How to make a rail journey from Venezia/Venice to Munich/Munchen

On Monday to Friday the afternoon departure commences its journey at Venezia Mestre station.
There is typically a Regionale train which departs Venezia S, Lucia at 15:10 to provide a connection.

Final Destination: Muenchen (Italian spelling)

The destination of these trains can be shown by ticket agents as 'München Hbf Gleis 5-10'
This is because Gleis 5-10 are in a separate part of the station, which is a 2 - 3 min walk away from the main concourse.

These train also call at: * Kufstein, Rosenheim and München Ost

Arriving in Munich/Munchen:

If the end point of your journey is in central Munchen/Munich, around Marienplatz then the quickest option is to leave a train at Munchen Ost station and connect there into an S-Bahn (local train) to the city centre.
In Munchen/Munich the S-Bahn trains are similar to Metro trains as they cross the city centre in a tunnel.

Isator station, which is within a 10 min walk of the Deutsches Museum is one station hop from Munchen Ost by S-Bahn trains

Trains on Line S8, travelling in the opposite direction, also connect at Munchen Ost to the airport; look for the trains terminating at 'Flughafen/Munchen'.
This connection at Munchen Ost can save around 30 mins when travelling to Munich airport from Innsbruck by train, compared to making the connection at Munchen Hbf.

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 6 months ahead of the travel date

When making an online booking, check that you’re looking at booking info for the direct EC train.

When booking tickets for this journey, look for the trains that usually depart Venezia S. Lucia at around 13:35 (daily) and 15:35 (Sat/Sun only).

It can be worth comparing prices on the OBB website with the other websites on which this journey can be booked, these trains are operated by OBB.

A choice of stations in Venezia/Venice:

These trains also call at Venezia Mestre after they depart  from Venezia S. Lucia, which is the station in the historic heart of Venice/Venezia.

If you will be heading from historic Venice/Venezia take care when booking online, or using an agent, that your ticket is valid FROM  Venezia S. Lucia.

A choice of stations in Munchen/Munich:

These trains will also call at München Ost station before arriving at Munchen Hbf.

If the finishing point of your journey is in central Munich/Munchen (around Marienplatz), it will be a quicker trip if you leave the train at Munchen Ost and connect into a local S-Bahn train at that station

When making a booking online on DB Bahn, it uses ‘Munich (München)’ as a default for looking up journeys to the city in the ‘to’ box.
But it is possible to select München Ost as the ‘to’ station (you need to use the German spelling with the character (the umlaut) over the ‘u’).

Using rail passes

When travelling in on the Brenner route taken by these trains over the Italy / Austria border paying a 'supplement' is required [when using 'global' Eurail or InterRail passes]https://www.interrail.eu/en/plan-your-trip/reservations/trains-with-additional-supplements).
The fees for the supplement are €15 in 1st class and €10 in 2nd class.
However, the supplement is not a seat reservation.

You can purchase the supplements on the Eurail reservation service or the InterRail reservation service and the seat reservation will also be included - though you will be charged a €2 booking fee per reservation, per person.

Booking at a Trenitalia ticket desk is a more expensive option, as in addition to the supplement costs you will also have to pay a €2 booking fee for using the ticket desk + the seat reservation will cost an additional €3.50 - as per the info on this page.
The supplements are not available from the Trenitalia ticket machines.

OR if you book the supplement on the OBB website, the instructions are here,, you will need to proactively also add the seat reservation when booking- and pay the additional cost of €3.50 in both 1st class and 2nd class.

The train is usually scheduled to depart Venezia S. Lucia at 21:05 and arrive in Munchen Ost at 05:50; note the exceptionally early arrival time!

The train also departs from Venezia Mestre, Treviso (usually departs 21:35), Udine (usually departs 23:01)
It takes a different route to that taken by the daytime train

Final Destination: Stuttgart Hbf

Because this train no longer calls at the main station in Munich it is easier to make connections on to other Germany destinations in Stuttgart.
Within 90 mins of arriving there ICE trains will be departing Stuttgart for Berlin, Frankfurt (Main), Hannover and Hamburg.

The train also arrives at Ulm and Augsburg

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open:
6 months ahead of the travel date on OBB*
3 months ahead of the travel date on DB Bahn

These trains are provided by Austria's national rail operator, OBB, the travel through Austria on this journey between Germany and Italy.

The train conveys:

- Compartment Seats (Sitzwagen)
- Couchettes (Liegewagen); 4 berths AND 6 berths
- Standard sleeping cars (Schlafwagen) with 3 bed, 2 bed and 1 cabins
- Deluxe sleeping cars with showers (Schlafwagen) with 3 bed, 2 bed and 1 cabins

The first price you will see on the OBB ticketing site will be for the compartment seats.

Click the train details for more info including the rail pass reservation fees:

Using rail passes:

Rail pass users must reserve before boarding this train.

You can now book rail pass reservations without paying booking fees on the OBB website (OBB operates these trains).Though the process for doing so isn't particularly obvious, hence this step-by-step guide.

OR reservations can be arranged and paid for at Venezia S.Lucia station, or at the reservation desks at major Italian stations (ideally do this when you first arrive in Italy on your itinerary).

Making the rail pass reservation in advance is particularly recommended if you will be traveling between June and September.
If you wait until arriving in Venezia/Venice to reserve, your first choice of accommodation may have sold out.