train Linz to Vienna
Apr 21st, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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Trains between Linz and Wien Westbahnhof are frequent. For example, between 10:31 and 14:31 there are 9 departures. I doubt if you need tickets ahead, nor would they do you much good without a seat reservation.
There are both 1st and 2nd class carriages.
How do you handle your luggage? That I don't know. What I do is to take my heaviest suitcase in my dominant hand and get on the train with it.
Usually my wife gets on first, and I hand up her heaviest suitcase followed by mine. (Her's rolls which helps.) Then we find a place to stow them on one of the racks, or slide one of the pieces between the seats.
If you cannot lift it up over your head, then it is probably too heavy for convenient handling.
The train only stops for 3 minutes, so be there and be ready to move when the train pulls into the station.
Be glad for the extra minute; many of the stops are for 2 minutes, or even 1 minute!!
There are both 1st and 2nd class carriages.
How do you handle your luggage? That I don't know. What I do is to take my heaviest suitcase in my dominant hand and get on the train with it.
Usually my wife gets on first, and I hand up her heaviest suitcase followed by mine. (Her's rolls which helps.) Then we find a place to stow them on one of the racks, or slide one of the pieces between the seats.
If you cannot lift it up over your head, then it is probably too heavy for convenient handling.
The train only stops for 3 minutes, so be there and be ready to move when the train pulls into the station.
Be glad for the extra minute; many of the stops are for 2 minutes, or even 1 minute!!
Apr 21st, 2007 | 07:13 PM
#3
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There is frequent service betwee Linz and Vienna. No need to get tickets ahead. See the timetables at www.bahn.de. Enter Linz Hbf as your departure station and Wien Westbahnhof as your arrival station. You can choose 1st or 2nd class seats. You are responsible for your own luggage. Store it in the rack above your seat or on the shelves at the end of the car. Keep an eye on what you store at the end of the car when the train is stopped at a station so no one walks off with it.
Apr 22nd, 2007 | 05:54 AM
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You can also find authoritative Austrian train scheduling information at the official ÖBB website
http://oebb.at/vip8/oebb/en/index.jsp
OE is a substitute for Ö and works equally well.
The ÖBB site will give you ticket prices.
I also have one question and one mild caution.
The question: I have assumed that you mean the city of Linz which is on the rail line between Vienna and Salzburg as opposed to Lienz which is in southern Austria near the Italian border. You do mean Linz?
The very mild caution. The web site shows that the trains depart from the Linz/Donau HBF which is the main station. I do not know if there is a secondary station or not; one does not show up when I asked for other routings, such as Linz - Prague or Linz - Villach.
Hence my caution may be unnecessary.
Donau is German for Danube.
http://oebb.at/vip8/oebb/en/index.jsp
OE is a substitute for Ö and works equally well.
The ÖBB site will give you ticket prices.
I also have one question and one mild caution.
The question: I have assumed that you mean the city of Linz which is on the rail line between Vienna and Salzburg as opposed to Lienz which is in southern Austria near the Italian border. You do mean Linz?
The very mild caution. The web site shows that the trains depart from the Linz/Donau HBF which is the main station. I do not know if there is a secondary station or not; one does not show up when I asked for other routings, such as Linz - Prague or Linz - Villach.
Hence my caution may be unnecessary.
Donau is German for Danube.
