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same day (this trip involves while a journey across the
taking the Eurostar to Brussels, length of the country can be
and changing there and in obtained for just €29. Look out,
Frankfurt). Other routes, for too, for ÖBB Plus online offers,
example travelling via Paris where ski tickets and entry to
and Munich, are slower but tourist attractions are added
enjoy the same level of service. free to selected destinations.
The travel agency (Reisebüro) If you are planning frequent
at Westbahnhof in Vienna is train journeys throughout
open from 8am to 7pm on Austria, it is worth investing
weekdays and 8am to 1pm A railway viaduct near the small town in a Vorteilscard. Used by most
on Saturdays; staff will be able of Mattersburg Austrians, this card provides
to provide information. a 45–50 per cent discount
The main train station in north arrive at Franz-Josefs- on all travel; the best discounts
Vienna, Hauptbahnhof Wien, Bahnhof; this is served by the are available for tickets
is located on Südtirolerplatz Schnellbahn and the cross-city purchased online or via ticket
and opened in 2014. It serves tram “D”, which takes you to the machines. The card costs €99
all international routes and is Ringstrasse in the centre. a year but those aged under
connected to line U1 on the 29 can purchase a young
underground. Many trains Tickets person’s Vorteilscard for just
from Germany, as well as some €19; those over 62 for €29.
domestic services, terminate at Austrians are among the The card can be purchased in
Westbahnhof in the western highest users of trains in Europe. Austria or in advance on the
part of the city. You can access In general, tickets in Austria cost ÖBB website. You can also
this train station from the half the price of the equivalent download the card onto a
U-Bahn underground lines in the United Kingdom, and a smartphone app.
U3 and U6. Trains from the quarter of the price of the EU Tickets for travel inside
average. To find the best price Austria and to all international
for a particular journey, the destinations are best bought
ÖBB provides online price online on the ÖBB website
comparisons; changing your (www.oebb.at). Alternatively,
journey time by an hour can you can purchase tickets
reduce the ticket price through travel agents. Tickets
dramatically. The ÖBB also can be bought at railway
offers huge reductions with stations, at ticket windows or
their Sparscheine scheme; from ticket machines on train
a limited number of reduced- platforms. Dial 05-1717-3 to
price tickets for each journey book by phone or 05-1717 for
are available when booking general questions. The free
online in advance. A journey ÖBB app for Android and
Schnellbahn, Vienna’s suburban from Vienna to Linz, for iOS is another handy way of
train line example, can be as little as €9, booking tickets.
Railway Network Map
Gmünd Laa
Sigmunds
Key Mistelbach
Summerau
Main railway routes Schärding Martinsberg Krems Tulln Stockerau Gänserndorf
Braunau Linz
Wels St Valentin St Pölten
Vienna
Ried Ampflwang Pöchlarn Baden Wolfsthal
Bruck an
Vöcklabruck Steyr Amstetten der Leitha
Wiene
Gmunden Waidhofen Neustadt Eisenstadt
Salzburg Grünau Mariazell
Bad Ischl Mürzzuschlag Schneeberg
Selzthal Hieflau
Bregenz Reutte Kufstein Kitzbühel Bischofshofen Eisenerz Deutschkreutz
Lermoos Wörgl Schladming Leoben Bruck Oberwart
an der Mur
Feldkirch Scharnitz Zell am Radstadt Knittelfeld
Innsbruck Krimml See Mauterndorf Unzmarkt Zeltweg
Bludenz Langen Landeck Graz
Mayrhofen Bad Gastein Köflach
Brenner Kolbnitz Triebach Feldbach
Lienz Spittal St Veit Spielfeld
an der Glan Strass
Wies
Villach Klagenfurt
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