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Vienna

Coming & Going

Vienna is well placed as an essential transit point on many routes between eastern and western Europe, with frequent bus, rail and air connections to destinations throughout Europe.

TRAIN

Vienna has several train stations. Westbahnhof is the main station with trains to Hungary, western Austria and most of western and northern Europe.

Südbahnhof is another major station with trains to Berlin, Italy and Eastern Europe.

Smaller stations inlcude Franz Josefs Bahnhof, Wien Mitte and Wien Nord. These stations handle mostly local suburban and regional trains.

Franz Josefs Bahnhof has a daily train to Prague, plus trains to Krems and the Wachau region.

Wien Mitte and Wien Nord both handle suburban and regional trains including S-Bahn trains to the airport.

BUS

Most buses, including Eurolines and Bundesbus services, depart from the Wien Mitte Autobusbahnhof located at Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 1/B next to the Wien Mitte train station.

Columbus operate buses between Vienna and Prague, departing from Rathausplatz 5. Get information and tickets from the Columbus office at Dr Karl Lueger Ring 8 (tel (01) 534 111 23).

AIR

Vienna's international airport, Flughafen Wien-Schwechat (VIE; website english.viennaairport.com) is around 20km south-east of the city centre.

The City Airport Train (website www.cityairporttrain.at) is the easiest and quickest way to travel between the airport and the centre of Vienna. The one-way fare is €8.

HITCHHIKING

Like any other big city, it's a good idea to take public transport to a major road on the outskirts of town to avoid local and suburban traffic. Take the U-Bahn (line U4) to Unter St Veit for lifts west of Vienna.

If you're looking for a more organised form of hitching you could try the ride sharing agency at 08, Danngasse 1a (tel (01) 408 2210).

BUG Ride (website http://europe.bugride.com) is our own web-based ride sharing service, it allows travellers to both offer lifts and search for rides throughout Europe. This is a free service which links travellers to drivers - you contact the driver by email when you have found the ride you want.