The Vienna Card and other Vienna, Austria Transportation Tips

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: As with most other European cities I visited, Vienna has a transportation card for tourists that allows for unlimited transport with entry discounts to most major attractions. For 16.90 Euro, you can travel for 72 hours on the city's U-Bahn, S-Bahn, bus, tram routes. There are disccounts at museums, theaters, concerts, restaurants and cafes. The card is available from most hotels and hostels, all Tourist Information Offices and standard information offices at Stephansplatz, Karlsplatz, Westbahnhof and Landstrasse.

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Phone: 43-1-798 44 00-128

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: The OBB, Austria's train system, is very good, efficient, and clean. Eurail passes and Eastpasses are valid in Austria. Vienna has 2 main internation train station, and three additional stations that service mainly domestic, but a few international trains as well.

The two main international stations are Wien Westbahnhof and Sudbahnhof.

Wien Westbahnhof services mainly: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bregenz, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Munich, Paris, Salzburg, and Zurich.

Wien Sudbahnhof services mainly: Budapest, Graz, Krakow, Prague, Rome, and Venice.

The three other stations include: Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Wien Nord, and Wien Mitte. Franz-Josefs and Nord each have one train to Prague per day.

Listed below are Austria's OBB website and, what I found to be the best of all, Germany's Die Bahn site. Both give excellent time tables and some prices, if the trains are in either of the countries. I just find Germany's easier to navigate.

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Website: (Germany) http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
Other Contact: (Austria) www.oebb.at/en/

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: There are several train stations in Vienna, so you have to be careful that you are at the correct one for your certain city. Prague is a great example of this, as trains depart from two different stations depending on the departure time.

Wien S?dbahnhof to Praha-Holesovice:
dep 10:34, 14:34

Wien S?dbahnhof to Praha hl.n.
dep 16:34, 18:34, 21:57, 22:16

Wien Westbahnhof to Praha hl.n.
dep 7:34, 23:25, 23:40

Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Praha hl.n.
dep 07:05, 13:05

Please check the website or a travel agent to confirm these times!

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Website: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Trains to and from Munich arrive and depart only from Wien Westbahnhof.

There are many per day, making you wait no more than 1 hour for the next available train.

Please check the website or a travel agent to confirm these times!

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Website: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: Going fromm Vienna to Venice, there are two stations that service this route.

Wien Westbahnhof has two trains at 9:30 and 11:30

Wien Sudbahnhof has three trains in the morning at 8:57, 10:57, and 12:57

Wien Sudbahnhof also has three overnight trains, with one leaving at 19:29 and the other two leaving at 22:45

Please check the website or a travel agent to confirm these times!

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Website: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

'Mode': TO
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: All international flights to Vienna go to Wien-Schwechat Flughafen. The airport is located outside the city, about 18km away. All major airlines service the airport. Not one American airline company flies to Vienna, but their partner companyies do.

Transportation into the city is cheapest by the S7 Flughafen / Wolfsthal tram, which will end at Wien Mitte, a short U-Bahn ride to the center.

Cost is 3 Euro

The ride takes 30 minutes and leaves every 30 minutes from 5 to 21:30

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Phone: 43-1-7007-0
Website: http://english.viennaairport.com/