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Austrian Railways (ÖBB)

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Newest Review: ... splash out EUR 100 a year for my Vorteilscard. I recoup that fee usually on a couple of trips (more later!) The VorteilsCard offers 45% reduction on ticket-prices if bought at a station, or for tickets bought online 50% reduction. You would effectively make the saving back on an Under 26 Vorteilscard after just one journey from Vienna to Graz and back - similar sort of distance as ... more

... London-Birmingham. This year I did the 770km trip to Bregenz and back - travelling first class and spending EUR 86 return - it would normally cost EUR 172 to do the route! If you are exploring Austria, then the train can often be your best bet, especially if ...more

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Austrian Railways (ÖBB): There are no kangaroos in Austria... (1086 words)
by - written on 02/08/05 (Very useful, 2195 readings)
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Before I begin, I should say that ÖBB is an Austrian, not Australian, rail company! Austria is a country that I first fell in love with during my year abroad, in 1997/98, and during this time I travelled extensively, racking up some 34,000 km by train over the year (that's twenty two thousand miles!) most of which were within Austria. The reliability of the train service was what allowed me to travel so much whilst not having to spend that much on train tickets. First of all I have a confession. Namely that in order to get the half priced fares back then, I did have to tell a little white lie, by pretending to be a school pupil, which I did very ... Read the complete review

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