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Frankfurt (Main) - Stuttgart - München Hbf - Salzburg ↔ Bischofshofen - Bad Gastein - Spittal-Millstätter - Villach - Klagenfurt\n2. Wien Hbf - St Polten - Linz - Salzburg ↔ Bischofshofen - Bad Gastein - Spittal-Millstätter - Villach - Klagenfurt\nA key function of these trains to\u002Ffrom Wien Hbf is to provide a direct link between both Wien and Linz with [**Bad Gastein**](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gastein.com\u002Fen\u002F), but during the work these trains will be turned around in Salzburg.\n\nThere will seemingly be EC trains operating a Frankfurt (Main) - Stuttgart - München Hbf - Salzburg ↔ Bischofshofen - Bad Gastein service, but from Dec 15th to June 27th there will be no direct trains between Salzburg and [**the resort towns on the Worthersee**](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.visitcarinthia.at\u002Fdestinations\u002Fsummer\u002Fwoerthersee\u002F) between Villach and Klagenfurt.\nThe trains taking the Wien - Leoben ↔ Klagenfurt - Villach route are unaffected and it looks as though more of them will have their journeys extended beyond Villach to\u002Ffrom Spittal-Millstätter.\n\n**on to The Balkans**\n\nWhat will be impacted by the work on the Tauern Railway are the daytime rail journeys which link Germany, Salzburg and other destinations in western Austria with Slovenia and Croatia.\nThe trains on the Frankfurt (Main) - Stuttgart - München Hbf - Salzburg ↔ Bischofshofen - Bad Gastein - Spittal-Millstätter - Villach - Klagenfurt route typically connect at Villach with trains taking a Villach ↔ Lesce-Beld - Ljubljana - Zidane Most - Zagreb - Vinkovici route.\n\n**Impact on Night trains**\n\nThe Tauern Valley route is also typically used by multiple night train routes.\nAs a consequence the trains on these routes will seemingly be suspended from November 17, 2024 to July 13, 2025.\n- Stuttgart - München - Salzburg ↔ Udine - Venice\n- Stuttgart - München - Salzburg ↔ Ljubljana - Zagreb\n- Zurich - Buchs - Feldkirch - Salzburg ↔ Ljubljana - Zagreb.\n- München ↔ Verona - Milano Rogoredo - Genova - La Spezia\n- München ↔ Firenze - Roma\n\n\n\n",Images:[],ImagesPerRow:i}]},{__typename:j,id:"3297",Title:a,TagLine:a,Button:a,Posts:[],Links:[{Title:"The general guide to Austrian rail travel",TagLine:"All that's good to know about buying and using tickets and rail passes, navigating the major stations, riding the trains and taking the most popular journeys.",Url:"\u002Ftrain-travel-info\u002Fcountries\u002Faustria\u002F",ConversionID:a,Image:{url:"https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fsmtj-images\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1620306712\u002F74b902a1_fde3_46c1_9ea9_0995ee2f2d3f_0737e0de84.jpg",caption:k,alternativeText:k,height:d,width:e}}]},{__typename:j,id:"3298",Title:a,TagLine:a,Button:a,Posts:[{blog_post:{id:"233",short_description:"Summaries of how to take direct trains from Austria to Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,  Switzerland and The Netherlands.",title:"International trains from Austria",slug:"international-trains-from-austria",BlogCategory:{Slug:"travel-info-and-tips"},Cover:[{url:"https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fsmtj-images\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1626447327\u002F569416d3_fe8e_4acf_81d4_7e1fb81d1c39_63ce6ffa59.jpg",caption:l,alternativeText:l,provider_metadata:{public_id:"569416d3_fe8e_4acf_81d4_7e1fb81d1c39_63ce6ffa59",resource_type:b},height:d,width:e}]}}],Links:[]}];g.author=m;g.slug="a-key-route-in-south-austria-to-be-closed-for-6-months";g.description=a;g.short_description="Reconstruction works will impact on the route between Salzburg and Villach, which is taken by the night trains that link Germany and Italy!";g.published_at="2024-10-25T09:00:45.000Z";g.Cover=[{url:"https:\u002F\u002Fres.cloudinary.com\u002Fsmtj-images\u002Fimage\u002Fupload\u002Fv1660061153\u002F20160919_120419_1024x576_4be31ab462.jpg",caption:o,alternativeText:o,provider_metadata:{public_id:"20160919_120419_1024x576_4be31ab462",resource_type:b},height:d,width:e}];g.blog_post_tags=[];g.SEOMeta=a;h.Slug="travel-news";h.Title="Travel News";h.id="6";m.Bio="I wanted to share my passion for train travel and explain how anyone can take the fantastic journeys I have taken. 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