Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Costs
Fares quoted in this topic are always those for 2nd class. Depending on the exact route, a fare can vary slightly.
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased online or by telephone with credit cards (Visa, Diners Club, MasterCard, Amex and
JCB), and additionally with cash or a Maestro debit card at machines and service desks.
EURegio tickets
These discount return tickets between Austria and the Czech Republic, Hungary or Slovakia can be
great value for short visits.
Boarding without a ticket
If you board and go immediately to the conductor, only a €3 surcharge will be applied to
the normal price of the ticket. If you don't do this, a fee and fine totalling €95 will have to be paid (unless you board at
an unstaffed station without a ticket machine or the ticket machine is out of order).
Children
Children aged six to 15 travel half-price; younger kids travel free if they don't take up a seat.
Pets
Kept in suitable containers, small pets travel free; larger pets travel half-price.
Breaking your journey
One-way tickets for journeys of 100km or less are valid for only one day and the journey can't
be broken. For trips of 101km or more, the ticket is valid for one month and you can alight en route. This is worth do-
ing, as longer trips cost less per kilometre. Return tickets of up to 100km each way are valid for one day; tickets for
longer journeys are valid for one month, though the initial outward journey must still be completed within six days. A
return fare is usually the equivalent price of two one-way tickets.
USEFUL TRAIN TERMS
Abfahrt
Departure
Ankunft
Arrival
Bahnhof (Bf)
Station
Bahnsteig
Track (the track number)
Einfache Fahrt ('hin')
One way
Erste Klasse
First class
Fahrkarte (Fahrausweis)
Ticket
Gleis
Platform
Hauptbahnhof (Hbf)
Main station
Retour
Return
Speisewagen
Dining carriage
Täglich
Daily
Umsteigen
Change of trains
Wagen
Carriage
Zweite Klasse
Second class
