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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
trams or buses may continue to a different line or different
without stopping if no one is mode of transport.
waiting at the station. 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 the subway stations. valid for one month, or a
The vital Vienna tramway network You 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 The rules of public transport
by a pre-recorded voice and all from the driver or the ticket vary between the provinces
carriages display the route map, machine inside the vehicle. in Austria. The tourist offices
indicating the stops. Having boarded the bus, tram and hotels in the area will
The doors are released by or train you need to stamp be able to advise you on
pressing a button. Make sure your ticket at the start of your local regulations.
Making a Journey by S40 S45 Strandbäder U6
S1, S2, S3,
S15
Oberdöbling Heiligenstadt U4 S45 Neue Donau Kagran U1
Underground Krottenbachstrasse Dresdner Strasse Handelskai Alte Donau Pull handle to
Spittelau
Jägerstrasse Traisengasse
S45
Kaisermühlen
Gersthof Nussdorfer Strasse Vienna Int. Centre open door
To determine which line to take, Währinger Strasse Bahnhof Franz-Josefs- Friedensbrücke S1, S2, S3, S15 Donauinsel
Volksoper
Hernals Michelbeuern Allgem. Rossauer Lände Vorgartenstrasse
1 travellers should look for their Krankenhaus U2 Schottenring Praterstern
(Wien Nord)
S7
destination on a U-Bahn map. Ottakring Alser Strasse Schottentor Nestroyplatz
U3 Josefstädter Strasse Rathaus Herrengasse Schwedenplatz
The five lines are distinguished Kendler Strasse Thaliastrasse Lerchenfelder Strasse Stephansplatz Landstrasse (Wien Mitte)
Hüttledorfer Strasse
Stubentor
by colour and number (U1, U2, Burggasse - Stadthalle Volkstheater Museums- Oper U2 Stadtpark Rochusgasse Praterkai S80
Johnstrasse Neubaugasse quartier Karlsplatz S1, S2, S3, S7, S15
U3, U4 & U5). Simply trace the S15, S45, S50 Breitensee Schweglerstrasse Westbahnhof S15 Ziegler- gasse Kettenbrücken- Paulanergasse Taubstummengasse Rennweg Kardinal-Nagl- Platz Schlachthausgasse
gasse
U4
Hütteldorf
line to your destination, making Braunschweig- gasse Penzing Gumpendorfer Strasse S50 Pilgramgasse Mayerhofgasse Erdberg S80
Ober St. Veit
Unter St. Veit
Johann-
U4 Margaretengürtel Strauss-Gasse Südbahnhof Gasoneter
S60
a note of where you need to Schönbrunn MeidlingHau Längenfeldgasse Eichenstrasse Laurenzgasse Südtiroler Platz S80 S7 Zipperer- strasse
Kliebergasse
ptstrasse
change lines. Connections to Niederhofstrasse Matzleinsdorfer Platz Keplerplatz Aspangbahn Enkplatz S80
Simmering
Wolfganggasse
Philadelphiabr. S1, S2, S3, S15 U1 Reumannplatz
other forms of transport are Speising S15 S3 Meidling Haidestrasse
also shown. Hetzendorf S1, S2 Tscherttegasse U6 Schöpfwerk Simmering Ostbahn S60 U3 Simmering
Tickets can be bought from a
2 newsagent, 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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