Austria Transportation

Austria: Transportation

Air

Airlines
- Austrian Air
Airports
- Vienna
  - 12 miles from downtown

Train

ÖBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen)
- Tickets
  - Standard fare tickets
  - Sparschiene (discount tickets)
    - Must be booked in advance
- Reservations
  - Domestic, long-distance trains usually do not require reservations
  - Reservations may be a good idea for
    - Friday afternoons (especially out of Vienna) as well as on Sunday afternoons/evenings.
    - The days prior to Christmas
    - Fridays and Saturdays prior to school holidays (mid-term, Easter, summer holidays).
Westbahn
- Standard Fare
  - Provides train service between Vienna and Salzburg
  - Costs half of the standard fare of ÖBB.
  - Fully flexible and may also be bought aboard without surcharge
- Reservations
  - Domestic, long-distance trains usually do not require reservations
  - Reservations may be a good idea for
    - Friday afternoons (especially out of Vienna) as well as on Sunday afternoons/evenings.
    - The days prior to Christmas
    - Fridays and Saturdays prior to school holidays (mid-term, Easter, summer holidays).
InterCity trains
- Links big cities like Graz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Vienna.
REX
- Commuter train that connects Vienna with surrounding cities.
S-Bahn (suburban trains)
- Network of trains that operates within most big cities
International High-Speed Trains
- Railjet
  - Links larger Austrian cities with Budapest (Hungary), Prague (Czech Republic), Munich (Germany), and Zurich (Switzerland).
- ICE
  - Connects Austria with various German cities.
- EuroCity
  - Operates between Innsbruck, Graz, Kufstein, Salzburg, Munich (Germany), and various Italian cities like Milan and Venice.
  - There are also EuroCity connections from Austria to Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Poland.
Night Trains in Austria **Reservations are required for night trains**
- City Night Line (CNL):
  - Innsbruck – Paris (France) - Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
- D-train:
  - Villach – Ljubljana (Slovenia) – Zagreb (Croatia) – Belgrade (Serbia)
  - Vienna – Katowice (Poland) – Warsaw (Poland)
  - Vienna – Krakow (Poland)
- Euronight 420/421:
  - Vienna – Cologne (Germany)
- Euronight Allegro:
  - Vienna – Rome/Venice/Milan (Italy)
- EuroNight Hans Albers
  - Vienna – Hamburg (Germany)
- EuroNight Kálmán Imre
  - Vienna – Budapest (Hungary)
- EuroNight Metropol
  - Vienna – Prague (Czech Republic) – Berlin (Germany)
- Euronight Toscana Mare
  - Vienna – Livorno (Italy)
- EuroNight Wiener Walzer
  - Vienna – Zurich (Switzerland)
- EuroNight Zurichsee
  - Villach/Graz – Zurich

Private Railways
- Micotra
  - Villach – Tarvisio (Italy)
- RoeEE/Raaberbahn
  - Connects Vienna and Graz with the western part of Hungary and capital city Budapest.

Bus

Westbus

InterCity Bus
- Operates between Graz and Klagenfurt
- Links Klagenfurt and Villach with Udine and Venice (Italy)

Driving

Motorway Vignette
- Toll stickers are required for vehicles on Austria's motorways and highways.
- Must be purchased BEFORE entering Austria, available at border country gas stations. Also available at post offices and automobile clubs in Austria.
- Stickers must be fixed on the upper middle or left side of the windshield.
- Cost: 8,80 euro for 10 days
Required Documents
- International drivers permit is required
Required Equipment
- Winter tires
  - Four winter tires or snow chains on at least two tires are mandatory in Austria between 1 November and 15 April.
- Reflective Safety Vest
- Warning triangle
- First aid kits
Speed limits
- 50 km/h in built-up areas
- Motorways 130 km/h
- Other roads 100 km/h
Rules
- Car navigation systems with maps indicating the location of fixed speed cameras are permitted but equipment which actively searches for speed cameras or interferes with police equipment is prohibited
Parking
- Park and ride lots outside of Salzburg
- It may be easier to use parking garages or park at the Innsbruck airport and bus in.