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The best way to see everything that Vienna has to offer in the old town and center of the city,is walking.But Vienna has a very good subway system and also lots of tramways and buses that runs to everyplace in the city!-This is a photo of one of numerous tramways that you can see at Vienna' streets. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro |
Vienna has one of the best city public transport systems existing. The backbone are five underground lines U1 to U6 (U5 is not yet operating), very fast, clean and safe (except maybe the station Karlsplatz area during the night) and lots of trams (I think no other city in the world has so many tram lines) and bus lines serving even the most remote areas. It is reasonable to buy day tickets etc. depending of the duration of your stay allowing you unlimited travel at the entire network (which even includes all railway lines within the Bundesland Wien). The airport is not in Vienna but in Schwechat which is in Lower Austria and therefore special rates or supplemenmts are valid.
For details check the website below, from .there is also a link to Wiener Linien which is also in English Leave a Comment |
If you buy a day ticket (€5.00) you can make use of all the buses, trams and underground lines, as well as railway services within Vienna. The underground has five lines (U1, U2, U3, U4 and U6) and there are countless tram and bus routes to get you around the city too. The U-Bahn is easy to use - with stations all around the centre of the city and with routes covering most tourist attractions. Ticket inspectors are generally plain clothes - and whilst it might seem easy to travel without a ticket the fine if you are caught is EUR 62 and sometimes a trip to a police station. Underground trains run from approx. 0530 to 0030 and the interval between trains is between 3 and 8 minutes (at the lower end during the rush hour). Most stations are disabled friendly - there are lifts or stairless access to most stations, and apart from the U6 there should be no problem on the underground trains either. Leave a Comment |
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It's very important that after you buy your ticket you remember to get it punched/stamped at this blue box at the entrance to the tube. Tourists have been known to be fined 60E for not having a stamped ticket! Leave a Comment |
I was very surprised at how easy traveling around Vienna city centre was. It seems that people will travel very short distances by tram or tube - and the distances between stops is very short too! To me it hardly seems worth the wait for public transport but because it is so cheap and so regular... why not use it ?
I took the tram from Loewengasse to Schwedenplatz for 2E. I could have walked it but the tram was coming. You buy your ticket from the machine on board and stamp it in the same machine. Leave a Comment |
Vienna has excellent public transportation. The transports are comfortable, always punctual and frequent (especially during the work rush hours; 3-5 minutes intervals). It is very convenient to use the public transport within the City. With one ticket, you can ride the underground trains/metros, buses and trams - as long as it is for one journey and/or within 60 minutes, whichever is earlier.
Vienna has 5 Metro or Underground Lines and they are numbered accordingly; for example, U1 (red line), U2 (blue line), U3 (orange), U4 (green), U6 (brown). Apparently, there is no U5!
One-way journey ticket (~60 minutes) would cost Euro 1.80 (Zone 1) and a one-day (24-hour) ticket will cost Euro 5 - 6. You can buy your ticket from the ticket machines located in all the train stations. After you buy the ticket, you have to validate your ticket on the blue stamping machines located by the entrance of the trains. If you do not validate your ticket, you will be fined by the ticket controller if you get caught. A stiff fine of Euro 60+ will be charged immediately. |
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You can buy one week travel ticket for 12 Euros Monday-Sunday. It is funny that Ticket is only for Monday-Sunday and even though you buy on Saturday you pay 12 Euros and it just lasts one day. Unless you are staying during that period Monday-Sunday, don’t bother buying them. Instead of that you can buy a 72 hour ticket or may be 24 hour ticket. Leave a Comment Theme: Other |
As I live in neighbor country there is a great connection between Bratislava and Vienna by bus or train. They go almost every hour and you must take care of the timetable especially during the week end. In other case everything is easy-peasy. So, if anzone of u want to make a day trip to the other city there is no problem at all. I am not sure about the price of tickets because Austrians and Slovaks has advantages and pay just around 7 Euro. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus |
Vienna has excellent and very efficinet public transport, which is very easy to use and inexpensive according to quality of service it provides. Same ticket is valid for all types of public transport within the city:
1) U-Bahn - subway train;
2) S-Bahn - city train, "old metro"
3) Strassenbahn (tram)
4) buses
5) Baden Bahn (something between tram and train).
Tickets can be purchased at machines or tobacco/newspaper shops. The best option are tickets with time limit, like 24 hours (5 EUR), 72 hours, 8 days, 1 week.
24h/72h - valid from time you "mark it"
8 days - combination of 8 daily tickets, can be used for 8 people 1 day or for 1 person 8 days, any combination (valid on a day when denoted, not 24 hours!!!)
weekly - valid from Monday to Monday 9 am Leave a Comment |
I think the U-bahn or underground rail in Vienna is one of the best I have been on. You can get just about anywhere you in Vienna on one of the 5 rail systems (U1, U2, U3, U4 & U6) and you only need one ticket which costs 1.50 euro per journey (Zone 1). All public transport in the area around Vienna has joined the fare union Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR). This means that any ticket bearing the VOR symbol can be used on every means of public transport in the area. You can use the same ticket for a journey that involves trips by bus, tram, metro and/or train, and you can change as often as you have to without having to buy a new ticket.
There are many ticket fares to choose from, depending on what you need. Basically a single ticket will cost you 1.50 euros but you can opt for a 24hr, 72hr, weekly pass and so on. If You make more than 2 trips in a day, I suggest you go for the latter. Theme: Subway/Metro |
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