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Near the entry of each Underground station (U-Bahn), you find ticket machines. The use is pretty simple. The price for a single ride is 1,50 euro. For my first ride (from West Bahnhof to Alser strasse – line U6), I did buy a ticket, for the rest of my Underground transfers I used my Vienna Card (valid for 72 hours). After you have bought your ticket, you first need to validate it, in the blue validation machines, when you insert your ticket in such a machine, the date and time will be printed on it. And then you can proceed towards the platforms. Fines can be high, when you are traveling without a ticket. So do not forget it Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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| | | | Bus,tram&Metro: tram #1 & #2 are going around Ringstrasse | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Take tram Nr.1 or Nr.2 in order to go around the Ringstrasse and hop on and off as often as you want to. Nr 1 is going around Ringstrasse to the Kai ( that is the part of Ringstrasse next to the Danube-Canal) and back again to the Ringstrasse. You will pass by sights like the parliament ( on my picture), Opera, Hofburg & Heldenplatz, University, Rathaus, Volkspark Votivkirche, Boerse, Schwarzenbergplatz... Tram Nr 2 is going into the opposite direction - you simply cross the Ringstrasse and take the tram at the other side to go back... It is certainly the best to have a dayticket, so you may as well go back a few stations. Make sure, you get into the tram nr.1 or Nr. 2 , as there are also other trams partly using the track on Ringstrasse and leaving to the outskirts of Vienna afterwards... Leave a Comment Theme: TrainWebsite: www.wienerlinien.at
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| | | | Bus,tram&Metro: By U-bahn | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Vienna has a very efficient Underground-system (U-Bahn). Most sightseeing in Vienna can be done on foot, but nevertheless, it can be handy to use the U-Bahn, to go fast to the other side of the city, or to give your feet a few moments of rest. There are 5 Metro - lines in Vienna (U1, U2, U3, U4 and U6) - (What happened with U5?) Each line has its own colour, like this, the underground network is easy to use: U1 = red U2 = violet U3 = orange U4 = green U6 = brown The U-Bahn stations are easy to recognise by the blue signboard with the letter U on it. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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| | | | Bus,tram&Metro: Vienna Public Transport Passes | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The secret to public transport in Vienna is to buy a travel pass, valid for use on the trams, buses and metro (Ubahn). The prices changed on 1 June 2007, as from then the price for a single trip ticket has become 2.2€, a “one day” pass is 5.7€, and a “one week” pass became 14€. A very quick calculation will tell you that it’s worthwhile getting the one day pass if you propose making more than two trips, and the one week pass for anything more than two days. You buy tickets from designated shops, we picked up ours from a tobacconist (ask at your hotel about the nearest outlet). NB, these tickets are for transport only, they are not the “Vienna Card” which is aimed at tourists and which has some discounts which may or may not represent value for you! Watch out though for one little detail – the weekly tickets run from Monday to the following Sunday: get it wrong and you could be buying a weekly ticket viable for only one or two days!. The weekly tickets come with their validity dates printed on them, but the other tickets need to be validated before they become operative – this also is important! There are no difficult turnstiles as in the Paris metro, but in the metro you validate tickets with those blue boxes mounted on the red brackets (photo 2) Theme: Subway/Metro
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