Arrival and parking

Plan enough time for your journey. Here you will find all the information you need to arrive at the start relaxed and well prepared.

Use the Linz Linien shuttle service, which will take you right to the heart of the action. Shuttle buses are available from the train station and from Industriezeile. The drop-off point is in Holzstraße.

Walking time Holzstraße - Brucknerhaus: approx. 10min

Walking time Holzstraße - voest freeway bridge: approx. 6min

Walking time Brucknerhaus - voest freeway bridge: approx. 13min

Here you will find an overview of the detour:

Traffic information

Arrival by train

If you are traveling by public transport to Linz Central Station, you can use the shuttle buses to Holzstraße (near the clothes bag drop-off and start).

Shuttle bus times main station (bus platform C1) - Holzstraße:
from 06:30 to 09:20 at 7.5-minute intervals

Shuttle buses main station - Holzstraße Marathon 2026

There is no shuttle bus from Holzstraße to the main station back. For this, take the relay shuttle bus to Wiener Straße and change to the streetcar there.

Timetable information

Trains from / to Vienna: every 15-25 min

Trains from / to Salzburg: every 20-30 min

Trains from / to Munich: every 15-30 min

Arrival by car

We recommend parking at Bauhaus Linz or at the Plasser & Theurer parking lot and taking the shuttle bus to Holzstraße.

Marathon traffic 2026

Please note the extensive road closures in the city area!

From the Holzstraße exit point, it is only a few minutes' walk to the Brucknerhaus, where the clothing bag drop-off point is located.

Shuttle bus times Bauhaus parking lot - Holzstraße:
06:00 am - 09:30 am in 6 min intervals

09:30 - 16:30 in 15 min intervals

Shuttle buses Holzstraße-Industriezeile Marathon 2026

For participants from the north of Linz. The sidewalk on the new railroad bridge and the Nibelungen Bridge can be used.

Arrival by bike

Around the start and finish area of the Oberbank Linz Donau Marathon on Sunday, April 12th and the ÖGK Junior Marathon on Saturday, April 11th there are enough bicycle racks available. We ask you to give preference to arriving by bike.

There are plenty of secure bicycle parking spaces at the Parkbad fitness oasis (Untere Donaulände 11).

If you arrive by e-bike, there are plenty of e-bike charging stations around the event site. You can find more detailed information about the charging stations here .

We also recommend traveling to the Linz Marathon Sportmesse by bike to pick up your race number.

Arrival by plane

For those participants arriving by plane from abroad, we can recommend the following options to get from Linz airport to the city:
. Airport bus No. 601 will take you to Linz main station in about 22 minutes.
Passengers can also use a free shuttle to Hörsching station and take the train to the main station.

If you travel by plane, we recommend the possibility of Co2 compensation.

Linz lines

The start number is valid as a ticket on Marathon Sunday.

Information regarding rail replacement services, shuttle buses for runners and spectators as well as for relay runners can be obtained from the LINZ AG hotline during the marathon weekend.