'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: I travelled from Vienna to the small Hungarian town of Sopron by train in January 2006. The following information was correct as of that date:
- At Vienna's Sudbahnhof, I was able to obtain a green timetable showing the trains to
Sopron, Breclav and Znojmo. This was available free of charge from the passenger information desk;
- There are dozens of daily trains from Sudbahnhof to Sopron....and dozens more from Wiener Neustadt to Sopron. Not all of the trains run each day, and not all of them stop at each stop on the route. Some of the trains from Sudbahnhof require you to change trains at Wiener Neustadt;
- Trains operate on the following route:
Wien Sudbahnhof - Wien Meidling - Wiener Neustadt - Ebenfurth - Sopron- On weekdays (Mon - Fri), early morning trains leave Wien Sudbahnhof at 04:38, 04:54 and 05:19, arriving at Sopron at 06:16, 06:26 and 07:02 respectively. There are then frequent trains throughout the day until the last train departs at 20:57, arriving at Sopron at 22:22;
- On weekends, the earliest train doesn't depart from Wien Sudbahnhof until 06:19, arriving at Sopron at 07:26. Again, the last train departs at 20:57, arriving at Sopron at 22:22;
- With no change of trains necessary, my journey took approximately
1 hour and 15 minutes and cost
10.50 Euros;
- You proceed through Hungarian passport control at Sopron train station after disembarking the train. If memory serves correct, my passport was checked by Austrian officials while on board the train;
- Sopron's train station lies at the southern end of the town, a 5 minute walk from Szechenyi Ter. The bus station lies to the north west of the town, some 20 minutes walk from the train station.
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