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letter can take some time. package deals, including the price information and helps book
Each letter is carefully weighed of two nights at a good Viennese hotels. In Vienna, there is a
and every size and shape hotel, can be excellent value, phone number for obtaining
coded separately. sometimes costing less than railway information in English
Most post offices are open the economy-class ticket price. (see below).
between 8am and noon and
2pm and 6pm from Monday
to Friday. You can also buy Rail Travel Traveling by Bus
stamps at newsagents. Austria’s rail network is run by the Austria’s long-distance buses
state-owned Österreichische serve those parts of the
Bundesbahnen (ÖBB). country that are not reached
Flying to Austria
Hauptbahnhof Wien station, by train. Bus and train
If you fly from the United States, located at Südtirolerplatz, timetables are well integrated.
there are direct flights with opened for all regional and In most towns, buses leave
Delta Air Lines from New York international routes in 2015. from the train station or the
and Orlando to Vienna’s Some international and post office.
Schwechat airport. Austrian regional connections also go
Airlines flies from New York, directly to Vienna Schwechat Traveling by Car
Washington, and Chicago and airport. The station has
Air Berlin has flights from connections to the U1 subway Even in winter, Austrian road
Miami. Direct flights from line and the Schnellbahn, as conditions are good and
Australia are run by Emirates well as several bus and tram autobahns (highways) link all
Airlines and British Airways, routes. The Westbahnhof the major cities. There are also
which both operate services handles short commuter travel convenient routes into Austria
from Sydney and Melbourne. only, and is served by the U6 from neighboring countries.
Connections to all of the major and U3 subway lines. Trains to Highways are subject to a toll,
European cities are good. There Neusiedl/See, Marchegg, which is paid by buying a
are several flights a day from Bratislava, and Brno also leave windshield sticker valid for a
London’s Gatwick and Heathrow from Hauptbahnhof Wien. certain period of time. Stickers
airports. British Airways is the The Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, can be bought at the border
main British airline with regular which runs services from the or at post offices, gas stations,
flights to Vienna, and the main north, is served by the U4 and tobacconists throughout
Austrian carrier is Austrian and U6 subway lines, the the country. Tolls are also
Airlines. Ryanair also offers Schnellbahn, and the cross- payable on certain mountain
regular services at low prices. city D tram, which goes directly roads and tunnels. All drivers
You can get APEX tickets if you to Ringstrasse. in Austria must carry their
book two weeks in advance, and The travel agency (Verkeh rs­ driver’s license, car registration
charters are available at very verein) at West bahnhof, open documents, and insurance
competitive prices. Weekend 8am to 9pm daily, provides rail documents.
DIRECTORY
Tourist Offices Wiener Emergency British Airways
Tourismusverband Numbers Tel 0844 493 0787 (UK).
Austrian National Cnr of Albertinaplatz/ ∑ britishairways.com
Tourist Office Tegethoffstrasse/Meyse - Ambulance
∑ austria.info Tel 144. Delta Air Lines
dergasse, Vienna. Tel 01- Tel 01-79567 023.
Australia 24555. ∑ wien.info Doctor on Call Tel 800-221 1212 (US).
36 Carrington Street, 1st Tel 141. ∑ delta.com
floor, Sydney, NSW 2000. Embassies Fire
Tel 02-9299 3621. Emirates Airlines
Australia Tel 122. Tel 01-532 6028.
Canada Mattiellistrasse 2–4, -1010 Police Tel 800-777 3999 (US).
2 Bloor Street West, 400 Vienna. Tel 01-506740. Tel 133. ∑ emirates.com
Toronto, Ontario M4W.
3E2. Tel 416-967 4867. Canada Ryanair
Laurenzerberg 2, A-1010 Airlines Tel 0871-246 0000 (UK).
UK Vienna. Tel 01-5313 83000. ∑ ryanair.com
9–11 Richmond Bldgs, Air Berlin
London W1D 3HF. UK Tel 0820-737 800. Rail Information
Tel 0800-4002 0000. Jaurèsgasse 12, A-1030 ∑ airberlin.com
Vienna. Tel 01-716130. ÖBB
US Austrian Airlines Tel 05-1717.
120 West 45th St, 9th US Tel 05-1766 1000. ∑ oebb.at
floor, New York, NY 10036. Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1090 Tel 800-843 0002 (US).
Tel 212-944 6885. Vienna. Tel 01-31339. ∑ aua.com

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