Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof

Map Below: ÖBB from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


TRAIN: Wien Westbahnhof – Salzburg Hbf
DATE: Monday, September 1, 2014
OPERATOR: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
TRAIN NUMBER: 532
TRAIN TYPE: RailJet
CABIN: First Class (Not the More-Expensive Business Class)
DEPARTURE - SCHEDULED: 9:30am // ACTUAL: 9:30am
ARRIVAL - SCHEDULED: 11:52am // ACTUAL: 11:54am
DURATION: 2 hours 24 minutes
DISTANCE: Approx. 180 miles

We booked this one-way train trip about 3 weeks before arriving in Vienna. It was an advance purchase, non-changeable, non-refundable fare. My understanding is that because we were on a domestic ticket, we did not have access privileges to the Vienna station first class lounge. I later read that booking a ticket to Munich may have been cheaper (and then we just hidden-city ticket and exist the train in Salzburg), which could have both saved us money and given us lounge access.

We did not reserve seats. We arrived at the station over 30 minutes before departure; so, we were some of the first passengers on the train. We chose to sit in the first passenger car. It was primarily business class (higher than first class) seats with about 20 first class seats. It was a good choice as it was quiet, we had a nice window view, and we had plenty of room for our luggage. The seats were comfortable and had a good amount of leg room.

The train ride was extremely smooth and moved very quickly. It was certainly better than an economy flight (and, given the short distance and the proximity of the train stations to our origin hotel and destination hotel, probably a lot faster). We were very comfortable and the train was on-time.

Photo Below: Vienna Departure Board – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Vienna Station – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Vienna Train Platform – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Train – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Interior Train Door – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Typical First Class Train Car (Not Ours) – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Restroom – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Our Train Car – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: First Class Seats – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: First Class Seat – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Route Map – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: First Class Seat Leg Room – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Overhead Reading Lights in First Class – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: First Class Footrest – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: First Class Tray Table – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Train Information Screen upon Arrival – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf


Photo Below: Business Class Seats (We Were Back in First Class) – ÖBB RailJet Train #562 from Wien Westbanhof to Salzburg Hbf