouldn't perhaps be at the top of my list. Yeah, glad I did it in a bit of a way, it was an adventure ( isn't that what travelling should be about sometimes! ) but I wouldn't rush back for second helpings...