"dumb" question for buying rail ticket in vienna
Jan 11, 2015, 5:43 am
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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"dumb" question for buying rail ticket in vienna
Hi.
It may be a "dumb" question but I am no rail user so....
I am travelling from Vienna to Salzburg next week. I want to buy the ticket from the Westbahnhof directly.
Question:
When buying a ticket online it would cost 19€ for a specific train or over 50€ and I can choose.
When buying the ticket on-site lets say 10 minutes before the train leaves, does it cost 19€ too or more? (train in the evening)
It may be a "dumb" question but I am no rail user so....
I am travelling from Vienna to Salzburg next week. I want to buy the ticket from the Westbahnhof directly.
Question:
When buying a ticket online it would cost 19€ for a specific train or over 50€ and I can choose.
When buying the ticket on-site lets say 10 minutes before the train leaves, does it cost 19€ too or more? (train in the evening)
Jan 11, 2015, 9:55 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Austria, EU
Posts: 86
Buying on site from OEBB you will pay the standard price, so approximately 50€. The 19€ fare is an online-only subject-to-availability offer you have to purchase in advance.
There is an alternative though: Take the Westbahn and you can travel from Vienna to Salzburg for only 24€, even when bought on the train itself. Just hop on and ask the conductor for a ticket. See their website for a timetable (www.westbahn.at)
There is an alternative though: Take the Westbahn and you can travel from Vienna to Salzburg for only 24€, even when bought on the train itself. Just hop on and ask the conductor for a ticket. See their website for a timetable (www.westbahn.at)