Mayrhofen without a car: from the airport to the slopes

You do not need a car for a ski week in Mayrhofen: fly to Innsbruck, take the train to Jenbach and the Zillertalbahn to Mayrhofen station, and walk 3 minutes to our door. From there the Penkenbahn is a 10-minute walk, the shops are within 10 minutes, and the ski buses are free in winter.

Which airport

Innsbruck is the closest airport, about 70 km from our house. Salzburg and Munich are further, about 150 and 170 km from the Zillertal according to Zillertal tourism, so expect a longer transfer from either. The tourist board names Four Seasons Travel as a door-to-door transfer from all three airports and from Jenbach station. We have no prices for it; ask the company directly.

The train from Innsbruck

From Innsbruck main station, regional trains reach Jenbach in 19 to 26 minutes. At Jenbach you change to the narrow-gauge Zillertalbahn, which runs every 30 minutes on its 32 km line and takes about 50 minutes to Mayrhofen. In the timetable valid from 14 June 2026, the first train leaves Jenbach at 06:28 and the last at 20:05, arriving in Mayrhofen at 20:55. The tourist board says trains or buses run until about 22:30 in the evening. Timetables usually change in mid-December, so check the times for your travel day.

From 4 December 2026 to 11 April 2027, the tourist board says the digital Mayrhofen guest card works as a free ticket on the Zillertalbahn from Jenbach to Mayrhofen and back, for arrival and departure.

Arriving late

Mayrhofen station is the end of the line and 244 m from our door, about 3 minutes with a suitcase. Check-in is from 15:00 with a door code, so arriving on the last train is no problem. Check-out is at 10:00.

A week on foot

Everything for a ski week is within a short walk of the house. The figures are walking routes from our front door, calculated on OpenStreetMap:

Around 30 restaurants, cafés and bars are within 10 minutes on foot.

Buses in the valley

In winter, the village ski buses are free, and the Mayrhofner Bergbahnen's buses go to the Ahornbahn, Penkenbahn, Horbergbahn and Möslbahn. With a Zillertal Superskipass, all ski buses and most of the valley's public buses and trains are included; the steam train is not.

The nearest bus stop, Postamt, is 214 m from our door. Line 4104 to Hintertux stops there and runs all year. In the summer 2026 timetable it took about 40 minutes from Mayrhofen station to the glacier lift. Last winter a separate free skier bus, the Green Line, also ran from the station to the glacier. The winter 2026/27 bus timetables were not yet published on 14 November 2026.

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