Rail Travel

We are planning a trip to Austria for a week in early August and would like the chance to visit both Salzburg and Vienna.

One option for us would be to fly to Munich (I%26#39;m having difficulty getting flights to Salzburg itself) - how easy is it to travel by rail from Munich to Salzburg?

I understand that to travel by train from Salzburg to Vienna takes about three hours - where can I find further details including timetables?

Your assistance is very much appreciated.

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Use the Austrian Rail web site- Trains are frequent - about one each hour.

www.oebb.at

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You could take the train from the Münich airport to Salzburg using the Bayern-Ticket. For only 26 €, it is valid for travel of up to 5 people on the local “commuter” RE and RB trains after 09:00 on weekdays. Same tracks as faster trains, just 20 minutes longer because of more local stops. On the IC and EC trains, the 1st class fare is 47 € each and 2nd class fare is 30 € each. Use the DB website to find train schedules. http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

From: München Flughafen Terminal To: Salzburg Hbf

Change “Means of transport” to “only local transport”

Information about the Bayern-Tickets is at bahn.de/-S:PtVORd:d9E-jtNNYyadcNNNNPIM/p/vie…

In Austria use the ÖBB website mentioned above. When you do a schedule search, click on “Tickets and prices”. A page in German will come up and you will see a price quote for a “1-PLUS-Freizeit-Ticket”. This type of ticket is for up to 5 people to travel together; the 1st person pays a slight premium and the fare for other 4 travelers is discounted 50%.

If you are traveling with children, children under 14 can travel for free after you purchase the “VORTEILScard family” for 19.90 €.

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Thanks Vertical - I%26#39;ll go and check out the website now.

As they say in Scotland - lang may your lum reek!

Many thanks.

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Thanks dougb 328 - your information is most helpful. I%26#39;ll check out these websites also.

KInd Regards

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Dear Pinnochio:

What is a lum? I did not know I had one to reek.

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Dear Vertical,

A %26quot;lum%26quot; is an old name for a chimnay and %26quot;reek%26quot; means smoke so a literal translation would be %26quot;Long may your chimney smoke%26quot;!

Thanks again for your assistance. We are now proceeding to plan our holiday and are fairly certain that we%26#39;ll fly to Munich, arrive late and stay overnight and then travel the next day to Salzburg. Can any forum users recommend a reasonable hotel for the night - perhaps that%26#39;s one for the Germany forum.

I%26#39;m away now for some Haggis.

Kind Regards.

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Message Pinnochio:

Thank you for the kind words.

I hope that your saying works for both of us.

Interesting that I pick up this message while a fire goes in my fireplace. (a cold , dark late afternoon in Vienna.)

At least I know what a Haggis is- never had to eat one though!

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Thank you again Vertical - I%26#39;m glad that we are not alone in Scotland in having dark winter afternoons. We have now booked our flights so move on to the next exciting stage of booking somewhere to stay, sightseeing etc. I%26#39;m sure the tripadvisor forum will come in very handy! My thanks again.