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you press the button to signal journey; you will not need to
your intention to get out, stamp it again if you change
otherwise trams or buses may to a different line or different
continue without stopping if no mode of transport.
one is waiting at the stop. The tickets are valid for
travel on all forms of transport
within a town, within varying
Tickets
time limits. Besides single
Tickets can be bought at tickets, visitors can also opt
newsagents, in blocks of five to buy a 24-hour, 48-hour and
or ten, or in suburban railway 72-hour pass, a Streifenkarte
stations where blocks of two (strip of tickets) valid for three
or four are also available. In or eight days, a Wochenkarte
Vienna you can also purchase valid for one week, a Monatskarte,
tickets at subway stations. You valid for one month, or a
Tram on the Viennese tram network, should always buy a ticket Jahreskarte, which permits
or Strassbahn before travelling, since it is not you to travel for one year.
always possible to buy one There may be variations in how
just before you arrive, and all from the driver or the ticket tickets are purchased and used
carriages display the route map, machine inside the vehicle. on public transport between the
indicating the stops. Having boarded the bus, tram provinces in Austria. The tourist
The doors are released by or train, you need to stamp offices and hotels in the area will
pressing a button. Make sure your ticket at the start of your be able to advise you.
Making a Journey by
Underground Pull handle to
open door
To determine which line to take,
1 travellers should look for their
destination on a U-Bahn map.
The five lines are distinguished
by colour and number (U1, U2,
U3, U4 & U5). Simply trace the
line to your destination, making
a note of where you need to
change lines. Connections to
other forms of transport are
also shown.
Tickets can be bought from
2 newsagents, ticket vending
machines or ticket offices. To get The door opens out to
to the trains, insert your ticket the side
into the ticket-stamping machine
in the direction of the arrow.
Wait for the ping indicating that
it is validated, and pass through
the barrier. Follow the signs
(with the number and colour Sign showing stops
of the line) to your platform. on line 3 of the
U-Bahn, including the
Once you are on the connecting stops
3 platform, check the direction
and destination of the
train on an electronic
destination indicator.
Stops along
4 the line are
shown on a
plan. A red
arrow in the
corner shows
the direction
in which the
train enters
the station. At stations with more than one
6 exit, use the map of the city to
At your destination follow check which street or square
5 the Ausgang signs to you will come out at.
reach street level.

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