Grossglockner High Alpine Road (Heiligenblut) to Innsbruck by train

Every option, compared

Door-to-door times (flights include the time at the airports). Fares are typical ranges from the cheapest seat to the premium one.

• Train, Summer Postbus over the road to Zell am See + train via Wörgl: The Postbus over the Grossglockner road runs in high summer only; outside it, go round by Lienz.
• Train, Postbus to Lienz + trains via Spittal, Schwarzach and Wörgl: The way that runs all year: by train to Lienz and the Postbus up to Heiligenblut (about an hour). The road over the top is open from early May to early November.

Booking links open the route on the country's transport booking site for trains, buses, boats and transfers, and a flight search for flights, dated about two weeks out (or in season); change the date there.

What it costs your group, one way

Fares × people; a private car is priced per car, one car per four people.

Once you’re in Innsbruck

• Best time: May – October; December – March (snow)
• Typical stay: 2 days
• November: Mixed month: November is outside the recommended season (May – October; December – March (snow)). Against it: Works on the Salzburg–Innsbruck Railway. Christmas markets and Krampus runs can fall this month.

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