Please sign in to post.

Munich to Czech/Austria via train.

Apologies if this has been asked before. I searched and couldn’t find an answer.

We’re currently in Munich and feel very comfortable booking/riding/transferring trains on the DB. We’d like to book a train to Prague/Pilsen for a couple days then head to Salzburg afterwards.
Looking on the DB Navigator app and I’m a bit confused on the destination station in Prague. I’m not seeing an “Prague Main” station. Also, is the DB the best app to buy a ticket to Prague prior to go going, and once there, buying a train ticket to Salzburg?
Thanks
Ben

Posted by
7295 posts

Prague's main station is called Praha Hlavni Nadrazi (which means...main station), shortened to hl.n.

Munich to Prague takes a while by train, so have a look at buses as well.

Regarding who to buy tickets from: have a look at the "man in seat 61" website, a great resource for European train travel, it will give you such info. I doubt DB is able to sell a ticket from Prague to Salzburg since that route does not go through Germany at all.

Posted by
1997 posts

Because train tickets for Czech trains on domestic Czech train routes and routes to/from neighboring countries have the most inexpensive fares only available on the Czech National Train website, you can find the least expensive fares there: www.cd.cz. The Munich Hbf to Praha hl.n. fare for 9/30 is $24 at cd.cz for a second class ticket. It will be less for those 65 and over. The Prague to Salzburg Hbf fare is only $28 with the quickest route taking 5:45 with a transfer in Linz, Austria. Last year I bought a ticket at www.cd.cz from Prague’s main station to Budapest and it was only $25. A senior ticket ran $15.