- Sleeper trains
- Nightjet
- Austria · Italy
Night train, Vienna to RomeVienna to Rome, breakfast in Tuscany
Fourteen hours from the Ringstrasse to the Eternal City.
The Nightjet leaves Vienna at eight, runs south through Graz and Carinthia before midnight, crosses into Italy at Tarvisio, and wakes you after Bologna for a long breakfast through Tuscany and Umbria before Rome Tiburtina at ten.
Engineering works: from 5/6 May to 28/29 August 2027 this train runs only to and from Bologna; Florence and Rome are not served.
Every stop, both ways
Every night, both ways.
Times from the operator’s published timetable; track works can change them, and booked passengers are told of changes.
Vienna → Graz → Bologna → Florence → Rome
| Arr. | Dep. | Station |
|---|---|---|
| — | 20:05 | Wien Hbf |
| 20:10 | 20:12 | Wien Meidling |
| 20:41 | 20:43 | Wiener Neustadt Hbf |
| 22:41 | 22:45 | Graz Hbf |
| 23:34 | 23:36 | Klagenfurt Hbf |
| 23:59 | 01:01 | Villach Hbf |
| 01:25 | 01:49 | Tarvisio Boscoverde |
| 05:38 | 05:42 | Bologna Centrale |
| 06:48 | 06:50 | Firenze Campo di Marte |
| 10:05 | — | Roma Tiburtina |
Rome → Florence → Bologna → Graz → Vienna
| Arr. | Dep. | Station |
|---|---|---|
| — | 18:10 | Roma Tiburtina |
| 21:46 | 21:48 | Firenze Campo di Marte |
| 22:50 | 22:54 | Bologna Centrale |
| 03:05 | 03:33 | Tarvisio Boscoverdenext day |
| 03:55 | 04:46 | Villach Hbf |
| 05:13 | 05:16 | Klagenfurt Hbf |
| 06:06 | 06:09 | Graz Hbf |
| 08:28 | 08:30 | Wiener Neustadt Hbf |
| 08:59 | 09:01 | Wien Meidling |
| 09:06 | — | Wien Hbf |
Source: nachtzug.net, Vienna → Rome and Rome → Vienna (updated June 2026) ↗
Choose your berth
From a reclining seat to a suite with its own shower.
Pick a class to see what you get and what it costs.
Couchette
A berth in a 4- or 6-berth compartment with bedding and a simple breakfast.
Book the whole compartment privately for a family.
ÖBB sells limited-number Sparschiene saver fares that are cheapest when booked early; the price rises as each class fills.
Interrail and Eurail holders pay a reservation fee instead (see our Nightjet cabins guide). Nightjet, couchette and Mini Cabin ↗
Pick the right month
Daylight decides what you see from the window.
Hover a month for the verdict.
Runs every night.
Sunrise comes around Bologna in early summer and after Florence from autumn to spring, so the Tuscan stretch is in daylight all year.
From May to August 2027 it is cut back to Bologna.
What you’ll see
A late, lazy morning
Unlike most night trains it runs on for hours after dawn, through Tuscany and Umbria.
Florence for breakfast
Step off at Campo di Marte at 06:50 for an early start in Florence.
Semmering and Carinthia
The evening run crosses the historic Semmering line and passes Graz and Klagenfurt.
Rome by ten
Into Roma Tiburtina at 10:05, metro to the centre.
Nightjet Vienna–Rome, answered
Yes, every night.
Nightjet NJ 40233 leaves Wien Hbf at 20:05 and arrives at Roma Tiburtina at 10:05.
NJ 40294 leaves Rome at 18:10 and reaches Vienna at 09:06. Timetable ↗
No.
In the current timetable it uses Roma Tiburtina, two metro stops from Termini on line B.
Yes, a separate daily Nightjet via Innsbruck, Verona, Bologna and Florence, about 15 hours 20 minutes.
In 2027 it does not run from 7 February to 4/5 May, and runs only to Bologna until late August. night-trains.eu ↗
Yes.
Southbound the train calls at Firenze Campo di Marte at 06:50; northbound it leaves there at 21:48.
Yes, but from 5/6 May to 28/29 August 2027 it terminates in Bologna because of engineering works; Florence and Rome are not served then. 2027 works ↗
Seats, couchettes and sleepers.
Our cabins guide explains each, including the new-generation Mini Cabins and en suite rooms where ÖBB has rolled them out. Nightjet cabins →
Every stop, and why you might get off
- Wien HbfVienna's main station puts the Belvedere palaces within walking distance and the U1 to the historic centre minutes away.
- Wien MeidlingMainly a suburban interchange; board here if you are staying in south-west Vienna or near Schönbrunn.
- Wiener NeustadtA modest, heavily rebuilt town with real history; most useful as a base for the Rax, Schneeberg and Semmering.
- GrazAustria's second city: a UNESCO-listed old town, the Schlossberg clock tower and bold modern architecture.
- KlagenfurtA Renaissance old town beside Lake Wörthersee, with warm-water swimming in summer.
- VillachA lively Drau river town at the meeting of Austria, Italy and Slovenia, ringed by warm swimming lakes and mountains.
- TarvisioAn Alpine border resort in the Julian Alps; the station is outside town, so stop only for mountains, lakes or cycling.
- BolognaPorticoed, red-brick and famous for food, with a compact centre about 15 minutes' walk from the station.
- Firenze Campo di MarteFlorence's secondary station, east of the centre: not a sight in itself, but a quick hop to the historic core.
- Roma TiburtinaRome's second station, east of the centre: functional, but Metro B reaches the Colosseum in about 10 minutes.
- nachtzug.net, Vienna → Rome and Rome → Vienna (updated June 2026) ↗
- night-trains.eu, Nightjet lines, frequencies and 2027 works ↗
- ÖBB, Nightjet and EuroNight connections 2026 (PDF) ↗
- Nightjet, couchette and Mini Cabin ↗
Times are from the operator’s published timetable and can change.
The animation runs to the scheduled pace between stops; intermediate points are drawn to follow the line, not to show timings.
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