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national routes. Timetables are
available from station infor ma-
tion offices and is displayed on
departure boards. When travel-
ling within the city, all public
transport tickets and passes are
valid on the Schnellbahn. For
Schnellbahn journeys outside
of Vienna a ticket must be
purchased in advance. See the
Austrian Federal Railways
website for more information
and a useful journey planner.
An S-Bahn train at Wien Mitte Station DIRECTORY
Trains interconnecting with mainline Austrian Federal Railways
Known colloquially as the stations (see p249) but is Tel 51717.
S-Bahn, the Schnellbahn generally used as a means of ∑ oebb.at
(Fast Train) is recognizable by getting farther afield. The local
its blue and white logo and is Bundesbahn is also a commuter Wiener Linien
primarily a commuter service. service and is sometimes called Tel 7909100.
A metro poli tan route has the Regionalbahn on maps and ∑ wienerlinien.at
stops in the centre of Vienna timetables to distinguish it from

Travelling Beyond Vienna Budapest (4 hours). All vessels
have restaurants and sundecks.
Vienna is a great base from which to discover other parts A hydrofoil service runs
of Austria, as well as neighbouring European destinations. from the landing station at
The historic cities of Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and Linz are the Reichsbrücke, connecting
well served by public transport from the city, and car hire Vienna with Budapest and
Bratislava. Return fares
is a viable option to reach more rural areas. cost €38 to Bratislava and
€125 to Budapest.
hourly services
to Salzburg. DIRECTORY
Routes from
Franz-Josefs- Domestic Flights
Bahnhof station Austrian Airlines
connect Vienna
with Tulln, ∑ austrian.com
Krems an der Car Hire
Donau and the
Wachau region. Avis City
Wien Hauptbahnhof station Airport Tel 7007 32700.
Domestic Flights Car Hire and Road Travel ∑ avis.at
Frequent domestic flights Some car-hire firms require Europcar
with Austrian Airlines link drivers to be at least 25. Tel 7146717.
Vienna with Graz, Klagenfurt, Non-EU drivers must have an Airport Tel 7007 32812.
Salzburg, Innsbruck and Linz. international driving licence. ∑ europcar.at
In terms of cost, flying is always If driving your own car, a
more expensive. A round-trip motorway toll sticker for the Boats and Hydrofoil
flight to Innsbruck, for example, windscreen is mandatory. It LOD
is about €200, compared to costs under €9 for ten days. Praterstrasse 40 Tel 958 0808.
€120 for the train. The train ∑ lod.sk
takes 4 hours; the plane, 1 hour.
Boats and Hydrofoil Budapest-Vienna
Boat trips regularly set Hydrofoil Lines
Trains off from Vienna along the Tel +36 70 604 8050.
Trains to destinations through- Wachau Valley. Alternative trips ∑ vienna-hydrofoil.hotels-in-
out Austria depart from Wien in the other direction head to budapest-hungary.com
Hauptbahnhof, and there are Bratislava (1.5 hours) and

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