Winter fun with WESTbahn
Off to the slopes
The winter season is here and nothing beats grabbing your skis or snowboard and enjoy some fresh powder snow in the alps. WESTbahn now connects Austria's most beautiful ski resorts with all major cities on our routes.
A hassle-free journey to your winter destination
We have summarised all you need to know about getting onboard on one of our trains for your next skiing holiday.
Ski areas along our WESTbahn routes
In addition to our destinations in Tirol and Vorarlberg, our route extension now also includes 7 new stations in the Salzburger alps.
The following ski areas are now particularly easy to reach with WESTbahn: Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser (via Wörgl station), all ski areas in the Zillertal via Jenbach, Nordkette-Seegrube, Patscherkofel and Schlick 2000 (all directly accessible via Innsbruck), Hoch-Imst and Hochzeiger family ski area (Imst-Pitztal), Venet (Landeck-Zams) and of course St. Anton am Arlberg with its world-famous ski area – Austria's largest interconnected ski area and a dream for all winter sports enthusiasts among us.
In Vorarlberg you can easily reach the Sonnenkopf ski area (Langen am Arlberg), the Brandnertal ski area (Bludenz), the Laterns ski area (Rankweil) and the Bödele ski lifts (Dornbirn).
From 15.12.2024, we will now also take you to Salzburg's Tennengau and Pongau regions with the ski resorts Snow Space Salzburg (via St. Johann/Pongau) Hochkönig (Bischofshofen) and Werfenweng (Werfen).
Bringing your ski and snowboard equipment onboard
On our modern fleet, you can easily and conveniently bring your ski and snowboard equipment with you on your winter vacation – free of charge!
Each WESTbahn train has a total of 12 ski racks for easy stowage. Passengers with snowboards can put these in the luggage racks above the seats or in one of our luggage racks on the lower decks.
Our WESTbahn ski trains
Our WESTbahn trains run 5 times per day from Vienna via Linz and Salzburg to Kufstein, Wörgl, Jenbach and Innsbruck. Two of these trains continue from Innsbruck via our stations in the Tyrolean Oberland to Vorarlberg and Lindau.
Statring December 15th 2024, we connect Salzburg's most spectacular ski resorts with Vienna once per day.
Book your ticket to your favourite ski area now
If you have questions, contact us by e-mail at meinenachricht@westbahn.at or phone from Mon - Fri from 8:00 to 18:00 and Sat, Sun or public holidays from 9:00 to 15:00 on +43 1 899 00.