Prague to Salzburg
 

I thought there was a train from Prague to Salzburg? I am wrong? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get from Prague to Salzburg by train? My husband and I will be traveling to Europe in July of this year and I am trying to map out our route and book tickets as early as possible. Any suggestions would be great!
Our plan is:
Prague to Salzburg
Salzburg to Venice
Venice to Lucca
Lucca to Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre to Rome

You are not wrong. There are trains leaving every hour or so. The trip takes about 7 hours. Check the Deutsche Bahn site below for details.

http://www.reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

Yes; We took that train from Prague to Salzburg. As Jim said, it takes seven hours. While this was in the early 90's, be aware that there might be a fee/tax collected by the conductor when entering Germany. As I recall, it was like 8DM'S. The train to Salzburg goes thru Munich to reach Salzburg.

It appears as though there is only one direct train a day, departing Prague at 17:16 and arriving just after midnight.

There are numerous options throughout the day with 1 or 2 connections.

Salzburg to Venice is 6hrs, requiring 1-2 connections.

Thank you for your help :)

Try www.raieurope.com These trains go thru Austria and there are many daily trips, Prague to Salzburg. About seven hours. Leave at 7 am and arrive at 2pm. You would not be able to make a reservation until, probable 60 days before that travel day. Richard

Most will say not to use raileurope as their tickezt prices are usually much higher than buying directly from the carrier.
Their schedules shown are often incomplete too.
The austrian rail website will supply information needed - numerous trains daily - no need to go via Munich. Most trains will travel Czech directly into Austria.

www.oebb.at
The Austrain rail website will show schedules , change of train as needed and the time bewteen change - price also.
2nd class is fine - normally no need for a reservation.

The oebb.at website shows the exact same trains as raileurope.com and bahn.de, or even www.cd.cz, the Czech rr website. Unlike airlines there aren't competing railroads, rather one big, interconnected rail system across Europe.

Use whichever site you find the easiest to use (I like www.bahn.de) to check schedules. There is no need to prepurchase a ticket or make a seat reservation. You can buy your tickets in Prague when you get there.

Actually we took trains (mostly) from Cesky Krumlov (via Cesky Budejovice) a few years back. we could have got on in Prague. It was an adventure to say the least. I assume travelers could board a train in Prague and take the same route. We boarded in Cesky Krumlov.Two young americans (M and F) boarded with us. We could tell they were nervous, and soon sensed that we had done some travelling. So they stuck very close by us, without hanging on us like we were mom and dad. The trainheaded North toward Cesky Budejovice (and Prague) . At CBud we transferred to another train that was headed toward Linz Austira. Both trains were very slow and as we headed south into the Sumava Mountains, we started to hit light snow.The train stopped in a little town, where we were supposed to transfer to a narrow guage train that would cross the border. The conductor told us there was a problem and that we would take the bus to the border. The ride was like "hold on to your seat Nellie"!!!! The driver took the corners and the hills in a way that no driver would in the US. To my wife's relief, and the two american kids, we finally came to the Austrian border, where an Austrian train -narrow guage -was waiting. Another transfer. After going downhill for perhpas 30 kilometers, we transferred to a regular electric powered Austrian train and from there it was on to Linz. At Linz we transferred to a fast train headed to Munich from Vienna via Salzburg. When we got to Munich, we took the u-bahn to our hotel. In all seven transit conveyances were used in one day to make this trip. BTW we took a rental car from Prague to Cesky and paid to take it back - it was pretty cheap then- about 6-7 years ago.

On the contrary if you want to save money Prague to Salzburg you prebook tickets via Czech railways eshop - one departure per day at special rate of 29 euros.
http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/vlakyautobusy/spojeni/ - check various connections on this site
https://eshop.cd.cz/international/search_cd-obb.aspx but tix on this site (only max 60 days in advance)