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insurance documents and respectively. Motorways DIRECTORY
driving licence at all times. The converge on the outer ring
maximum speed limit is 130 road (Gürtel). The city centre Arriving by Rail
km/h (81 mph). Children under is marked Zentrum. The Austrian Austrian Federal
12 cannot ride in front seats. Automobile Club (ÖAMTC) Railways
Tolls are compulsory on all provides daily reports on ∑ oebb.at
motorways in Austria and a road conditions.
vignette sticker should be Öbb Call Centre
purchased and attached to the Tel 051717 (rail information).
inside of the windscreen before Arriving by Boat Arriving by Coach
travel on motorways. Vignettes From April to October you can
are available for 10 days (€8.70), arrive in Vienna by boat along Eurolines
two months (€25.30) or one year the Danube from Bratislava, ∑ eurolines.com
(€84.40) and can be purchased the Wachau and Budapest. Postbus
at fuel stations and newsagents. Companies such as Viking ∑ postbus.at
All hire cars should have a River Cruises also run cruises
vignette provided. Drivers into Vienna from Budapest. Arriving by Car
without a valid vignette can Boats dock at the DDSG–Blue
be fined up to €3,000. Danube landing station at the Austrian Automobile Club
There are four main routes Reichsbrücke bridge, close to ∑ oeamtc.at
into Vienna by road. The the Vorgartenstrasse U-Bahn Arriving by Boat
Südautobahn, comprising the station on the U1 line. An
A2 and A23 motorways, provides information counter at the dock DDSG–Blue Danube
access to the city from the south. sells tickets and provides city ∑ ddsg-blue-danube.at
The Donau-uferautobahn (A22) maps and schedule infor mation. Viking River
is the main northen motorway. A seasonal hydrofoil links Vienna, Cruises
The A1 (Westautobahn) and the Budapest and Bratislava. Dis- ∑ vikingrivercruises.co.uk
A4 (Ostautobahn) enter Vienna counts apply for children (aged
from the west and east 2–14) and students (ID required).

Vienna’s Major Rail and Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof DSG Reichsbrücke
Coach Stations Serves domestic rail routes to Ferry service along the
northern Austria. Danube from Bratislava,
Vienna’s major points of arrival the Wachau and Budapest.
are all fairly central and offer easy
access to U-Bahn or Schnellbahn
lines. The boxes indicate the
type of rail, rapid transit or Wien Mitte
underground connection. Serves domestic commuter
routes as well as Schnellbahn
Schottenring to Schwechat International
and Airport and the CAT (City
Alsergrund Airport Train).
Westbahnhof
The Westbahnhof serves
domestic routes. Vienna International
Stephansdom Bus Terminal
Hofburg Quarter Serves international coach routes
within Europe, including London
Quarter
Museum and to the west and Bratislava and
Townhall Budapest to the east.
Quarter
Opera and
Naschmarkt Belvedere
Quarter KEY
Bahnhof Meidling Bundesbahn station
All trains to and from U-Bahn station
Wien Hauptbahnof have Schnellbahn station
an additional stop at
Bahnhof Meidling. Wien Hauptbahnhof Coach and bus station
The Wien Hauptbahnhof serves River boats
international and national train routes
from throughout Austria and Europe.

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