Guten Tag!

My wife and I will be traveling by train from Füssen to Salzburg in mid March, departing Füssen in the morning. We wanted a scenic trip through the Alps since we are doing a loop from Munich->Füssen->Salzburg->Munich.

So far, based on info in this forum, we plan to take a taxi from Füssen to Vils (no buses this time of year from Füssen to Vils?) and take the train from Vils->Garmisch-Partenkirchen->Innsbruck->Salzburg.

We have most of the day for this trip, any suggestions on a different route or things to see between Füssen and Salzburg?

Thank you -duff

Hi D,

www.bahn.de shows schedules for buses between Fuessen and Vils for March 15.

Interesting route.

ira, sorry I should have stated this is a Saturday morning departure. It looks like there is no weekend bus schedule between Füssen and Vils in March.

There is regular bus service, even on weekends in March, by the RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern) from Füssen Bahnhof to Pfronten (either the Weißbach or Ried Bahnhof). These stations, as well as Vils and Reutte, are on the train line from Kempten to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (the Außerfernbahn). The bus from Füssen to Pfronten takes about 25 minutes.

There is also a bus (RVO #9606) from Füssen via Wieskirche and Ettal to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. You can take the train from there. That bus takes a little over 2 hours.

Either way, use a Bayern Ticket. It covers the RVO buses, the train through the Tirol from Pfronten to GaP, and the regional trains from GaP to Mittenwald. You will have to purchase a separate ticket from Mittenwald to Innsbruck and beyond.

Note that the fastest, least expensive route between Innsbruck and Salzburg is through Rosenheim, Germany.

I just joined. Hopefully, you haven't already left for Europe. We did the exact same train trip this summer. Travel from Fussen south to Innsbruck is a very lengthy process. What worked best for us (timewise as well as scenery) is to take local train from Fussen to Munich. From there, take the high speed train to Salzburg. Another high speed train goes from Salzburg to Innsbruck right through the Alps. Salzburg - Innsbruck is 2 hrs. each way and scenery is absolutely gorgeous.

Innsbruck to Salzburg via the Alpine route via Zell is a gorgeous route thru river valleys and mountains.

like larry says the fastest Innsbruck-Salzbruck route, called the Korridorzug or some such wording are austrian trains that do go thru Rosenheim, Germany to Salzburg quite a bit quicker than the via Zell route but nearly as scenic.
Korridor Zugs are Austrian trains that go thru Germany but are considered domestic Austrian trains (say if you have a railpass good in Austria but not Germany)

There are regular buses yes Fussen to Reutte just a few miles away thru the gap in Austria or a taxi would not be too expensive.

CarolLynn,

thirty years ago, I traveled with my then girlfriend from Pennsylvania to Atlanta. We spent the night in Knoxville ("right outside of Bearden, there he made the fatal strike&quot. The next day, on the way to Atlanta, we passed near Chattanooga; we saw the interstate exit signs for Chattanooga and sang Chattanooga Choo-choo. To this day she swears we spent the night in Chattanooga.

The best thing I can say about you is that you didn't plan the trip and never quite knew where you were. Your posting is bad misinformation.

There is no, I repeat, NO, high speed train from Salzburg through the Alps to Innsbruck. The route via Schwarzach might be very scenic, but it takes at least 3:47. Timewise, there is no reason to go 1 1/2 hours from Munich to Salzburg just to take a 4 hour trip from Salzburg to Innsbruck, when you can go from Munich to Innsbruck in less than two hours.

Timewise, depending on the hour, the fastest route from Füssen to Innsbruck is to take the bus to Reutte and the train from there via Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Innsbruck. At other times the fastest time is to Reutte and then by bus via Nassereith to Innsbruck. That is the lowest fare route and possibly the most scenic. Either of those routes should take less than 4 hours and require only 2 transfers.