Getting to Innsbruck

Facts checked October 2026 against operator sources. Prices and times change, the booking page wins.

Innsbruck sits where the Brenner and Lower Inn Valley railways cross, and the airport is inside the city limits. Times below from the operators and the timetable aggregator (train times to be checked on oebb.at).

From the airport

Bus F runs from the terminal to the main station in about 20 minutes, every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday and every 30 in the evening and on Sundays. A single IVB ticket, €3.30, covers it. Taxis and pre-booked transfers wait outside the terminal; the old town is a ten-minute ride.

By train

From	Fastest	Average	Notes
Munich	1 h 54	2 h 30	about 27 trains a day, around 10 direct (ÖBB, DB, WESTbahn)
Salzburg	1 h 57	2 h 13	about 23 direct trains
Bolzano	1 h 57	2 h 18	over the Brenner, EC
Zurich	3 h 34	4 h 26	5 direct Railjets a day
Vienna	4 h 27	4 h 52	Railjet and WESTbahn, 386 km

Public transport (IVB)

Ticket	Price
Single, Innsbruck	€3.30 (paper 45 min, app 90 min)
24-hour, Innsbruck	€7.30
24-hour 2Plus (2 adults + 3 children)	€10.80
8 rides	€19.10
Week	€28.40

Tram 1 goes to Bergisel, tram 6 to Igls for the Patscherkofel lift, trams 3 and 5 from the main station into the old town. The Sightseer hop-on hop-off bus doubles as an IVB ticket in the core zone and is included in the Innsbruck Card.

By car

The A12 Inn valley and A13 Brenner motorways meet at Innsbruck; the Brenner pass is 1,370 m and the busiest Alpine crossing. Hire cars at the airport and the station; for Achensee, Alpbach and the Stubai valley the car beats the train.

From the station to the sights

Destination	Connection	Time
Old town, Golden Roof	on foot along Maria-Theresien-Strasse	15 minutes
Hungerburg funicular (Congress)	on foot or bus 540	15 minutes
Bergisel	tram 3/5 to Maria-Theresien-Strasse, change to tram 1	20 minutes
Ambras Castle	tram 6 to Schönruh or bus 540	20 minutes
Swarovski Crystal Worlds	shuttle from the station	28 minutes
Patscherkofel (Igls)	tram 6	30 minutes