Linz is well connected by rail and sits on the main Westbahn line between Vienna and Salzburg. Direct trains from Vienna Hauptbahnhof take about 75 minutes on the faster services; from Salzburg about 70 minutes. This makes Linz easily combined with either city as a day trip or overnight stop. Trains to Munich and beyond run via Salzburg.
Linz Airport (LNZ) handles flights from a number of European destinations, mainly on Ryanair and Austrian. Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, and London Stansted have regular connections. The airport is a few kilometres west of the city centre; buses connect it to the central station.
By car, the A1 motorway runs through the city. Linz is about 185 km from Vienna and 150 km from Salzburg.