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    Posted: 18 Aug 2013 at 7:03pm
Vienna has a fantastic transportation which i am sure we will be using flat out, at 2.10€ for a single ticket the cost will add up  so its  well worth buying one of these 24,48,72 hour tickets depending on how long you are staying, will save a few quid no doubt. Thumbs Upthey are available at  all Metro stations and the machine can be changed into English,do not buy them from the machines on the metro as they only sell single tickets, you can also not buy any ticket at all as you may not even be checked but if you are the 100€ + fine will be seen as wasted beer money Wink

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single ticketSingle ticketAdvance tickets 
€2.10 
On tram/bus
€2.20		Valid for one journey within one zone. You can change as often as is necessary, but you may not travel on a circular route, go back to your starting point or cross a zone boundary (unless you pay for an additional zone). Also available as strip tickets for 4 journeys.
child ticketHalf price ticket for children and dogs€1.10Valid for one journey within one zone.
senior citizen ticketSenior citizen's 2-journey ticket€2.60Valid for two separate journeys within one zone for senior citizens.
EinkaufskarteVienna Shopping Ticket€5.70Valid for unlimited travel within zone 100 on the day of validation between 8:00am and 8:00pm. Not valid on Sundays and public holidays.
24-hour ticket24-hour ticket€7.10Valid for unlimited travel within zone 100. Valid 24 hours from the time of validation.
48-hour ticket€12.40Valid for unlimited travel within zone 100. Valid 48 hours from the time of validation.
72-hour ticket72-hour ticket€15.40Valid for unlimited travel within zone 100. Valid 72 hours from the time of validation.
Vienna CardThe Vienna Card€19.90Valid for unlimited travel within zone 100 for 72 hours, plus discounts or benefits at museums, sights, theatres, concerts, shops, restaurants and cafés. Available at hotels, Tourist Information Offices, at Vienna Transport (Wiener Linien) sales counters and information offices, or from outside Vienna with your credit card by phone +43-1-798 44 00-128. Click this link for more information.
8-day ticket8-day ticket€35.80Each strip on this ticket is valid for unlimited travel in zone 100 for one person on the day of validation until 1:00am of the following day. This means that the ticket can be used by more people, provided they stay together and validate one strip per person. This is not a 24-hour ticket!
weekly travel passWeekly travel pass€15.80Valid for unlimited travel in zone 100 within the specified calendar week (Mon-Sun). This is not a 7-day ticket! A passport picture is not necessary.
monthly travel passMonthly travel pass€47Valid for unlimited travel in zone 100 within the specified calendar month. A passport picture is not necessary.
annual travel passAnnual travel pass€365Valid for unlimited travel in zone 100 within 12 calendar months. A passport picture is required, and the ticket must be ordered from the Vienna Transport head office.
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Very useful info.
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Just a very tiny correction there: ON the Metro trains themselves, NO tickets can be bought at all, you have to but them from verding machines in the entrance Halls of the stations. On trams and buses, you can buy tickets, but like Lilly wrote, only single ride ones ...

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Tickets can also be bought online from home under https://shop.wienerlinien.at/index.php/product/1/show/0/0/0/0
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Just having a thread on a Metro system, shows how inefficient, archaic, and expensive Dublin's transport system is. I would love this city to have a Metro system. Sadly, it seems about as likely as winning the World Cup.

Vienna's metro ticket checks are rare, and with a full train before/after games, non-existent. The only guaranteed check is on the CAT double decker train between the airport and city centre. It is also 24 hours at weekends, a train every 15 minutes during the night, at no extra cost. Puts the "bus every 2 hours" ripoff Nitelink in the shade.

However, Vienna's transport system has one major flaw. The metro stations and city's main train stations in the same place, go by different names. It is also home to the strangest, most chaotic airport I've ever been in. Security scanners are at every single departure gate rather than one spot, while collecting bags upon arrival involves a roughly 10 minute walk via the main departures area and side-alleys. Impatient fans going through there will find it a testing experience.
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Can´t say that I find Vienna airport more confusing then its Dublin counterpart, but maybe I should try Dublin sober at one point to be fair about this. The last time I was there I tried to make my way through after 10 pints of the black stuff in a friends bar in Sandycove ... :-)
You are right about the per-gate security controls and about leading the arriving Schengen-passengers through a shared little shopping area with the departing ones before you get your luggage, I think both are measure to try to get the people to do a bit more shopping at the airport ...
 
But you are right about the train stations and the matching underground stations having different names, that is pain in the arse, and is based on a n old controversy between the federal railway authorities and the municipal public traffic coordinators. The typical combinations you guys might come across (most likely on your way in from e.g. the airport) are:
 
(Trainstation - underground station)
Wien Mitte - Landstrasse
Wien Nord - Praterstern
Wien Meidling - Längenfeldgasse
Wien Morzinplatz (on the airport bus) - between "Schwedenplatz" (U1 & U4) and "Schottenring" (U2 & U4)
 
But I am sure this will not ruin your trip ...
 
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Originally posted by ViennaFritz ViennaFritz wrote:

Tickets can also be bought online from home under https://shop.wienerlinien.at/index.php/product/1/show/0/0/0/0
So reading what You said above about only being able to buy single tickets prob best to buy from the link above? Can you buy at the station from a ticket booth?
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All stations have vending machines which can be switched English as language of operation and except cash in coins and notes as well as bankomat and credit-cards, but ticket booths with human operators can only be found at larger stations, usually where e.g. underground lines connect or if there is a link to the regular train system.
From the discussion I get the impression there won´t be many doing that, but those arriving at Vienna Airport and taking the City Airport train into the City can also buy their tickets together with the CAT-ticket: http://www.cityairporttrain.com/Infos/Tarifubersicht-(1).aspx 
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Originally posted by ViennaFritz ViennaFritz wrote:

All stations have vending machines which can be switched English as language of operation and except cash in coins and notes as well as bankomat and credit-cards, but ticket booths with human operators can only be found at larger stations, usually where e.g. underground lines connect or if there is a link to the regular train system.
From the discussion I get the impression there won´t be many doing that, but those arriving at Vienna Airport and taking the City Airport train into the City can also buy their tickets together with the CAT-ticket: http://www.cityairporttrain.com/Infos/Tarifubersicht-(1).aspx 
I'm staying right next to Südtiroler Platz seems to be one of the main stations so guessing that they will be manned booths there.
In Vienna Sunday to Wednesday so 72 hours ticket should cover it Smile


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yes, there is one on Südtiroler Platz, but only open Mon-Fri 06:30 - 18:30.
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Half price ticket for children and dogsLOL
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Originally posted by nvidic nvidic wrote:

Half price ticket for children and dogsLOL
So that's about 80% of folks on here sorted
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Does the ticket cover you for trams also.
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Yes, there is only one ticket system for all forms of public transport within the city limits of Vienna, tram, bus, underground, S-Bahn, regional trains etc. ..
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