Vienna Transportation Tips by socrates_07

With the car:
If you come... by car & highway to Vienna Review

<b>With the car:</b>

If you come from the west you should use the motorway A1 (about 300 km east of Salzburg). You can also use A21 (about 20 km west of Vienna) to enter Vienna from the south.
If you come from the south take the motorway A2.
From the east take the B9 (and A4 from Fischamend, about 20 km east of Vienna)
From the north (ie. Brno CZ) take B7

Traffic rules in Austria are basically the same as in other EC countries

Top speed:

motorway: 130 km/h
federal road: 100 km/h

Blood alcohol limit: 0,5 per thousand

<b>With the train: </b>

Westbahnhof station: connections to Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Hungary

Südbahnhof/Ostbahnhof stations: connections to Italy, former Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Czech Republic

Franz Josef station: connections to Slovakia and Czech Republic

Wien Mitte station: rapid transit trains

Bahnhof Nord/Praterstern: local connections

24-hour service hotlin(reservations): ++43 1 1717 (++43 1 1700)

<b>With the airplaine:</b>

Vienna Airport (Schwechat): all major airlines; approx. 20 km from the center

Connections to the city:

* rapid train S7 to 'Wien Mitte station' every hour.

* bus transfer to the City Air Terminal at the Hilton Hotel

* taxi

* car rental

<b>Transportation</b>

Vienna has an excellent public-transportation system with reliable, clean and convenient service. Moreover, taking public transportation into and within the city is a lot less stressful than dealing with Vienna's constant traffic.

<b>Vienna's Public Transportation</b>

The Eastern Region Transportation Association (Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region or VOR) is a network of eight zones covering a huge area that includes Vienna and surrounding towns. The city itself ist Zone 100, or the core zone (Kernzone), where you can travel on one ticket. When traveling in one direction in Zone 100 within one hour, you can transfer from the subway/underground (U-Bahn) to tram (Strassenbahn) or bus (Autobus) or local train without buying another ticket. When you travel from Vienna to outlying regions within the VOR area, the fare depends on the number of zones you travel through.

<b>Where to buy Public-Transportation Tickets</b> (Fahrscheine)

In Zone 100, as mentioned earlier, you can use one validated ticket to take all forms of public transportation between your starting point and destination (within one hour). You can purchase tickets from presale-ticket window (Vorverkaufsstellen) or ticket machines (Automaten) at most U-Bahn stations, or from a tobacconist/newsstand (Tabak-Trafik). If you can't buy a ticket ahead of time, you can get one from a machine inside a Strassenbahn or Autobus (but not on the U-Bahn). It will cost a little more.

<b>Weekly- Monthly & Yearly Passes (Wochenkarten, Monatskarten und Jahreskarten) </b>

Wochenkarten and Monatskarten are weekly and monthly passes, which can be purchased at presale-ticket windows (Vorverkaufsstellen) at major U-Bahn stations or at a Tabak-Trafik.

<b>Canceling/Stamping/Validating Tickets</b>

Tickets not already validated (e.g., presold tickets, Streifenkarten and Zeitkarten) must be punched in a blue ticket-canceling machine (Entwerter) upon boarding a Strassenbahn or Autobus, or before reaching an U-Bahn or on a local-train platform. One-time-use tickets bough from a machine on board a Strassenbahn or Autobus, or from an Automat in an U-Bahn station, do not require punching as they are already time-stamped.

Mode: TO,AROUND

Type: Bus